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03-28-2013, 02:25 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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03-28-2013, 04:50 PM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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Well, knowing Mithalwen, a flower never refers to a daisy or dandylion. So trying it the other way...
SIRANNON Sir=knight Ann=lady on=atop flower by the gate=straight clue.
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03-29-2013, 04:18 PM
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Perfect explanation Galadriel. I had left off the last bit of the clue but thought after it was too hardwith out it.
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03-30-2013, 08:49 AM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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Colour foreign lord swallowing cloth in unique specimen
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06-01-2013, 04:26 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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On the other hand what, apart from "lord," could be the straight clue, I ask myself. I wonder if "in unique specimen" means take the letters "que" that do end some names like Alcarinque (although that's the name of a star, I think). Colour - could be shade or hue or an actual colour, or blush, or influence, but none of them seem to fit. The only even near synonym for swallowing I can think of is gulping! (or engulfing). Unless "cloth" gets swallowed by the other letters in the clue. Tried "foreign" words for colour, but can't think of a lord with the letters "Farbe" in his name. 
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06-01-2013, 05:24 PM
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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It's not as complicated as you make it out. I made this clue follow proper cryptic clue structure. That means, the straight clue is at one of the ends and there may or may not be "directional" words (eg: after, between, etc - words that tell you the order in which the answers to the clues come). And foreign here is just your basic foreign. Outlandish. French. Italian. Japanese. Rwandan. Take your pick.
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06-02-2013, 04:28 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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So it's a colour or a specimen. Or a unique specimen. A specimen sounds like a plant, or something that was once living.SERAGON contains the word "rag," which kind of agrees with "cloth," and it's the only Tolkien name I can think of offhand which takes its name (in a way) from a colour - blood-red/bloodstone. "Unique" could be "one," I suppose - rag + one + s. That said, I don't think it's right.
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