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Charades

Charades, named from the Portuguese word for entertainment, charad(o),
are solved one syllable at a time. The syllables of the answer are
found by solving a series of puzzle clues. Look at the first charade:

My first I hope you are,
my second I see you are,
my whole I know you are.

Answer: (WEL-COME).

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1. My first is a vehicle, my second is a favourite, and my whole is in most drawing rooms	Answer 5
2. My first is what I do, my second is what I do not, and my whole is what you are.	Answer 4
3. My whole is under my second, and surrounds my first.	Answer 4
4. My first is a prop, my second is a prop, and my whole is a prop.	Answer 3
5. From the mate of the cock, winter-corn in the ground The Christian name of my friend may be found; Join the song of a cat, to the place hermits dwell in, Gives the surname of him who does music excel in.	Answer 4
6. A yyy disciple stands entranced before the port of a big xxxx, he's waiting for a zzzz that carries someone with his self xxxxyyyzzzz.	Answer 4
7. My first is a record you will agree. A fabric with rounded ribs my second be. My third is a small creature that works all day. My whole isn't compatible with the other facts in any way.	Answer 4
8. My first is medicine, at least if it's heard. An historic period is called my third. My second, is like the Reapers face. My whole is the journey to a holy place.	Answer 4
9. My first is where I stand to guard access. My second sounds like a feeling of distress. And while my third is the king of his nation. My whole is A man skilled in equitation.	Answer 5
10. My first sounds like every, but funny My second is a veggie and money. And my third (no money), relates to nose. My whole is higher than neutral, I suppose.	Answer 4
11. My first is to ramble; My next to retreat; My whole oft enrages In Summer's fierce heat.	Answer 3
12. My First is like a tiny cloud floating in the blue. My Second is a plant disease, and reddish brownish hue. My All is always doubting things, whatever men may say. Please answer with a little verse, to pass the time away.	Answer 3
13. My first happened long ago and it also was last week. My second was just spoken, it's a name for when you speak. My all is rather rustic and is pleasant to behold. Please determine all these words, and the answer will unfold.	Answer 3
14. My first is the victory that brings a person fame. My second is the effort when you play the game. My all is a condition that comes when it gets cold. Figure out the words and the answer will unfold.	Answer 3
15. My first holds information and will always be a-round. My second is to give up the doohickey you just found. My all is likely to yield the secret to what you've read. Will you figure out the words before you go off to bed?	Answer 3
16. My first, which is an animal, doesn't like my whole My second, which is an animal, doesn't like my first My third, which is not an animal, is a famous singer. Who am I?	Answer 3
17. My first exists in pond and tree, My second’s part of six and three, My last is seen in groom and wife, My whole is found as part of life. What am I?	Answer 4
18. If you take three from this lifeform, The WORLD will find FUN. If you take two, When SHE FLED she would RUN. If you take Four, What you THREW I will LEND. If you take one, Not a word can be mend. My name says it all, In a storm I will bloom. My second six is in its prime, My first seven will boom. What am I?	Answer 4
19. With logic you would find my first, though you might rely on chance, My second's in the mid of day, and seen quickly in a glance. My third's not found at home or school, but always at work or church, My fourth's in luck, but not a truck, no matter how hard you search. My All was given in the cradle, with clarity, and I recall, It was found on every parcel, in my cereal, and in my crawl. It's always in a clamor, and in the Oracle it was expound, that although it abides with rascals, with chivalry it's always found. Found within each miracle, and also within each scholar, If you think you've solved this riddle, then give my name a holler.	Answer 4
20. A sailor rode on my first one day, My second is all he had to say, When asked my third, his reply was odd, A golden my fourth, without the pod. He hoped to find one before my fifth, To pay a bounty--my sixth forthwith. He was a puzzle, there is no doubt, My all's a secret to figure out..	Answer 4

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