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My second is performed by my first, and it is thought a thief by the marks of my whole might be caught.
A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one and twelve remains.
As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, I am the partner of ready. Restore me, I become the domain of beasts.
A mighty weapon in the war against winged household pests.
This is rectangular, hollow and has a lid, and where you’ll find it you might wonder, it is just six feet under. What is it?
Why was the cook arrested?