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Round and Round (the World)
This is part 17 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
Today’s puzzle is a circular crossword with overlapping answers. Answers in all ...
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Where Mongol herds graze
One of us – largest outside polar regions;
another one's island's shared with Indonesians;
a third one is found at the edge of the first,
a break from the dryness to quench people's thirst....
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I rhyme with omega
The place of the birth of a short-reigning king,
the fifth of his name and the last of his kind.
As well as the place of his death one cruel spring,
the label of genocide later assigned.
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The thousand-year enigma
Three two and five versus one five and three twos,
sellable merchandise made out of these clues,
latter being northern the first's in the east,
country's name one thousand years back at least.
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Named after something you'd find in a harbour
A big book of words was brought forth to my north.
A prominent Turkish-born priest to my east.
A bad taste was left in French mouths to my south.
Criminals are put to the test to my west.
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Four Directions #8 - Where and what am I? (fan-made)
To the north is a bank of extreme altercations.
To the west is a land that is claimed by no nations.
To the south is a seat of a union's operations.
To the east is a site of devout lapidations.
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No pharaohs here, move along
A bowl can hold my start in place,
But try not catch one with your face.
No continent do I embrace;
You may think "pharaohs" – not the case.
A Dutchman caught me in his sight,
But ...
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My first riddle ^^
The place of magical emerald light,
Where penguins are often in sight;
Here, red beast is on alert,
But still, freely, the devils lurk.
Name the place. :)
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A mother of dragons
A mother of dragons, a sea-rimmed estate,
with flora and fauna in protected state.
A line that goes nearby the whole world equates;
I'm neighboured by flowers in land of the raids.
What am I?
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Alberta's winter is pretty mild
Republic of some merit, I'm the world's number one.
I'm colder than Alberta, as to snow I have a ton.
I'm larger than some countries, such as Nauru and Algeria.
Yet in a sense I'm smaller than ...
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A place where the sun is up
A place where the sun is up,
The land that is cut from all.
Here the people coverup,
Once had men come by crawl.
Might be too broad, will post more lines later!
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More seasoned than shchi
Near a faith's top spots, I'm not quite a sea;
I contain water more seasoned than shchi.
As you jump in, you will float like a flea.
A basketball goat wanders right into me.
Forced into ...
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Continent's outermost point
I am a continent's outermost point,
an island pair by a rough strait made disjoint.
Once held by natives, a land owned by right,
my population is now mostly white.
Named after compass ...
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