Which three-digit number, made of consecutive digits, like 567, is 2 less than a cube and 2 more than a square?

Decode below three cipher riddles:

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

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

John went to buy some expensive, foreign chocolates. He only had Rs 100 with him. When he reached the shop, he got out and know that on those chocolates, there was a 15% import duty and 5% VAT.

How much worth chocolate should he buy so that he can accommodate it in Rs 100?

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

What Time Should the last watch show in the below figure?

Andrew sees a very rare bird named "Ruppell's vulture". Soon Andrew was dead. Can you explain the mystery, Mr. Sherlock?

Jack was having a candle light dinner with his girlfriend. Suddenly a cold gush of wind entered through the open window and three of the ten candles were extinguished. Assuming that none of the other candles were extinguished.

How many candles are they left with in the end ?

It is deaf, Dumb and Blind!!!

Still, always tells the truth. What is it?

Can you make four (4) nines (9) equal 100?