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Urwen · 03-08-2023, 05:13 PM

PRAISE: Give them this.
OLIPHAUNT: He doesn't fib.
EARENDIL: He is above the world, literally.
MAID: An unmarried woman, she.

THEODEN: Much to Robb's chagrin, he could be called 'King in the North' too.
IN: Just a preposition.
TOWER: A building that is also a boat.
LADS: Young boys, they.
ELBERETH: Wife of the God King.
SHIRE: A place of peace and joy.

Over to you.

Pervinca Took · 03-09-2023, 02:23 AM

1. Sometimes he's even called this. What larks!
2. She's a gift. Truly, she is!
3. Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass.
4. Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya!
5. Ring ya lost? Where? The river?
6. Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third.
7. Mount this elvish element, and take the second.
8. Has hubris in one of his extremities?
9. He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter.
10. Name this county that Christ has deserted!
11. Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second.

What was the 'Robb' bit about, Urwen?

Urwen · 03-09-2023, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

What was the 'Robb' bit about, Urwen?

A reference to another book.

Urwen · 03-09-2023, 07:08 AM

5. Ringlo?

Urwen · 03-09-2023, 07:17 AM

2. Belladonna, if we go with german definition of 'gift'.

Pervinca Took · 03-09-2023, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

A reference to another book.

Which book? I did try google, but no luck.

No to both your guesses.

Urwen · 03-09-2023, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Which book? I did try google, but no luck.

No to both your guesses.

That one.

Huinesoron · 03-09-2023, 09:05 AM

#8: Does he have a proud foot? :O (Presumably ODO PROUDFOOT, if yes.)

hS

Pervinca Took · 03-09-2023, 10:42 AM

1. Sometimes he's even called this. What larks!
2. She's a gift. Truly, she is!
3. Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass.
4. Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya!
5. Ring ya lost? Where? The river?
6. Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third.
7. Mount this elvish element, and take the second.
ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities?
9. He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter.
10. Name this county that Christ has deserted!
11. Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second.

Urwen · 03-10-2023, 05:15 AM

I don't get most of these...

Urwen · 03-10-2023, 05:19 AM

Except 10, which is Shire.

Pervinca Took · 03-10-2023, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

Except 10, which is Shire.

It isn't, I'm afraid.

A lot of the answers are just Elvish words. That should make it easier.

Urwen · 03-10-2023, 06:39 AM

2. Anna (elvish for gift)

Urwen · 03-10-2023, 06:40 AM

Which would make the password PALINDROMES

Urwen · 03-10-2023, 08:30 AM

5 is Nen, elvish for river (Nenya - ya)

Huinesoron · 03-10-2023, 08:54 AM

#7: "mount, this" -- ie, ORO, a Quenya word for a mountain or hill. Using the R in the password.

#9: if he's lost a painter, he's just a mime. If he's lost a direction too, he becomes MIM.

Have looked at Mount Pelion but even Shakespeare is not helping me this time.

hS

Pervinca Took · 03-10-2023, 09:05 AM

P Sometimes he's even called this. What larks!
ANNA: She's a gift. Truly, she is!
LIPIL: Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass.
I Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya!
NEN: Ring ya lost? Where? The river?
??D Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third.
ORO: Mount this elvish element, and take the second.
ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities?
MIM: He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter.
E Name this county that Christ has deserted!
ASSA: Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second.

ASSA is hole. Hence 'gapes.'

Lipil from 'lipid.'

Urwen · 03-10-2023, 09:17 AM

Osso?

Pervinca Took · 03-10-2023, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

Osso?

You've compromised the wrong letter.

Urwen · 03-10-2023, 09:21 AM

Or ASSA, from OSSA?

Urwen · 03-10-2023, 09:27 AM

And the 'little glass' one is well, little glass, or LIPIL.

Pervinca Took · 03-10-2023, 10:05 AM

P Sometimes he's even called this. What larks!
ANNA: She's a gift. Truly, she is!
LIPIL: Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass.
I Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya!
NEN: Ring ya lost? Where? The river?
??D Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third.
ORO: Mount this elvish element, and take the second.
ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities?
MIM: He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter.
E Name this county that Christ has deserted!
ASSA: Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second.

