Your mother’s brother’s only brother-in-law is asleep on your couch. Who is asleep on your couch?

As a whole I am both
safe and secure.

Behead me and I become
a place of meeting.

Behead me again and I am
the partner of ready.

Restore me, and I become
the domain of beasts.

What am I?

If your uncle’s sister is not your aunt, what relation is she to you?

Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

You measure my life in hours
I serve you by expiring
I vanish faster when I am thin
and slower when I am thick
The wind is my energy
What am I?

When you say goodbye, I am what you need to tie.
I come as a couple and go wherever you run.
Who am I?

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

I am written with two letters.
I said with the one.
I usually am seen with the two.

Who am I?

It's pretty hard to give up.
If you remove a part of it, you will be left with a bit.
Even if you remove another part, the bit still remains.
Remove one more and it still remains.

What is it?