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I'm a starchy plant tuber that is one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten fried, such as french fries.
A tiny bead, like fragile glass, strung along a cord of grass.
Which word is least like the others? Third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth?
What comes down but never back goes up?
What has hands but canβt clap?
What sphinxes employ and players enjoy.