ASSA is hole. Hence 'gapes.'

Lipil from 'lipid.'

Urwen · 03-10-2023, 02:50 PM

I have to wonder why are you explaining to us something we already know? I mean, if we give those answers, it's clear we figured out the cryptic element. We're not stupid, so please stop doing it every time...

Urwen · 03-10-2023, 02:58 PM

Anyway, the D one is KUDUK, from KODAK, so there is no need for you to explain the obvious again.

Pervinca Took · 03-10-2023, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

I have to wonder why are you explaining to us something we already know? I mean, if we give those answers, it's clear we figured out the cryptic element. We're not stupid, so please stop doing it every time...

No, actually, it isn't always. It's courtesy to just give a brief mention of how you worked out the answer. I usually do. And to realise that explanations are for the benefit of everyone, not just the person who guessed the answer.

Pervinca Took · 03-10-2023, 05:33 PM

P Sometimes he's even called this. What larks!
ANNA: She's a gift. Truly, she is!
LIPIL: Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass.
I Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya!
NEN: Ring ya lost? Where? The river?
KUDUK: Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third.
ORO: Mount this elvish element, and take the second.
ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities?
MIM: He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter.
E Name this county that Christ has deserted!
ASSA: Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second.

Urwen · 03-11-2023, 06:07 AM

Well, there is a county in the Netherlands named EPE. (And yes, I reverse googled)

Urwen · 03-11-2023, 06:11 AM

Or maybe ESSE, if you interpret 'Christ had deserted' as simply removing the cross, or X, from the county of ESSEX.

Pervinca Took · 03-11-2023, 12:15 PM

P Sometimes he's even called this. What larks!
ANNA: She's a gift. Truly, she is!
LIPIL: Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass.
I Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya!
NEN: Ring ya lost? Where? The river?
KUDUK: Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third.
ORO: Mount this elvish element, and take the second.
ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities?
MIM: He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter.
ESSE: Name this county that Christ has deserted!
ASSA: Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second.

Huinesoron · 03-22-2023, 04:25 AM

#1 could be PIP(pin); I guess he engages in larks (or maybe lark = bird = peregrine). Then the I, I think "all in Quenya" is the straightest of straight clue and the answer is just ILLI (similar to Ilu- in Iluvatar). I'm not sure where the coffee comes in though.

hS

Pervinca Took · 03-22-2023, 07:22 AM

PIP: Sometimes he's even called this. What larks!
ANNA: She's a gift. Truly, she is!
LIPIL: Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass.
ILLI: Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya!
NEN: Ring ya lost? Where? The river?
KUDUK: Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third.
ORO: Mount this elvish element, and take the second.
ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities?
MIM: He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter.
ESSE: Name this county that Christ has deserted!
ASSA: Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second.

'I'm generally just called Pippin, or even Pip.' - LOTR.
'What larks, Pip!' - Joe Gargery to Pip, the hero of 'Great Expectations.'

ILLY is a make of coffee - in the 'made and served in a café' sense, I think. I've seen adverts for it.

And over to Urwen.

Urwen · 04-30-2023, 04:32 AM

1. Usually the omens of death, but also helpful.
2. Article precedes twisted destruction. There they are.
3. Two different kinds, known by this single name.
4. Dwellings made of cloth are missing a head, for them.
5. Whether six legged or eight legged, they will eat you.

Huinesoron · 05-05-2023, 02:58 AM

#4: Tents - T = ENTS?

#1: Could this be RAVENS? They are ominous, but Roäc son of Carc was a handy translator on the slopes of the Lonely Mountain.

hS

Urwen · 05-05-2023, 03:58 AM

RAVENS: Usually the omens of death, but also helpful.
2. Article precedes twisted destruction. There they are.
3. Two different kinds, known by this single name.
ENTS: Dwellings made of cloth are missing a head, for them.
5. Whether six legged or eight legged, they will eat you.[/QUOTE]

Pervinca Took · 05-05-2023, 08:10 AM

2. Ainur (a + ruin).

5. Spiders?

Password: RACES?

