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You are having a bad day if 12 peers deem you to be this
What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
Look into my face and I'm everybody. Scratch my back and I'm nobody.
It stands upright and can be quite grand. Its secret is not hidden but right at hand. What is it?
Hard to catch, easy to hold. Can't be seen, unless it's cold.
I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind. I help others to see.