Braingle: 'Take it Away' Riddle

Take it Away

Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.

Puzzle ID:	#26008
Fun:	(3.07)
Difficulty:	(2.06)
Category:	Riddle
Submitted By:	trickster2005

Take away my first letter and I am a store.
Take away the second and people who look at me adore.
Put all my letters back and read me in reverse if you are able.
I am now cars suspended from an overhead cable.
Take a letter away and I become male sheep.
Did you get it, or did the letters you try to keep?

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Comments

don_antonini Sep 21, 2005	good one!!!i got it!
shabz4lyf Sep 21, 2005	nice on
shabz4lyf Sep 21, 2005	umm i meant nice one!
smarty_blondy Sep 21, 2005	I really had fun with this one. Keep them coming trickster.
AZTTT Sep 21, 2005	Very Good! I actually got it!
chaskey Sep 21, 2005	Very clever! I was on the right track, but I gave up too soon.
Aarghonauts Sep 21, 2005	Excellent!! Fun, took some thinking but not impossible. Poifect
Katelin Sep 21, 2005	I got it by the cars suspended line. Good one!
lives_2sing Sep 21, 2005	good one! i got it right away!
Sunrose Sep 21, 2005	Nice Teaser, good job, easy but fun
oceanmist22626 Sep 21, 2005	i didnt get it i thot i was only lookin 4 1 word 4 some reason great 1 tho! i really like it!
trickster2005 Sep 21, 2005	thanks I created by myself!
sweetime Sep 22, 2005	i sort of had it - the "mart" being a store thing threw me though :/ well done
Swordoffury1392 Sep 22, 2005	Great teaser trickster!
jessjspieks Sep 23, 2005	Well written, even though I didn't get it Fuess I am not "smart" Love it though
microxp05 Sep 23, 2005	i really liked that one. when it says the thing about cars being suspended i got it. good job.
jimmym Sep 23, 2005	smart!
redraptor50 Oct 08, 2005	Rats.I kept thinking singular instead of plural, oh well...Keep them coming, good one
rkaaland Nov 15, 2005	Great one- I hate it when I am to preoccupied to figure it out!! Got the Ram part though
cloughme Jun 23, 2007	Very "Smart!"
lmurray Jun 23, 2007	QUITE EASY, I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, IN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH CLASS; I THINK.
puttumup Jun 23, 2007	yuck
kmathre Jun 23, 2007	Yeah I actually gone one of these. Basically I got ram and worked backwards.
dshebo Jun 23, 2007	I didn't get it but I didn't really try very hard either. This is a fun teaser though!
mosca Jun 23, 2007	Really fun brainteaser!
doehead Jun 23, 2007	Easy,Easy,Easy.
happyhak Jun 23, 2007	That was a quality quiz!!!
auntiesis Jun 23, 2007	Once I got tram the rest of the words just popped out at me with no trouble. Very easy on the old brain after a sleepless night. Thanks.
snowmonster Jun 23, 2007	This was cute and clever!
anion Jun 23, 2007	Between my hubby and me we got it. I figured out Ram first and then got tram. Then he said, Mart and smart... It took us a bit but we got it. Great teaser. It was fun doing it. Keep 'em coming!!!
anion Jun 23, 2007	Between my hubby and me we got it. I figured out Ram first and then got tram. Then he said, Mart and smart... It took us a bit but we got it. Great teaser. It was fun doing it. Keep 'em coming!!!
mondayschild59 Jun 23, 2007	I really liked that one. It was very good and made you think. I got it right for a change. Thanks for posting. Monday~
craniac Jun 23, 2007	Got it without even a first cup of coffee! Yay!
hoosiergirl Jun 23, 2007	Why do I keep trying?
anniebee Jun 23, 2007	What I came up with was wrong but lots of fun. Thanks!
(user deleted) Jun 23, 2007	Good one! I actually got it....but if they hadn't put the male sheep clue I would never have guessed the clue.
Trishgal Jun 23, 2007	Got it by working it backwards so I guess I was adding it back on Thx
solotravlr Jun 23, 2007	wow. i got zero . i saw male sheep and thought "ewe" but couldnt work with it..... it was a good one trickster, tks and kep em coming
phyllisa Jun 23, 2007	Good teaser, I missed art but got the rest...
shawnbse Jun 23, 2007	good one...i got it
omgitsash Jun 23, 2007	wow..that was smart!
Brock Jun 23, 2007	I DONT GET IT
speedqueenkmw Jun 24, 2007	got it and enjoyed it
cassiemark Jun 25, 2007	Good One! Very cute!
princess2007 Jun 25, 2007	to be honest, i didn't like it but i still think thats cuz i didn't understand the taking letters away. anyways, maybe i have to get better at this. Lots of people liked it, so its a good teaser!
Qrystal Jul 31, 2007	Woohoo, I got it!! That was an enjoyable struggle, for those few minutes it occupied my braingled-brain. I was a little puzzled because I couldn't see how a letter was taken away to get 'mart', which was 'tram' backwards, but then I got SMART about it!! I am so smart, I am so smart, S-M-R-T!
precious1026 Jun 23, 2010	This Teaser was great. very ingenious, smart and artful. I will add this teaser to my Favorites. Good work, keep them coming...
crazy10man Jun 23, 2010	It was fun, but the rhyming . . . uh, it needs a little work.
bradon182001 Jun 23, 2010	Very well written, excellent teaser. Thanks for posting.
doehead Jun 23, 2010	WOW, another old repeat. How lucky we are.
patiencewithaP Jun 23, 2010	Well written...even though I had to work backward from ram! Great teaser!
wordmama Jun 23, 2010	Doehead, I never saw it before! I venture to say that not everyone is on this site every single day of every year! I missed art b/c I was taking away JUST the second letter instead of both first & second. But the solution became clearer with trams and rams; that was very SMART!
beyonce123 Jun 23, 2010	I love this teaser. I got it right but it still kept me thinking for a while. I will add this to my favorites.
auntiesis Jun 23, 2010	Easy and fun, even though I did it a couple of years ago I had forgotten all about it so it was like new to me.
mathisnice Jun 23, 2010	Good one!
bear01 Jun 28, 2010	was fun and sweet. I got it after some deep thought..
ofsoundmind Nov 15, 2012	great job