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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