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06-05-2019, 12:19 PM | #6481 |
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Kay.
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So we can see it:
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I: IDRIL. (Within 'lid rile').
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MORIQUENDI: What, in Latin? A city and an element. In turmoil, dark ones are revealed
AREDHEL: Cured, with a direction? She is there. EOL: The Young one loses way, and he is found GONDOLIN: Here, a confused mafia boss is within slang in a spin. ??L??: Mix four elements and see him. ??I??: Close the lid. Rile everyone up. See her within. ??N??: Here, a toxic alcohol gains direction.
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06-05-2019, 12:29 PM | #6484 |
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Idril for I, (see my edit, above).
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06-05-2019, 12:32 PM | #6485 |
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L: LOMION.
Mo + Li + N + O.
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06-05-2019, 12:35 PM | #6486 |
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Methanol + N = Nan Elmoth.
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06-05-2019, 12:45 PM | #6487 |
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MORIQUENDI: What, in Latin? A city and an element. In turmoil, dark ones are revealed
AREDHEL: Cured, with a direction? She is there. EOL: The Young one loses way, and he is found GONDOLIN: Here, a confused mafia boss is within slang in a spin. LOMION: Mix four elements and see him. IDRIL: Close the lid. Rile everyone up. See her within. NAN ELMOTH: Here, a toxic alcohol gains direction. Congrats. Over to you. P.S: Please wipe this puzzle from your memory.
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06-05-2019, 12:46 PM | #6488 |
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HUINESORON! Would you like to write the next one?
You very nearly got my last one, and your thoughts paved the way for the right answer.
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06-05-2019, 02:18 PM | #6490 |
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OK ... will you try to look in briefly and perhaps solve one or two, though? I have quite a special one that I've just written.
I mean in your lunch break or something ... not when you're supposed to be working!
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06-05-2019, 02:22 PM | #6491 |
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Though pedant proud this setter be,
To overload a clue, e’en she Unwilling is, so therefore, peers, For some of these, LOOK TO YOUR EARS! :- 1. Crossing where people eat their butties – before that is lost. 2. He’s a seafaring amputee! Ouch! 3. These elves (and the lost boys) adore her. 4. This pub has decidedly dodgy toilets. 5. Something you probably do if Rankin Bass orcs are driving you. 6. Wee dog loses direction, but prances and pivots until he’s found! 7. Distance a horse can travel on its posterior? Vowel shift! Here it is! 8. An unsung hero, because he evidently unblocked the toilet in Gondolin, even without being noted for it! 9. Dunno how this geezer keeps his specs on, or stops his helm falling over his nose! 10. Kanga’s baby’s bogies are projectile for him!
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06-05-2019, 02:40 PM | #6492 |
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For 3, I don't think Wendy has a Tolkien connection, unless I am dumb.
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06-05-2019, 02:45 PM | #6493 |
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And if theme is musicians again, which I think it is, then clue 8 points to Salgant. Now I only have to fit it in.
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06-05-2019, 02:56 PM | #6494 |
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What makes you think it's musicians? There may have been three Council ones, but there were only two Twin ones.
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06-05-2019, 03:00 PM | #6495 |
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So it's either Council members, or twins. Good to know.
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06-05-2019, 03:06 PM | #6496 |
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I take it that's sarcasm.
Just because there were 3 council ones, it doesn't mean there will be 3 musician ones. The council ones happened because my computer was down and I could not get at my stash of prepared passwords. Twin and musician research meant I had enough for two of each, and the aforementioned stash had by then been used up.
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06-05-2019, 03:08 PM | #6497 |
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The 7th clue puzzles me the most.
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06-05-2019, 03:09 PM | #6498 |
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For 2, if amputee is a Tolkien amputee, then it's either Maedhros or Beren.
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06-05-2019, 03:11 PM | #6499 |
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I'm not surprised!
But I'm not going to hand out hints this time. If do, I could give the whole puzzle away.
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But in fact, it is none of the three.
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Okay, so Rankin bass Orcs are singing, so SING.
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06-05-2019, 03:29 PM | #6502 |
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9. Tolma is elvish for helm. Add to that N for nose, and you get Tolman.
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No to both.
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Just for clarification - I don't want anyone to risk their job! I mean, I'm addicted to this thread, but not *that* addicted!
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7... is a furlong measured by horses? Because BAMFURLONG is only a U off from the clue if so.
