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He translated one, plus he based his works on Christianity. I don't see why not... Not that I am a religious person myself, but I can't deny that some of the stories in are quite fun.
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I'm familiar with quite a lot of the Bible, but not the book of Kings.
I'd use biblical stuff as parts of clues. Just not as answers.
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You know what, if you're so against it, then let's shelve this one. Huey got the password anyway, so he can go next
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1. - The numinous root, otherwise known as a gift. 2. - Perfume from one Italian city. 3. - Chronic rails, year by year. 4. - A French one, conceived by the first to rise. 5. - Not grey... not gray, a German guest. 6. - In the round, Hell ends, and I am telepathy. 7. - Let's begin: Oh, snigger backwards, but with me instead of the example. 8. - Spiritually scary. 9. - The queen's scrambled citrus - o! Change it for two others. 10. - Go in, men in the corruption, and enjoy it. All answers are English words or Tolkienian proper names, though two of them are borderline (one is both an English and Elvish word, and the other is a Tolkien coinage in English). hS
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09-08-2021, 11:55 AM | #11606 |
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5. Rad-a-gast?
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09-08-2021, 12:00 PM | #11607 |
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That's the chappie!
1. - The numinous root, otherwise known as a gift. 2. - Perfume from one Italian city. 3. - Chronic rails, year by year. 4. - A French one, conceived by the first to rise. RADAGAST - Not grey... not gray, a German guest. 6. - In the round, Hell ends, and I am telepathy. 7. - Let's begin: Oh, snigger backwards, but with me instead of the example. 8. - Spiritually scary. 9. - The queen's scrambled citrus - o! Change it for two others. 10. - Go in, men in the corruption, and enjoy it. hS
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09-08-2021, 12:06 PM | #11608 |
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8. Wraiths? Barrow-Wights?
1. Death? Andor?
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No and no. 8 has both a straight and a cryptic clue, and 1... well, you're in the right area, just not the right answer.
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09-08-2021, 01:26 PM | #11610 |
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There's Scary in the Eastfarthing, but I can't find anything spiritual there.
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Nothing to do with Scary, or the Shire. hS
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09-09-2021, 05:19 AM | #11612 |
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I wonder if we're looking for some sort of ghost-like creature with a name that means "scary". Anything called The Horror? I suppose BALROG vaguely fits that, I seem to remember the name means something like "powerful demon". Demon, horror....
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Is it just a pun on FEA / FEAR?
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09-09-2021, 09:01 AM | #11615 |
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Who you callin' a pun? It's spiritual (being a spirit), and it's scary (because the only thing we have to fear is... you get it.)
1. - The numinous root, otherwise known as a gift. 2. - Perfume from one Italian city. 3. - Chronic rails, year by year. 4. - A French one, conceived by the first to rise. RADAGAST - Not grey... not gray, a German guest. 6. - In the round, Hell ends, and I am telepathy. 7. - Let's begin: Oh, snigger backwards, but with me instead of the example. FEAR - Spiritually scary. 9. - The queen's scrambled citrus - o! Change it for two others. 10. - Go in, men in the corruption, and enjoy it. hS
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2. Tempted to say A-ROMA, but no obvious Tolkien connection.
9. MELIAN? It has a scrambled lime. Although I suspect we have to take IT from CITRUS O, add 2 more letters and scramble it. Unless it's LIME plus A (sort of Elvish for O/Oh), and can become LEMON with a bit of changing.
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1. - The numinous root, otherwise known as a gift. AROMA - Perfume from one Italian city. 3. - Chronic rails, year by year. 4. - A French one, conceived by the first to rise. RADAGAST - Not grey... not gray, a German guest. 6. - In the round, Hell ends, and I am telepathy. 7. - Let's begin: Oh, snigger backwards, but with me instead of the example. FEAR - Spiritually scary. MELIAN - The queen's scrambled citrus - o! Change it for two others. 10. - Go in, men in the corruption, and enjoy it. hS
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Is 10 ENTERTAINMENT?
ENTER + MEN in TAINT.
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7. ORIGINS? Oh=O, snigger backwards is REGGINS, with e.g. replaced with I.
