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What is long and slim, works in light. Has but one eye, and an awful bite?
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?
I have two hands but cannot clap
Large as a mountain, small as a pea, Endlessly swimming in a water-less sea.
It's like food but water kills it. What is it?
Why was the cook arrested?