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My first is in fish but no in snail. My second is in rabbit but no in tail. My third is in up but not in down. My fourth is in tiara but not in crown. My fifth is in tree you plainly see. My whole a food for you and me.
My first is high, My second damp, My whole a tie, A writer's cramp
My first is in blood and also in battle. My second is in acorn, oak, and apple. My third and fourth are both the same. In the center of sorrow and twice in refrain. My fifth starts eternity ending here. My last is the first of last, Oh Dear.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.
It has no top or bottom, but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time.
Dark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.