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a friend in irc has been torturing us with riddles. this one i got pretty quick, even though i hadnt guessed all the words – but someone else guessed it before me. still reading the riddle it took me about five minutes to get it.

here it is:

Though compared to my ___1___, I’m not very ____2____,
You can still ___3____ me on a good, open ___4_____.
Many a ____5____ has made me quite ___6_____,
Thought I’m still found in ____7____ performed by the ___8____

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Clues:

1-
I am a man, and alone, this I am not.
But add one more, and then you have got.
Male or female, it mattereth not.
With father and mother, I am now what you’ve sought.
As long as there is another.

2.

This word in not short, but not very long.
The last part of me is never wrong.
The first part of me comes from 80 percent.
IF you’re a straight A student, it might cause a dent.

3-
You can look high and low, you will only see seven.
But not at one time, even from heaven

4-
Some places you’ll find me every day.
Other places I never go away.
Still others I’m always held at bay

5-
12 must have come
12 must have passed before I am one,
Full at last.

6-
I am white, I am high, some point with pride.
Some give their riches, hoping to hide

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7-
Yesterday, tomorrow, whistling in the dark.
Look through my window, Lakeside park.

8-
Before the radio, before CD
Go to the tavern, and you would find me.