I feature a face without eyes and a hand that never twitches. When the summer sun shines fierce, I tell the exact hour from my post, but whenever overcast clouds obscure the beach, my voice is wholly lost. What am I?
Sundial
Plays on clock terms ('face' and 'hand'/gnomon shadow) to describe a sundial, which operates solely in sunlight.
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