4... sigh. A FLOATING LOG, huh? (And technically there's a Wendy connection in Tolkien... one of the early names he considered for Melian was Gwendoling or something like it. But I don't think it's relevant.) hS |
06-05-2019, 04:18 PM | #6506 |
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Huey ... do you remember a previous clue that involved Wendy?
Tsk, Huinesoron. It's THE Floating Log!
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06-05-2019, 04:25 PM | #6507 |
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Though pedant proud this setter be,
To overload a clue, e’en she Unwilling is, so therefore, peers, For some of these, LOOK TO YOUR EARS! :- 1. Crossing where people eat their butties – before that is lost. 2. He’s a seafaring amputee! Ouch! LAIQUENDI: These elves (and the lost boys) adore her. THE FLOATING LOG: This pub has decidedly dodgy toilets. 5. Something you probably do if Rankin Bass orcs are driving you. 6. Wee dog loses direction, but prances and pivots until he’s found! BAMFURLONG: Distance a horse can travel on its posterior? Vowel shift! Here it is! 8. An unsung hero, because he evidently unblocked the toilet in Gondolin, even without being noted for it! 9. Dunno how this geezer keeps his specs on, or stops his helm falling over his nose! 10. Kanga’s baby’s bogies are projectile for him! Furlongs are always being mentioned in horse racing. Especially 'the final furlong' in the Grand National. From Google definition: "Old English*furlang, from*furh*‘furrow’ +*lang*‘long’. The word originally denoted the length of a furrow in a common field (formally regarded as a square of ten acres). It was also used as the equivalent of the Roman*stadium, one eighth of a Roman mile, whence the current sense. Compare with*stadium." Not a horsey term in origin, then.
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06-05-2019, 04:34 PM | #6508 |
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3. Laiquendi
(All right, I cheated a bit by searching back.... )
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06-05-2019, 04:39 PM | #6509 |
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Correct, Urwen! As all the clues are in the last but one post, I'll just edit that one in.
... Flipping heck ...how far back did you have to read?
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Well, I used the search thread function.
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LL.....L
Is this a password comprised entirely of Ls?
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And how does the toilet factor into THE FLOATING LOG?
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06-05-2019, 04:48 PM | #6513 |
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Just keep guessing clues, and all will be revealed.
As for what a floating log has to do with a dodgy toilet ... do you really want to know?
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I want to know because if LOG is a toilet, then this points to either Galdor or Legolas of Gondolin.
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06-05-2019, 04:59 PM | #6515 |
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No ... a log is slang for a turd. I presume because it kind of looks like a log, just smaller. So if it's floating, the toilet is blocked (or some git hasn't flushed it).
You did ask.
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So Turgon for 3 (TURD-D+GONE-E)
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Though pedant proud this setter be,
To overload a clue, e’en she Unwilling is, so therefore, peers, For some of these, LOOK TO YOUR EARS! :- 1. Crossing where people eat their butties – before that is lost. 2. He’s a seafaring amputee! Ouch! LAIQUENDI: These elves (and the lost boys) adore her. THE FLOATING LOG: This pub has decidedly dodgy toilets. 5. Something you probably do if Rankin Bass orcs are driving you. 6. Wee dog loses direction, but prances and pivots until he’s found! BAMFURLONG: Distance a horse can travel on its posterior? Vowel shift! Here it is! TURGON: An unsung hero, because he evidently unblocked the toilet in Gondolin, even without being noted for it! 9. Dunno how this geezer keeps his specs on, or stops his helm falling over his nose! 10. Kanga’s baby’s bogies are projectile for him! Exactly! The rhyme I put at the beginning indicates that it only needs to *sound* like 'gone.' But the 'note' thing was needed to get rid of the D, because that letter is not silent. Oh ... did you think 'unsung' meant get rid of another note? Actually, that's so cool I'll pretend I intended it. I actually added 'unsung hero' as a wry joke about the heroic act of unblocking a toilet. I mean, what's the point of being a great elvish warrior if you can't deal with everyday, practical matters?
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Where there is a whip, there's a way
We don't wanna go to war today, but the Lord of the Lashes say 'nay nay nay' We're gonna march all day, all day, all day Where there is a whip, there's a way
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06-05-2019, 05:22 PM | #6519 |
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The whip is the crucial connection, but you also have to cross-reference this to orcs in 'The Hobbit.'
As Rankin-Bass also animated 'The Hobbit,' I thought this clue was defensible.
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Orcs in the Hobbit are called goblins. Relevant?
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