Decode below three cipher riddles:

26 L of the A
7 D of the W
1000 Y in a M

When it's bad luck to meet a black cat?

I live in a bowl. I can swim. I have a tail. I also have fins and big eyes. What am I?

Nodes are shown below and you need to connect them based on the following rule: Every node can be connected to the number of nodes inside them, i.e. the first node there is a value of 1 which indicates that the first node can connect to exactly one node only.Can you do it?

In the given picture, you can find two letters missing. When two particular letters are placed in the missing spots, you get an eight-letter word while reading in the anti-clockwise direction. Can you find out the missing letters and the missing word eventually?

What is common among 11, 69, and 88?

When I go in I might cause pain. I cause you to spit and ask you not to swallow. I can fill your hole. What am I?

Two guards were on duty outside a barracks. One faced up the road to watch for anyone approaching from the North. The other looked down the road to see if anyone approached from the South. Suddenly one of them said to the other, "Why are you smiling?"

How did he know his companion was smiling?

what does this picture(rebus) riddle means ?

Can you tell a 3D object that has just two surfaces?