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Urwen · 02-19-2023, 12:15 PM

2. Orofarne.

I figured out the theme.

Pervinca Took · 02-19-2023, 12:19 PM

1. Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre.
OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up.
3. They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed.
4. After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him.
5. Christmassy, but dangerous here.
IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards.
7. A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them.
8. A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this?
TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin.
10. Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth.
I: Simply the first person.
12. You tie one, K? (Take that away).
ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way.
14. Of French blood?

Well done. Have an oreo!

Urwen · 02-19-2023, 12:21 PM

14. Sang?

Pervinca Took · 02-19-2023, 12:23 PM

1. Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre.
OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up.
3. They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed.
4. After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him.
5. Christmassy, but dangerous here.
IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards.
7. A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them.
8. A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this?
TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin.
10. Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth.
I: Simply the first person.
12. You tie one, K? (Take that away).
ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way.
SANG: Of French blood?

Oui.

Urwen · 02-19-2023, 12:26 PM

1. Hearth?

Pervinca Took · 02-19-2023, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Urwen

1. Hearth?

Non.

Urwen · 02-20-2023, 02:01 PM

Yeah, I got nothing when it comes to the rest of these.

Pervinca Took · 02-20-2023, 04:49 PM

Do G55 and Huey have any ideas?

Galadriel55 · 02-21-2023, 09:34 AM

Best I have is RINGS for 7: Ringo - 0 + SSS. I would need some hints for the rest.

Pervinca Took · 02-21-2023, 10:46 AM

1. Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre.
OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up.
3. They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed.
4. After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him.
5. Christmassy, but dangerous here.
IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards.
RINGO: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them.
8. A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this?
TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin.
10. Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth.
I: Simply the first person.
12. You tie one, K? (Take that away).
ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way.
SANG: Of French blood?

A hint? RHYME, more than riddling, should be applied to the first clue.

And 4 is cryptic, but quite easily so.

Urwen · 02-21-2023, 11:23 AM

Hey dol, merry dol, ring-a-ding dillo
Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

Huinesoron · 02-21-2023, 04:23 PM

Is 1 literally just MIDDLE (-earth)?

For once I got the Shakespeare in #4 unprompted - the fairies' midwife is Queen Mab. But I can't do anything useful with Ummab or Ermab.

hS

Pervinca Took · 02-21-2023, 04:49 PM

MIDDLE: Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre.
OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up.
3. They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed.
4. After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him.
5. Christmassy, but dangerous here.
IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards.
RINGO: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them.
8. A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this?
TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin.
10. Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth.
I: Simply the first person.
12. You tie one, K? (Take that away).
ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way.
SANG: Of French blood?

And ERMAB is *most* of the answer to number 4.

Galadriel55 · 02-21-2023, 07:56 PM

I feel like ERMABWED is not much of an improvement either.

Pervinca Took · 02-22-2023, 12:58 AM

MIDDLE: Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre.
OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up.
3. They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed.
ERMABWED: After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him.
5. Christmassy, but dangerous here.
IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards.
RINGS: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them.
8. A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this?
TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin.
10. Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth.
I: Simply the first person.
12. You tie one, K? (Take that away).
ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way.
SANG: Of French blood?

Why isn't it?

Sorry, it was RINGS, (as you rightly guessed), not Ringo.

Huinesoron · 02-22-2023, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Why isn't it?

Because it's a distressing-looking nonsense wo--

Gnomish, Pervinca? What did we do to have Gnomish inflicted on us?

(It means "One-handed", for anyone who doesn't want to check. Early version of Erchamion.)

hS

Urwen · 02-22-2023, 03:10 AM

'More first lines' for the password?

Pervinca Took · 02-22-2023, 04:05 AM

MIDDLE: Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre. (The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins)
OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up. (O Orofarne, Lassemista, Carnimirie!)
R They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed.
ERMABWED: After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him. (Light as Leaf on Lindentree)

F Christmassy, but dangerous here.
IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards. (In Dwimordene, in Lorien)
RINGS: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them. ('The Lord of the Rings' / Is one of those things)
S A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this?
TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin. (Troll sat alone on his seat of stone)

L Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth.
I: Simply the first person. (I sit beside the fire and think)
N You tie one, K? (Take that away).
ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way. (Three Rings for the elven-kings under the sky)
SANG: Of French blood? (I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew)

Yes, because I did a 'FIRST LINES' one a while back.

