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Old 02-17-2014, 11:52 AM   #1
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Old 02-17-2014, 04:11 PM   #2
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My head is too full of cryptic. The first thing I thought when I read that was 'uoy ot'

Uproar overwhelms regulation retreat for first to arrive
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Old 02-17-2014, 11:20 PM   #3
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Or you slipped to the other side of the mirror..
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Old 09-05-2014, 06:06 PM   #4
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My head is too full of cryptic. The first thing I thought when I read that was 'uoy ot'

Uproar overwhelms regulation retreat for first to arrive
DWALIN!

Uproar is DIN, which overwhelms/swallows LAW in retreat (ie backwards). Dwalin was the first dwarf to arrive at the unexpected party.

Got stuck for ages using "rule" for regulation.
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Old 09-16-2014, 12:34 AM   #5
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I'm glad you persevered and you are, of course, spot on. Your turn.
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Old 09-16-2014, 08:01 AM   #6
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Where as I was stuck thinking of elves as first arrivals.
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Old 09-16-2014, 12:44 PM   #7
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Where as I was stuck thinking of elves as first arrivals.
So was I; I think I thought of Dwalin a while ago, but couldn't find the letters for it.

Here goes, then:

Ladykiller loses a certain ambiance: a tautological carrier, he?
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Old 09-17-2014, 06:17 AM   #8
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I think this one is Lotho Sackville-Baggins

Ladykiller loses a certain ambiance: lothario - air = Lotho

a tautological carrier, he: Sackville-Baggins is a hyphenated compound of two words meaning the same thing, both bag related, hence tautological carrier.
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