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Remove 'Y' and you do this with apparel. Remove 'E' and I am cautious.
My second is performed by my first, and it is thought a thief by the marks of my whole might be caught.
Handy when you need to measure something or run a kingdom.
What is between heaven and earth?
What eight letter word has "kst" in middle, in the beginning and at the end?
Why was the cook arrested?