Galadriel55 · 02-22-2023, 04:40 AM

I kinda wanna say FALAS for the Christmassy one, because it's the season with a lot of Fa-la-las, but I don't think it's particularly dangerous, nor can I recall a First Line with it.

Huinesoron · 02-22-2023, 06:32 AM

S could be STING, who has apparently been performing since 1971 (yikes), and has the advantage of being a Tolkien word. I can't pin it to a poem/song though.

hS

Pervinca Took · 02-22-2023, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

S could be STING, who has apparently been performing since 1971 (yikes), and has the advantage of being a Tolkien word. I can't pin it to a poem/song though.

hS

That's because it's not the right answer.

Just google 70s male singers/groups. I think it was the name of his group as well.

Not Falas either.

Look at first lines of songs/poems. All well-known; no more Leonard Nimoy or early versions.

Pervinca Took · 02-22-2023, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

I kinda wanna say FALAS for the Christmassy one, because it's the season with a lot of Fa-la-las, but I don't think it's particularly dangerous, nor can I recall a First Line with it.

'Here' in that clue means 'in this instance/situation' rather than a place.

Huinesoron · 02-22-2023, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Look at first lines of songs/poems. All well-known; no more Leonard Nimoy or early versions.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH, IN THE LAND OF SHIRE--!

I didn't even register that. Good grief.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Just google 70s male singers/groups. I think it was the name of his group as well.

All this has done so far is prove that a) I know an alarming number of artists from a decade I never lived in and b) there were a lot of Steves, Stevies, and Stevens singing back then.

hS

Urwen · 02-22-2023, 11:06 AM

Fireworks are used during Christmas, and are dangerous to Hobbits in some circumstances, as proven by Merry and Pippin...

Pervinca Took · 02-22-2023, 11:19 AM

You're kind of close, in that fire is the correct kind of danger.

Fireworks also feature in another remaining clue.

Pervinca Took · 02-22-2023, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH, IN THE LAND OF SHIRE--!

I didn't even register that. Good grief.

hS

And:

RINGS: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them. ('The Lord of the Rings' / Is one of those things)

If you like it, you do.
If you don't, then you boo!

Urwen · 02-22-2023, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

You're kind of close, in that fire is the correct kind of danger.

Fireworks also feature in another remaining clue.

Fireplace?

Pervinca Took · 02-22-2023, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

Fireplace?

Can't think of a first line with fireplace in it.

Urwen · 02-22-2023, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Can't think of a first line with fireplace in it.

'I sit by the fire and think'.

Pervinca Took · 02-22-2023, 03:23 PM

Too peaceful. I'm afraid arson and attemped murder are involved ....

Plus that song is one of the other answers. Each clue refers to a different song.

Galadriel55 · 02-22-2023, 03:32 PM

Is N just NOT? Knot - K?

Pervinca Took · 02-22-2023, 03:45 PM

MIDDLE: Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre. (The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins)
OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up. (O Orofarne, Lassemista, Carnimirie!)
R They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed.
ERMABWED: After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him. (Light as Leaf on Lindentree)

F Christmassy, but dangerous here.
IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards. (In Dwimordene, in Lorien)
RINGS: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them. ('The Lord of the Rings' / Is one of those things)
S A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this?
TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin. (Troll sat alone on his seat of stone)

L Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth.
I: Simply the first person. (I sit beside the fire and think)
NOT: You tie one, K? (Take that away). (All that is gold does not glitter)
ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way. (Three Rings for the elven-kings under the sky)
SANG: Of French blood? (I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew)

Urwen · 02-22-2023, 03:51 PM

Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!

