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It's got twists and turns, but has no curves. Twist it to fix it, turn it to ruin it. What is it?
Although I'm not an insect, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are a metal. Who am I?
My head bobs lazily in the sun. You think I'm cute. For my face is yellow my hair is white and my body is green.
A dagger thrust at my own heart, dictates the way I'm swayed. Left I stand, and right I yield, to the twisting of the blade.
What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?
Why was the cook arrested?