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Old 06-16-2019, 03:43 AM   #6933
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took View Post
'Drawback' is actually partly straight clue, (but also an essential cryptic element).

Can you think of something or someone that was thought by some to be a nuisance/drawback/useless baggage but in fact turned out to be invaluable?

Mim, Gollum and Fingolfin were all thought to be useless baggage by Androg, Sam and Feanor respectively, but ended up being invaluable at various points of time for various reasons. One of those?
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