3. I'd say CALAQUENDI, but they are from 3 divisions of elves. Plus Thingol, I think.

Huinesoron · 05-05-2023, 08:29 AM

If #3 is a C, then it could be CHILDREN OF ILUVATAR, for both Elves and Men. (Elves being just as racist as Gondorians, the dwarves don't get that title despite their adoption by the One.)

I remember Tolkien messed up Shelob's anatomy somehow, but when did he give them six legs?

hS

Urwen · 05-05-2023, 10:53 AM

RAVENS: Usually the omens of death, but also helpful.
AINUR: Article precedes twisted destruction. There they are.
CHILDREN OF ILUVATAR: Two different kinds, known by this single name.
ENTS: Dwellings made of cloth are missing a head, for them.
SPIDERS: Whether six legged or eight legged, they will eat you.

And Pervinca takes the round, as usual.

Pervinca Took · 05-06-2023, 01:07 PM

I especially liked the RAVENS clue, Urwen.

Here's one I made a while ago:

1. Poet hailed Queen Victoria in confusion?
2. Steamy and hot! Stir it well for her, and extract nothing.
3. Shift around raven country to arrive here?
4. Roast rat!? In consternation, find him!
5. Why, we ask, does she disturb the famous water?
6. Are they rhymefully quarrelin' under its branches?
7. Mud spelled backwards, according to the Harvard Lampoon.

Urwen · 05-07-2023, 07:16 AM

6. Laurelin?
7. Doom?

Pervinca Took · 05-07-2023, 09:47 AM

1. Poet hailed Queen Victoria in confusion?
2. Steamy and hot! Stir it well for her, and extract nothing.
3. Shift around raven country to arrive here?
4. Roast rat!? In consternation, find him!
5. Why, we ask, does she disturb the famous water?
LAURELIN: Are they rhymefully quarrelin' under its branches?
7. Mud spelled backwards, according to the Harvard Lampoon.

No to 'doom.' It refers to a chapter of something written by the Harvard Lampoon.

03-08-2023, 05:13 PM	#12561
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	Finally PRAISE: Give them this. OLIPHAUNT: He doesn't fib. EARENDIL: He is above the world, literally. MAID: An unmarried woman, she. THEODEN: Much to Robb's chagrin, he could be called 'King in the North' too. IN: Just a preposition. TOWER: A building that is also a boat. LADS: Young boys, they. ELBERETH: Wife of the God King. SHIRE: A place of peace and joy. Over to you. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-09-2023, 02:23 AM	#12562
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Sometimes he's even called this. What larks! 2. She's a gift. Truly, she is! 3. Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass. 4. Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya! 5. Ring ya lost? Where? The river? 6. Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third. 7. Mount this elvish element, and take the second. 8. Has hubris in one of his extremities? 9. He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter. 10. Name this county that Christ has deserted! 11. Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second. What was the 'Robb' bit about, Urwen? __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-09-2023, 07:08 AM	#12564
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	5. Ringlo? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-09-2023, 07:17 AM	#12565
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	2. Belladonna, if we go with german definition of 'gift'. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-09-2023, 09:05 AM	#12568
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,900	#8: Does he have a proud foot? :O (Presumably ODO PROUDFOOT, if yes.) hS __________________ Have you burned the ships that could bear you back again? ~Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-09-2023, 10:42 AM	#12569
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Sometimes he's even called this. What larks! 2. She's a gift. Truly, she is! 3. Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass. 4. Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya! 5. Ring ya lost? Where? The river? 6. Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third. 7. Mount this elvish element, and take the second. ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities? 9. He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter. 10. Name this county that Christ has deserted! 11. Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-10-2023, 05:15 AM	#12570
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	I don't get most of these... __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-10-2023, 05:19 AM	#12571
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	Except 10, which is Shire. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-10-2023, 06:39 AM	#12573
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	2. Anna (elvish for gift) __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-10-2023, 06:40 AM	#12574
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	Which would make the password PALINDROMES __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-10-2023, 08:30 AM	#12575
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	5 is Nen, elvish for river (Nenya - ya) __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-10-2023, 08:54 AM	#12576
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,900	#7: "mount, this" -- ie, ORO, a Quenya word for a mountain or hill. Using the R in the password. #9: if he's lost a painter, he's just a mime. If he's lost a direction too, he becomes MIM. Have looked at Mount Pelion but even Shakespeare is not helping me this time. hS __________________ Have you burned the ships that could bear you back again? ~Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-10-2023, 09:05 AM	#12577
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Ausgezeichnet! P Sometimes he's even called this. What larks! ANNA: She's a gift. Truly, she is! LIPIL: Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass. I Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya! NEN: Ring ya lost? Where? The river? ??D Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third. ORO: Mount this elvish element, and take the second. ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities? MIM: He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter. E Name this county that Christ has deserted! ASSA: Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second. ASSA is hole. Hence 'gapes.' Lipil from 'lipid.' __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 03-10-2023 at 10:04 AM.

