What has hands but cannot clap, and ticks without a tock?
Category: Wordplay · Difficulty: hard
Hint: Think of something that tells time.
Answer
A clock
Explanation
The riddle uses wordplay – 'hands' refer to the clock hands, and 'ticks' refers to the ticking sound it makes.
This is a hard wordplay riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is A clock.
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