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Mithalwen · 02-17-2013, 05:04 AM

So much easier when you know the answer.

Lets try...

Kick up a fuss but take direction to find a range.

Pervinca Took · 02-19-2013, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

So much easier when you know the answer.

Lets try...

Kick up a fuss but take direction to find a range.

I can't find a mountain range in any Middle-earth language that works.

It can't possibly be something to do with ARAGORN, can it? As in Ranger, not range? "Rag" is something you lose if you're cross/kicking up a fuss, N is a direction, all letters of range except E are in his name?

(No, didn't think so). :embarrassed:

Galadriel55 · 02-19-2013, 08:06 PM

Pervinca, you've given me an idea. It could be drama + N, kicked up=mixedd up, to give ANDRAM, a relatively insignificant mountain range in mid-Beleriand.

Mithalwen · 02-19-2013, 10:46 PM

Yep, that is it...fraid I lacked inspiration so browsed encyclopedia of arda for somethingforgot it was so obscure, haven't read much first age stuff for a while...

Hi Pervinca, good to have new blood.

Pervinca Took · 02-20-2013, 02:20 PM

Hi Mithalwen - I love cryptic crosswords, so this is right up my street.

Can't wait for the next clue, Galadriel!

Mithalwen · 02-20-2013, 03:53 PM

Great, I enjoy them too but with sovfew the turns can come a little quickly!

Galadriel55 · 02-21-2013, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Yep, that is it...fraid I lacked inspiration so browsed encyclopedia of arda for somethingforgot it was so obscure, haven't read much first age stuff for a while...

It's not that it's insignificant in terms of it's size or location, just nothing really happens there. Like the Pelori Mountains. And I also go to Enc. of Arda half the time and click "random entry" until something useful shows up.

Frodo, call grizzly with hesitative sound.

Mithalwen · 02-23-2013, 08:13 AM

RINGBEARER? Ring for call grizxly bear and er for hesitation.

Pervinca Took · 02-23-2013, 08:40 AM

I had internet connectivity issues yesterday.

But fun to see a new clue, even when it's already solved.

Galadriel55 · 02-23-2013, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

RINGBEARER? Ring for call grizxly bear and er for hesitation.

Right on!

02-17-2013, 05:04 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	So much easier when you know the answer. Lets try... Kick up a fuss but take direction to find a range. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-19-2013, 08:06 PM	#3
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,512	Pervinca, you've given me an idea. It could be drama + N, kicked up=mixedd up, to give ANDRAM, a relatively insignificant mountain range in mid-Beleriand. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-19-2013, 10:46 PM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Yep, that is it...fraid I lacked inspiration so browsed encyclopedia of arda for somethingforgot it was so obscure, haven't read much first age stuff for a while... Hi Pervinca, good to have new blood. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-20-2013, 02:20 PM	#5
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Hi Mithalwen - I love cryptic crosswords, so this is right up my street. Can't wait for the next clue, Galadriel! __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

02-20-2013, 03:53 PM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Great, I enjoy them too but with sovfew the turns can come a little quickly! __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-23-2013, 08:13 AM	#8
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	RINGBEARER? Ring for call grizxly bear and er for hesitation. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

02-23-2013, 08:40 AM	#9
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	I had internet connectivity issues yesterday. But fun to see a new clue, even when it's already solved. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 02-24-2013 at 01:25 PM.