General Riddles

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

I have just one, but with eight to spare, I am usually friendly, but I sometimes act like I don't care. What am I?
A cat (9 lives).

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

I am an English word. I have three consecutive double letters. Who am I?
Bookkeeper

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"

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