Urwen · 02-22-2023, 04:03 PM

Other than that, there is no words in first lines that are connected with arson...unless...wait! There is! *searches for full text of that one*

Pervinca Took · 02-23-2023, 06:38 AM

For the first R, the ONLY bit of the straight clue is They/They'll.

Urwen · 02-23-2023, 06:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

For the first R, the ONLY bit of the straight clue is They/They'll.

I was talking about F.

Huinesoron · 02-23-2023, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

For the first R, the ONLY bit of the straight clue is They/They'll.

Rozenges. Sylup. Remon drops. Ice cleams. I can see how to do it, but I can't find a useful word to chance the liquid on. :-/

Riquids.

hS

Pervinca Took · 02-23-2023, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

Rozenges. Sylup. Remon drops. Ice cleams. I can see how to do it, but I can't find a useful word to chance the liquid on. :-/

Riquids.

hS

It's a make of cough sweet you want.

Pervinca Took · 02-23-2023, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urwen

I was talking about F.

I know.

Huinesoron · 02-23-2023, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

It's a make of cough sweet you want.

... it's not Sam's addendum to Frodo's song for Gandalf is it? "The finest lockets - um, ROCKETS ever seen"?

hS

02-19-2023, 12:15 PM	#12481
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,376	2. Orofarne. I figured out the theme. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-19-2023, 12:19 PM	#12482
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre. OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up. 3. They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed. 4. After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him. 5. Christmassy, but dangerous here. IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards. 7. A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them. 8. A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this? TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin. 10. Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth. I: Simply the first person. 12. You tie one, K? (Take that away). ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way. 14. Of French blood? Well done. Have an oreo! __________________ "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."

02-19-2023, 12:21 PM	#12483
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,376	14. Sang? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-19-2023, 12:23 PM	#12484
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre. OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up. 3. They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed. 4. After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him. 5. Christmassy, but dangerous here. IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards. 7. A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them. 8. A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this? TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin. 10. Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth. I: Simply the first person. 12. You tie one, K? (Take that away). ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way. SANG: Of French blood? Oui. __________________ "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."

02-19-2023, 12:26 PM	#12485
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,376	1. Hearth? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-20-2023, 02:01 PM	#12487
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,376	Yeah, I got nothing when it comes to the rest of these. __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-20-2023, 04:49 PM	#12488
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Do G55 and Huey have any ideas? __________________ "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."

02-21-2023, 09:34 AM	#12489
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,309	Best I have is RINGS for 7: Ringo - 0 + SSS. I would need some hints for the rest. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-21-2023, 10:46 AM	#12490
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre. OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up. 3. They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed. 4. After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him. 5. Christmassy, but dangerous here. IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards. RINGO: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them. 8. A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this? TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin. 10. Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth. I: Simply the first person. 12. You tie one, K? (Take that away). ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way. SANG: Of French blood? A hint? RHYME, more than riddling, should be applied to the first clue. And 4 is cryptic, but quite easily so. __________________ "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."

02-21-2023, 11:23 AM	#12491
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,376	Hey dol, merry dol, ring-a-ding dillo Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo! __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-21-2023, 04:23 PM	#12492
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,782	Is 1 literally just MIDDLE (-earth)? For once I got the Shakespeare in #4 unprompted - the fairies' midwife is Queen Mab. But I can't do anything useful with Ummab or Ermab. hS __________________ Have you burned the ships that could bear you back again? ~Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-21-2023, 04:49 PM	#12493
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	MIDDLE: Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre. OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up. 3. They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed. 4. After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him. 5. Christmassy, but dangerous here. IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards. RINGO: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them. 8. A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this? TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin. 10. Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth. I: Simply the first person. 12. You tie one, K? (Take that away). ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way. SANG: Of French blood? And ERMAB is most of the answer to number 4. __________________ "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."

02-21-2023, 07:56 PM	#12494
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,309	I feel like ERMABWED is not much of an improvement either. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-22-2023, 12:58 AM	#12495
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	MIDDLE: Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre. OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up. 3. They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed. ERMABWED: After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him. 5. Christmassy, but dangerous here. IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards. RINGS: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them. 8. A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this? TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin. 10. Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth. I: Simply the first person. 12. You tie one, K? (Take that away). ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way. SANG: Of French blood? Why isn't it? Sorry, it was RINGS, (as you rightly guessed), not Ringo. __________________ "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."