03-10-2023, 09:17 AM	#12578
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	Osso? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-10-2023, 09:21 AM	#12580
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	Or ASSA, from OSSA? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-10-2023, 09:27 AM	#12581
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	And the 'little glass' one is well, little glass, or LIPIL. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-10-2023, 10:05 AM	#12582
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	P Sometimes he's even called this. What larks! ANNA: She's a gift. Truly, she is! LIPIL: Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass. I Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya! NEN: Ring ya lost? Where? The river? ??D Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third. ORO: Mount this elvish element, and take the second. ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities? MIM: He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter. E Name this county that Christ has deserted! ASSA: Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second. ASSA is hole. Hence 'gapes.' Lipil from 'lipid.' __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-10-2023, 02:50 PM	#12583
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	I have to wonder why are you explaining to us something we already know? I mean, if we give those answers, it's clear we figured out the cryptic element. We're not stupid, so please stop doing it every time... __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-10-2023, 02:58 PM	#12584
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	Anyway, the D one is KUDUK, from KODAK, so there is no need for you to explain the obvious again. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-10-2023, 05:33 PM	#12586
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	P Sometimes he's even called this. What larks! ANNA: She's a gift. Truly, she is! LIPIL: Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass. I Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya! NEN: Ring ya lost? Where? The river? KUDUK: Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third. ORO: Mount this elvish element, and take the second. ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities? MIM: He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter. E Name this county that Christ has deserted! ASSA: Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-11-2023, 06:07 AM	#12587
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	Well, there is a county in the Netherlands named EPE. (And yes, I reverse googled) __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-11-2023, 06:11 AM	#12588
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	Or maybe ESSE, if you interpret 'Christ had deserted' as simply removing the cross, or X, from the county of ESSEX. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

03-11-2023, 12:15 PM	#12589
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	P Sometimes he's even called this. What larks! ANNA: She's a gift. Truly, she is! LIPIL: Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass. I Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya! NEN: Ring ya lost? Where? The river? KUDUK: Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third. ORO: Mount this elvish element, and take the second. ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities? MIM: He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter. ESSE: Name this county that Christ has deserted! ASSA: Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-22-2023, 04:25 AM	#12590
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,900	#1 could be PIP(pin); I guess he engages in larks (or maybe lark = bird = peregrine). Then the I, I think "all in Quenya" is the straightest of straight clue and the answer is just ILLI (similar to Ilu- in Iluvatar). I'm not sure where the coffee comes in though. hS __________________ Have you burned the ships that could bear you back again? ~Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-22-2023, 07:22 AM	#12591
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	PIP: Sometimes he's even called this. What larks! ANNA: She's a gift. Truly, she is! LIPIL: Wax or oil changes at the end into a little glass. ILLI: Sounds like coffee, all in Quenya! NEN: Ring ya lost? Where? The river? KUDUK: Once camera specialists, they tried making printers. Disemvowelled, you heard, twice. Answer one is one, and so is eight! But take the third. ORO: Mount this elvish element, and take the second. ODO: Has hubris in one of his extremities? MIM: He's a mime artist who's lost both his direction and his painter. ESSE: Name this county that Christ has deserted! ASSA: Heavenly pathway atop Mount Pelion. But initially compromised, it now gapes. Take the second. 'I'm generally just called Pippin, or even Pip.' - LOTR. 'What larks, Pip!' - Joe Gargery to Pip, the hero of 'Great Expectations.' ILLY is a make of coffee - in the 'made and served in a café' sense, I think. I've seen adverts for it. And over to Urwen. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 01-01-2024 at 08:00 AM.

