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Mithalwen · 09-12-2012, 07:15 AM

I don't want to preempt Squatter but assuming I am right (and I usually do!) it follows the conventions of British crosswords so I am at advantage. Any comfort if I say I spent sometime trying to get a girls name fron YLONDE before I remembered Vinyamar?

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 09-12-2012, 09:25 AM

It is indeed Vinyamar, and for the reason stated. It's good to see so much activity in here for a change. Over to you, Mithalwen.

Mithalwen · 09-12-2012, 10:12 AM

This won't be different enough to make much of a challenge but I am off out in about five minutes so regard it as a reinforcement exercise!

A doctor absorbs one article and a more definite French one follows one of the faithful.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 09-12-2012, 02:00 PM

Amandil is the faithful Númenorean. A M.D. absorbs an followed by the French article il.

Mithalwen · 09-12-2012, 03:40 PM

Exactly. No danger of the momentum being lost there... ball back in your court O newly criminalised occupant of Amon Rudh....

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 09-12-2012, 04:26 PM

Hopefully this one will get you thinking.

In some quarters it's a cheap rock

Mithalwen · 09-12-2012, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Squatter of Amon Rûdh

Hopefully this one will get you thinking.

In some quarters it's a cheap rock

Three farthing stone?

09-12-2012, 07:15 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	I don't want to preempt Squatter but assuming I am right (and I usually do!) it follows the conventions of British crosswords so I am at advantage. Any comfort if I say I spent sometime trying to get a girls name fron YLONDE before I remembered Vinyamar? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-12-2012, 09:25 AM	#2
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	It is indeed Vinyamar, and for the reason stated. It's good to see so much activity in here for a change. Over to you, Mithalwen. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

09-12-2012, 10:12 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	This won't be different enough to make much of a challenge but I am off out in about five minutes so regard it as a reinforcement exercise! A doctor absorbs one article and a more definite French one follows one of the faithful. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-12-2012, 02:00 PM	#4
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Amandil is the faithful Númenorean. A M.D. absorbs an followed by the French article il. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

09-12-2012, 03:40 PM	#5
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Exactly. No danger of the momentum being lost there... ball back in your court O newly criminalised occupant of Amon Rudh.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-12-2012, 04:26 PM	#6
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Hopefully this one will get you thinking. In some quarters it's a cheap rock __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?