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Old 11-19-2022, 12:51 PM   #12235
Pervinca Took
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GAMBITS for the password?

4. BALROG.

BAL(L) + (E)ROG (Al Gore, a former Vice-President).

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And I think 2 must be ABDICATION. AB(BA) + DICTION with an A in it but otherwise not mixed - so perhaps it's ABBA that's slightly mixed, before shortening.

King Edward abdicated and became a Duke.

I suppose Aragorn and many other Numenorean kings abdicated, too.

5. IMLACH? Has I'M and CA(T) and most of LOCH. Not sure about 'owe yourself a consonant,' though.
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