If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY

What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?

What occurs twice in a week, once in a year but never in a day?

What word does this rebus represent?

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If "P" means "-", "Q" means "/", "R" means "+", and "S" means "*" then find the value of the following:

21 Q 7 R 9 S 10 P 13

An evil man kidnapped someone and made them take one of two pills. One was harmless, but the other was poisonous. Whichever pill the victim took, the kidnapper took the other one. The victim took their pill with water and died. The kidnapper survived. How did the kidnapper get the harmless pill?

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

I am a word that begins with the letter “i.” If you add the letter “a” to me, I become a new word with a different meaning, but that sounds exactly the same. What word am I?

My first is in chocolate but not in ham. My second is in cake and also in jam. My third at tea time is easily found. Altogether, this is a friend who is often around. What is it?

There is something which is always coming but never arrives?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?