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1. - The numinous root, otherwise known as a gift. AROMA - Perfume from one Italian city. 3. - Chronic rails, year by year. 4. - A French one, conceived by the first to rise. RADAGAST - Not grey... not gray, a German guest. 6. - In the round, Hell ends, and I am telepathy. ORIGINS - Let's begin: Oh, snigger backwards, but with me instead of the example. FEAR - Spiritually scary. MELIAN - The queen's scrambled citrus - o! Change it for two others. ENTERTAINMENT - Go in, men in the corruption, and enjoy it. Only four to go! hS
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1. Is 'numinous' to indicate NUMENOR? Known by other name(s?) as the Land of Gift.
It's SOMETHINGS OF ME (ME as in Middle-earth), I guess. I'd say something like properties or qualities, but what are Melian and Radagast doing there? NAMERS? NADIRS? (Nadirs doesn't make sense at all).
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There's a reason I crafted this puzzle now. NUMENOR - The numinous root, otherwise known as a gift. AROMA - Perfume from one Italian city. 3. - Chronic rails, year by year. 4. - A French one, conceived by the first to rise. RADAGAST - Not grey... not gray, a German guest. 6. - In the round, Hell ends, and I am retro-telepathy. ORIGINS - Let's begin: Oh, snigger backwards, but with me instead of the example. FEAR - Spiritually scary. MELIAN - The queen's scrambled citrus - o! Change it for two others. ENTERTAINMENT - Go in, men in the corruption, and enjoy it. hS
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Is telepathy OSANWE, or perhaps EWNASO, if it's retro? I don't see how it fits cryptically but it's worth a shot.
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Nature of m-e?
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Bingo! I felt a new book by Tolkien deserved a Password. NUMENOR - The numinous root, otherwise known as a gift. AROMA - Perfume from one Italian city. 3. T - Chronic rails, year by year. 4. U - A French one, conceived by the first to rise. RADAGAST - Not grey... not gray, a German guest. 6. E - In the round, Hell ends, and I am retro-telepathy. ORIGINS - Let's begin: Oh, snigger backwards, but with me instead of the example. FEAR - Spiritually scary. MELIAN - The queen's scrambled citrus - o! Change it for two others. ENTERTAINMENT - Go in, men in the corruption, and enjoy it. All remaining answers are English words, though one of them is probably a Tolkien-coined compound. hS
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09-10-2021, 07:37 AM | #11626 |
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UNBORN for U?
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Almost, but 'born' isn't a synonym for 'conceived'.
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Unthought? Unplanned?
They didn't have the Hostetter book at Oxonmoot.
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ESP can be a synonym for telepathy. Maybe that clue ends PSE.
ECLIPSE? (If so, I wouldn't know why, except that it uses 4 letters of CIRCLE and perhaps there were eclipses due to some early doings of Varda?)
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Other than ELAPSE, and Virgil's ECLOGUES, (both more than one letter out), I can't think what other word there is.
Unseeded? Unfertilised?
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I mean, technically the latter is close to being a synonym? Think that and Unborn. The answer is used as a Capitalised Proper Noun. hS
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Undead was the first one I thought of.
Unsung? (By the Ainur). BTW I knew of Hostetter's book, but not the name of it. It really was just a guess at something to hopefully refer to all the answers.
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Ellipse? I supose it makes sense, as (H)ELL + I + ESP. All kudos to Pervinca for getting 99% of the word. I would never have made it past EPS.
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I guess ellipses occur in writing, but I've only heard of an ellipsis and its plural, ellipses, so didn't guess it.
Ah, hang on. G55, you mean ELLIPSE = regular oval? Does it refer to the original shape of Arda?
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No idea what it refers to, but yeah, I was thinking about the shape. You're totally right, it could be the shape of the world.
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Unbegotten?
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Is correct! (Urwen, you'll be pleased to know that Maeglin gave Tolkien endless trouble when he decided that elves don't marry until they're several hundred years old; there's multiple places in NoME where he tries to resolve it.) NUMENOR - The numinous root, otherwise known as a gift. AROMA - Perfume from one Italian city. 3. T - Chronic rails, year by year. UNBEGOTTEN - A French one, conceived by the first to rise. RADAGAST - Not grey... not gray, a German guest. ELLIPSE - In the round, Hell ends, and I am retro-telepathy. ORIGINS - Let's begin: Oh, snigger backwards, but with me instead of the example. FEAR - Spiritually scary. MELIAN - The queen's scrambled citrus - o! Change it for two others. ENTERTAINMENT - Go in, men in the corruption, and enjoy it. One left, and it's the first one I thought of. hS
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Could it be TALES?
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