# A Cyclic Riley [duplicate]

The Cyclic Riley #1 1 answer

Here we go, a classic Riley with a twist!

My firsts are the firsts of the days;
My middle is the middle, not lacking;
My lasts is the last of an n-term series;
And my whole is the whole of a cycle.

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• oooh what happens when you rot13( pyvpx ba gur gvgyr )!!! very interesting! – Alto Oct 23 at 1:45
• What is this? Seems really cool! – Voldemort's Wrath Oct 23 at 1:48
• Possible duplicate of The Cyclic Riley #1 – PiIsNot3 Oct 23 at 1:53
• Unless it is important to the question, may I suggest using the cyrillic "a" instead of the weird bar? i.e. duplicаte instead of duplicate. javascript – Hugh Oct 23 at 2:05
• Other option that might work is duplicate... – Alconja Oct 23 at 4:35

Month

My firsts are the firsts of the days;

Monday

My middle is the middle, not lacking;

nt - "not" lacking the middle letter.

My lasts is the last of an n-term series;

nth

And my whole is the whole of a cycle.

Monthly cycle.

• Had the same, but decided not to post, because "lacking" didn't seem to fit in there. – Bass Oct 23 at 9:31
• @Bass I've just had a thought that it might be instead "nt", that is "not" lacking a letter, is this a better fit? – hexomino Oct 23 at 9:35
• Lacking the middle letter nonetheless! @hexomino – JMP Oct 23 at 9:54
• @JMP yes, that's probably it then – hexomino Oct 23 at 10:35
• Nice answer! The green check, escorted by a crew of fifteen reputable bodyguards, is searching its way to your Puzzling account. Please be patient ;) – Omega Krypton Oct 23 at 11:34

I think you are a:

Sundial

My firsts are the firsts of the days:

SUN - Sunday is the first day of the week.

My middle is the middle, not lacking;

DIA - Diameter is the middle of a circle. Diameter is also a unit of linear measurement of magnification power (which is related to the not lacking part)

My lasts is the last of an n-term series;

L - A constant l is often used to represent the last number in a n-term series.

And my whole is the whole of a cycle:

A sundial can measure seasonal cycles/time.

• why... this sounds so plausible, yet it's not the intended answer. sorry and keep it up! – Omega Krypton Oct 23 at 8:05