Riddling Sphinx/Quotes

First think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard,
During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?

—The Sphinx from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; the answer is "a spider".

You see before you four of these,
Of these there is no lack.
I grant one of five minutes' time,
Then you become my snack.
What is it?

—From Dragon #271

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↑ The answer is the gynosphinx herself. This riddle was, it seems, first posed by a gynosphinx with a weird sense of humor, who seemed to enjoy watching a potential prey sweat over a riddle where the answer was right in front of him.

[1] The answer is the gynosphinx herself. This riddle was, it seems, first posed by a gynosphinx with a weird sense of humor, who seemed to enjoy watching a potential prey sweat over a riddle where the answer was right in front of him.

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