04-30-2023, 04:32 AM	#12592
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	1. Usually the omens of death, but also helpful. 2. Article precedes twisted destruction. There they are. 3. Two different kinds, known by this single name. 4. Dwellings made of cloth are missing a head, for them. 5. Whether six legged or eight legged, they will eat you. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-05-2023, 02:58 AM	#12593
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,900	#4: Tents - T = ENTS? #1: Could this be RAVENS? They are ominous, but Roäc son of Carc was a handy translator on the slopes of the Lonely Mountain. hS __________________ Have you burned the ships that could bear you back again? ~Finrod: The Rock Opera

05-05-2023, 03:58 AM	#12594
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	Quite right RAVENS: Usually the omens of death, but also helpful. 2. Article precedes twisted destruction. There they are. 3. Two different kinds, known by this single name. ENTS: Dwellings made of cloth are missing a head, for them. 5. Whether six legged or eight legged, they will eat you.[/QUOTE] __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-05-2023, 08:10 AM	#12595
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	2. Ainur (a + ruin). 5. Spiders? Password: RACES? 3. I'd say CALAQUENDI, but they are from 3 divisions of elves. Plus Thingol, I think. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 05-05-2023 at 08:15 AM.

05-05-2023, 08:29 AM	#12596
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,900	If #3 is a C, then it could be CHILDREN OF ILUVATAR, for both Elves and Men. (Elves being just as racist as Gondorians, the dwarves don't get that title despite their adoption by the One.) I remember Tolkien messed up Shelob's anatomy somehow, but when did he give them six legs? hS __________________ Have you burned the ships that could bear you back again? ~Finrod: The Rock Opera

05-05-2023, 10:53 AM	#12597
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	RAVENS: Usually the omens of death, but also helpful. AINUR: Article precedes twisted destruction. There they are. CHILDREN OF ILUVATAR: Two different kinds, known by this single name. ENTS: Dwellings made of cloth are missing a head, for them. SPIDERS: Whether six legged or eight legged, they will eat you. And Pervinca takes the round, as usual. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-06-2023, 01:07 PM	#12598
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	I especially liked the RAVENS clue, Urwen. Here's one I made a while ago: 1. Poet hailed Queen Victoria in confusion? 2. Steamy and hot! Stir it well for her, and extract nothing. 3. Shift around raven country to arrive here? 4. Roast rat!? In consternation, find him! 5. Why, we ask, does she disturb the famous water? 6. Are they rhymefully quarrelin' under its branches? 7. Mud spelled backwards, according to the Harvard Lampoon. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

05-07-2023, 07:16 AM	#12599
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,386	6. Laurelin? 7. Doom? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

05-07-2023, 09:47 AM	#12600
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Poet hailed Queen Victoria in confusion? 2. Steamy and hot! Stir it well for her, and extract nothing. 3. Shift around raven country to arrive here? 4. Roast rat!? In consternation, find him! 5. Why, we ask, does she disturb the famous water? LAURELIN: Are they rhymefully quarrelin' under its branches? 7. Mud spelled backwards, according to the Harvard Lampoon. No to 'doom.' It refers to a chapter of something written by the Harvard Lampoon. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."