Riddle #1060

A name of an animal minus the first three letters plus a flat piece of wood. What am I ?

I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall. What am I?

I can fly but I have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

I am a fruit. Remove my first letter, it's a crime. Remove my first and last letter, it's a kind of music. What do you think am I?

I create my lair with earthen string and dispatch my prey with a biting sting. What am I?

I have 4 eyes, but I cannot see! What Am I?

Wash it and it isn't clean. Don't wash it and then it's clean. What I Am?

Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, I will devour them all. What am I?

I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind, I help others to see. What am I?

I plow and plow, but never sow. What am I?