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Calamitous
I am only a word of five letters, but I have caused great calamities. Take away my head and I enhance a city.
Behead me once more and I am a place where all the world once congregated.
If at first you curtail me, I am a mineral.
Curtail once more and I am a fashionable resort.
Yet if instead you cut off both my head and my tail it does not deteriorate my value.
Behead me once more and I am a place where all the world once congregated.
If at first you curtail me, I am a mineral.
Curtail once more and I am a fashionable resort.
Yet if instead you cut off both my head and my tail it does not deteriorate my value.
Answer
SPARK.Clues: park, ark, spar, spa, par.
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I liked that one
Excellent teaser. Not tooo hard, but took a little thought to get them all. Thanks for submitting this kind of teaser - high on my "fun" list.
Hehe. I like that one, although I didn't know spar was a mineral.
Great teaser, Though the 'ark' one threw me off, as only christians think that the worlds animals were carried in the ark
Nice, clever puzzle!
Fun and entertaining teaser. Took a little time but I was able to get the five letter word (Spark).
I would've done better if I ever heard of "spar". I had "spa" but then couldn't come up with any mineral after going through all the letters so I figured it was wrong.
Fairly simple, fun teaser, thanks!
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