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– [Answer]( Puzzle of the Day Complete, I am an ill-placed zephyr; behead me, and I am floating logs; behead me again, and I am part of a ship. (What word fits the first clue? Follow the directions to form new words from it.) – [Answer]( The world turns softly
Not to spill its lakes and rivers.
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