I know the riddle was already answered, but I was thinking of another possible answer: (Warning, the spoiler tag also contains an obscenity, if you're very sensitive to that sort of thing.) My ...

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My guess is: Kind of cake: Installing without me would be an ache: Convey stuff: Type of pasta:

2: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s {A, A, NA, A, A, SA, E}

Some possible answers... 4 Across: Flickering flare (9) 7 Across: What philanthropists do with money (18) 16 Across: Almost all my Cards are Spades, Clubs, and Diamonds (3) 19 Across: "Johnny, ...

An article about being smooth. A function that makes you wet. The challenge of making something more general. Spending too much time thinking about the past.

The safest choice is: (Somewhat tongue-in-cheek: I realize there wasn't a "lateral-thinking" tag on the problem...)

Macy Grey:

Explanation: Answer:

Code: Some sample outputs: .

The answer is: Eagle: Final: Flag: Hands: Hard: Left: Medicine: Morning: Pop: Rat's: Shock: Sunday: And finally, as the OP had to point out to everybody, the form of the table looks ...

The answer to the overall question "So tell me, what did they add?" Through most of the riddle, the word "it" refers to: It may be too big to golf with And that a shortest answer in it exists may ...

My guess is: Mostly because: And also: A man of great power, ..., exalted in his station. Leader of an army. As for the last four lines:

Are you: I'm famously rectangular. Sometimes it's dark / Sometimes it's not. If you use me while I'm wet / You might get killed.

I was thinking of: Title: I never made you blinded, or am I not? Rather than usual I'll have grey area, / other times I don't. You could say I'm being feared by, / gladly only to a few. Being part ...

I'm guessing this probably isn't the answer, as it doesn't quite fit everything. Nonetheless, in case it nudges somebody else towards the actual answer, my guess is: . My goal is to be made free, ...

Wild guess: Things which possibly fit:

Very partial answer:

Another possible answer (more literal):

Three times I'm delayed yet I still make the journey I once made a trek through New Granada. Beginning from a state of red Native American Chief Oy rats have learned to adapt From black, red, and ...

Is the answer: Update:

For the convenience of readers to find answers in one place: Large, circular supports continually rotate, thereby transporting me to my relatives. The pontificating cleric prefers his environment to ...

Is it: Two possible interpretations: Or:

I realize this probably doesn't really fit the format hinted at in the last problem. Nevertheless, I'm thinking: Explanation:

Very partial, essentially just articulating some of my thoughts on possibilities in case somebody else might pick up on them. Eagle: Medicine: Final: Morning: Hands: Hard: (Of course, none of ...

The answer the riddle made me think of was: Open my mouth and twist my ear / Like you have done since yesteryear. I'll do what I have done the most / I'll hold my ground and stand my post. When I'm ...

Very partial answer (just on the off chance it wasn't obvious to everybody):

Random guess: Apple of this very country: Some sort of politeness we will all share, will we? Surprise itself is inferior to me. But for you, today, I am mostly irony. So, I admit it's probably a ...

OK, since nobody seems to want to just come out and say the last answer, let me post it so I can mark the question as solved: 21: