Password

[Pervinca Took]

1. Rearrange graphite for a thain’s bride – and she’s one of these!
ISENGRIM (TOOK): Harsh metal, poetically, forms him.
PEARL (TOOK): Add liquid to fruit for her.
PALADIN (TOOK): Regal dwelling loses this French racket for him.
5. Whisky-based tipple is heard to suffer ovine extraction, but through turmoil finds direction for him.
PERVINCA TOOK: A ghazal would do this here.

Yes, in a ghazal, the writer puts a 'signature' in the last line.

TOOK is indeed one of the passwords, but if you look closely you'll see another.

DIAMOND is indeed graphite with rearranged particles - but it's the precise clan she belongs to that will give you the final answer to clue 1.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Pssssst! Look up what a ghazal is and solve clue 6!

I did, but my first thought was Odo, who is as far as I know not a Took.

Peregrin?

(In thinking of the various Tooks, I just realized what a curious combination are Peregrin and Paladin, etymology-wise)

[Pervinca Took]

No. Are you referring to the fact that ghazals use monorhyme?

There is something else that ghazals do, in their last line.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

No. Are you referring to the fact that ghazals use monorhyme?

Well, actually, no, I didn't even look that far into what they are. I was going more on associations with "Middle East/Asia" and "poetry".

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OH!!! Pervinca Took. Good one.

[Galadriel55]

Also, 1. Diamond, Pippin's wife?

And TOOK for password?

[Pervinca Took]

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

1. Rearrange graphite for a thain’s bride – and she’s one of these!
ISENGRIM (TOOK): Harsh metal, poetically, forms him.
PEARL (TOOK): Add liquid to fruit for her.
PALADIN (TOOK): Regal dwelling loses this French racket for him.
5. Whisky-based tipple is heard to suffer ovine extraction, but through turmoil finds direction for him.
PERVINCA TOOK: A ghazal would do this here.

Yes, in a ghazal, the writer puts a 'signature' in the last line.

TOOK is indeed one of the passwords, but if you look closely you'll see another.

DIAMOND is indeed graphite with rearranged particles - but it's the precise clan she belongs to that will give you the final answer to clue 1.

I've done it again. Edited instead of quoted. So I'm now quoting my edited post.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

DIAMOND is indeed graphite with rearranged particles - but it's the precise clan she belongs to that will give you the final answer to clue 1.

Long Cleeve, then?

[Pervinca Took]

Nearly. What kind of Tooks were the Tooks of Long Cleeve? ( You need a directional word before Tooks. The _____-Tooks).

[Pervinca Took]

1. Rearrange graphite for a thain’s bride – and she’s one of these!
ISENGRIM (TOOK): Harsh metal, poetically, forms him.
PEARL (TOOK): Add liquid to fruit for her.
PALADIN (TOOK): Regal dwelling loses this French racket for him.
5. Whisky-based tipple is heard to suffer ovine extraction, but through turmoil finds direction for him.
PERVINCA TOOK: A ghazal would do this here.

[Galadriel55]

North-Tooks. Had to search for that one.

And PIPPIN for the second password.

[Pervinca Took]

NORTH-TOOKS: Rearrange graphite for a thain’s bride – and she’s one of these!
ISENGRIM (TOOK): Harsh metal, poetically, forms him.
PEARL (TOOK): Add liquid to fruit for her.
PALADIN (TOOK): Regal dwelling loses this French racket for him.
I: Whisky-based tipple is heard to suffer ovine extraction, but through turmoil finds direction for him.
PERVINCA TOOK: A ghazal would do this here.

Right both times! Well done.

The remaining clue is the hardest, but you'll find the answer in the same place as the others.

I had to invert the password because to use the 'ghazal' clue, Pervinca Took had to come at the end.

Oh, and not only are there no Tooks with names beginning with N, there is only one hobbit! Nob, one of Barliman Butterbur's helpers. So the North-Tooks came to the rescue. I wanted it to be all Tooks if possible.

[Pervinca Took]

Want to guess the remaining clue?

[Galadriel55]

Well I narrowed down the list of Tooks to those who start with I, but being quite unversed in tipples I have not been able to figure out the actual clue, so guessing the answer by a flip of a coin feels like cheating at this point. I may as well post the entire list for you to pick from. I've tried looking up various such drinks, but most of the names don't appear to be long enough or have the right letters. I'm just probably not looking for the right sort of tipples.

[Pervinca Took]

I thought that might be the reason. And I certainly don't want to encourage underage drinking! But just as a clue, google for a tipple which is a whisky-based liqueur, and is only one word long.

[Mithalwen]

Isambard is not far off being an anagram of Drambuie but I can't understand the sheepy bits so maybe not.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

I thought that might be the reason. And I certainly don't want to encourage underage drinking! But just as a clue, google for a tipple which is a whisky-based liqueur, and is only one word long.

It's not even that, it's just that I am terribly ignorant in some areas of life.

Didn't find anything yet that would match any better than Drambuie, but I did find a liqueur called "Flaming Pig". Not sure why anyone would want to drink that.

[Pervinca Took]

NORTH-TOOKS: Rearrange graphite for a thain’s bride – and she’s one of these!
ISENGRIM (TOOK): Harsh metal, poetically, forms him.
PEARL (TOOK): Add liquid to fruit for her.
PALADIN (TOOK): Regal dwelling loses this French racket for him.
ISEMBARD (TOOK): Whisky-based tipple is heard to suffer ovine extraction, but through turmoil finds direction for him.
PERVINCA TOOK: A ghazal would do this here.