General Riddles

I am a drink. I am also an alphabet? Who am I?

Place a word with 4 letters in between the two words so that it can be used as a prefix and suffix to make two new words. SPOILS_______ION

First, you kill me with a knife and then you chop me in anger. Then you cry beside me. Who am I?

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
The letter m.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

When can you make the following equation correct? 14+1=3
In a clock when we add 14hrs and 1hr we get 15hrs i.e. 3 o'clock

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

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