Railroad Crossing, look out for the cars. Can you spell that, without any R's ?

I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone.

What is the word or phrase?

Two-person want to cross a river. Only one boat is present on the riverside that can carry only one person at a time.

However, they still manage to cross the river. How is it possible?

Can you solve the photo plexer logic ?

If nine thousand, nine hundred nine dollars is written as $9,909,
how should twelve thousand, twelve hundred twelve dollars be written?

Can you count the number of blocks in the picture below?

The dirtier I get, the whiter I look. Who am I?

You are given a cube that is made with the help of 10x10x10 smaller cubes summing up to a total of 1000 smaller cubes. You are asked to take off one layer of the cubes.
How many remain now?

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?