Riddles from a Raddled Rambler

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1. Screaming, soaring, seeking sky, Flowers of fire flying high, Eastern art from ancient time, Name me now and solve the rhyme. Answer: (One Word: 8 or 9 letters)

2. Two bees in Shakespeare; One bee flies high; But if I have six bees What am I? Answer: (One Word: 6 letters)

3. I'm on a board or in a hole; A low isle in the sea; Essential, I; and musical; My own solution's ___. Answer: (One Word: 3 letters)

4. My first is in bane but not in foe; My second in Harry and Malfoy, too; My third starts a small golden ball, you know; My fourth isn't we or they or you; My fifth is in Slytherin but not Gryffindor; My sixth's in the window but not in the pane; My seventh's the shape of a snake on the floor And my last is in ark but not in rain. My whole is a monster, at Hogwarts fought, Whose death brought the Dark Lord's plans to naught. Answer: (One Word: 8 letters)

5. A spit of land with spit around, And part of sounding bell, I lie within my rosy cave E'en when the truth I tell. Answer: (One Word: 6 letters)

6. This is an add-and-drop-a-letter six word sequence riddle. The correct answer is composed of only two of the words in the sequence. When I started I was small ___ home with parents caring; Come Halloween I grew and flew to join in all the scaring; An aspirate to wash me in; Take apis out, put softly in to make a way for me to tread; Remove a gas and stroke dog's head; Throw out a drink - a state remains; Now answer this (don't strain your brains): What animal was I, and which parent am I now? Answer: (Two Words: 3 letters, 2 letters)

7. A feathered friend to freedom flew, With fingers five extended, Now more than one but less than three, In one small tree it ended. Each line gives a sequential clue to a key word in a proverb. The correct answer is the list of four key words in order. Answer: (Four Words: 4 letters, 4 letters, 3 letters, 4 letters)

8. I cannot see, nor can I feel, Though I have eyes and skin, too; I start beneath the ground, But often finish up within you. Answer: (One word: 6 letters)

9. A mile or more beneath your feet My journey to the light began; The sunlight now my heart reflects, Delighting eyes of every man. Though plain and crusty is my skin, A glittering treasure lies within. Answer: (One Word: 5 letters)

10. My step is slow; the snow's my breath, I give the ground a grinding death, My marching makes an end of me, Slain by the sun or drowned at sea. Answer: (One Word: 7 letters)