02-22-2023, 03:10 AM	#12497
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,376	'More first lines' for the password? __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-22-2023, 04:05 AM	#12498
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	MIDDLE: Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre. (The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins) OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up. (O Orofarne, Lassemista, Carnimirie!) R They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed. ERMABWED: After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him. (Light as Leaf on Lindentree) F Christmassy, but dangerous here. IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards. (In Dwimordene, in Lorien) RINGS: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them. ('The Lord of the Rings' / Is one of those things) S A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this? TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin. (Troll sat alone on his seat of stone) L Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth. I: Simply the first person. (I sit beside the fire and think) N You tie one, K? (Take that away). ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way. (Three Rings for the elven-kings under the sky) SANG: Of French blood? (I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew) Yes, because I did a 'FIRST LINES' one a while back. __________________ "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; 02-22-2023 at 04:20 AM.

02-22-2023, 04:40 AM	#12499
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,309	I kinda wanna say FALAS for the Christmassy one, because it's the season with a lot of Fa-la-las, but I don't think it's particularly dangerous, nor can I recall a First Line with it. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-22-2023, 06:32 AM	#12500
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,782	S could be STING, who has apparently been performing since 1971 (yikes), and has the advantage of being a Tolkien word. I can't pin it to a poem/song though. hS __________________ Have you burned the ships that could bear you back again? ~Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-22-2023, 11:06 AM	#12504
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,376	Fireworks are used during Christmas, and are dangerous to Hobbits in some circumstances, as proven by Merry and Pippin... __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-22-2023, 11:19 AM	#12505
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	You're kind of close, in that fire is the correct kind of danger. Fireworks also feature in another remaining clue. __________________ "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."

02-22-2023, 03:23 PM	#12510
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Too peaceful. I'm afraid arson and attemped murder are involved .... Plus that song is one of the other answers. Each clue refers to a different song. __________________ "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; 02-22-2023 at 03:43 PM.

02-22-2023, 03:32 PM	#12511
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,309	Is N just NOT? Knot - K? __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

02-22-2023, 03:45 PM	#12512
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Voilà! MIDDLE: Hey diddle diddle, this earth’s in the centre. (The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins) OROFARNE: Sandwich a cookie unevenly around a nasally altered farm and see what springs up. (O Orofarne, Lassemista, Carnimirie!) R They’ll soothe a sore throat, if the liquid is changed. ERMABWED: After hesitation, the fairies’ midwife married him. (Light as Leaf on Lindentree) F Christmassy, but dangerous here. IN: What knights say, if you play the tape backwards. (In Dwimordene, in Lorien) RINGS: A drummer loses nothing, but hisses for them. ('The Lord of the Rings' / Is one of those things) S A singer from the Seventies – hoping to sound like this? TROLL: He’s much nicer when he joins forces with a Moomin. (Troll sat alone on his seat of stone) L Whether sweet or salt, it cools a hot mouth. I: Simply the first person. (I sit beside the fire and think) NOT: You tie one, K? (Take that away). (All that is gold does not glitter) ELVEN-KINGS: Almost a dozen monarchs have lost their way. (Three Rings for the elven-kings under the sky) SANG: Of French blood? (I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew) __________________ "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."

02-22-2023, 03:51 PM	#12513
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,376	Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake! __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-22-2023, 04:03 PM	#12514
Urwen Spirit of Nen Lalaith Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Meneltarma Posts: 5,376	Other than that, there is no words in first lines that are connected with arson...unless...wait! There is! searches for full text of that one __________________ Tuor: Yeah, it was me who broke [Morleg's] arm. With a wrench. Specifically, this wrench. I am suffering from Maeglinomaniacal Maeglinophilia.

02-23-2023, 06:38 AM	#12515
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	For the first R, the ONLY bit of the straight clue is They/They'll. __________________ "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."