It has a long neck, A name of a bird, Feeds on cargo of ships, It's not alive,

What is 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?

Find the smallest sentence with all the English alphabet.

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?

Can you identify if it's a murder or a suicide ?

There are 2 people near the river and both of them want to get on the other side. The boat can only take one of them. But they got across.
How?

I cannot talk, but I always reply when spoken to. What am I?

The barber of Town shaves all men living in the town. No man living in the town is allowed to shave himself. The barber lives in that town. Who then shaves the barber of the town?

Can you solve the tricky chess rebus puzzle below by ciphering the hidden meaning?