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Old 07-24-2020, 05:35 AM   #10041
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1. Alternate Universe = AU = Gold?
6. Silver?
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Old 07-24-2020, 07:00 AM   #10042
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2. Sword (anagram of WORDS)?
Nope.

'Turn' isn't an anagram indicator, possible for the first time ever. But:

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1. Alternate Universe = AU = Gold?
6. Silver?
Yes to gold, no to silver.

GOLD - No, I don't mean Alternate Universe
2. - Weapons on which graphs turn (these ones are red)
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6. - Air is to corundum as water is to...? (Now, about that crown.)
7. - You! Yes, you! Fire! (& look up into the light)

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Old 07-24-2020, 07:28 AM   #10043
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I have an inkling on what the password could be, but I am not sure how to fit the rest of the clues in...

Could 7 be me, that is, ME. Ur for fire and erm...ewn?
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Old 07-24-2020, 07:29 AM   #10044
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And uranium for 6? (mostly for wedging the answer into the password)
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Old 07-24-2020, 07:47 AM   #10045
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I have an inkling on what the password could be, but I am not sure how to fit the rest of the clues in...

Could 7 be me, that is, ME. Ur for fire and erm...ewn?
Hah, I like your thinking, but no, the answer isn't 'ME' or 'URWEN'. The anser is you, I said that.

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And uranium for 6? (mostly for wedging the answer into the password)
Nope. (Though I bet I could concoct a theory about the role of radioactivity in Middle-earth.)

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Old 07-24-2020, 07:54 AM   #10046
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If my reasoning is correct, then 7 has the initial R, so Rana, fire in the sky?
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Old 07-24-2020, 07:55 AM   #10047
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Or maybe just UR, for fire?
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Old 07-24-2020, 08:03 AM   #10048
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If my reasoning is correct, then 7 has the initial R, so Rana, fire in the sky?
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Or maybe just UR, for fire?
Neither of these, and it doesn't start with R.

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Old 07-24-2020, 08:31 AM   #10049
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Is the answer YOU/U?

Otherwise, I am drawing a blank there...

Unless you mean my avatar, which is Glindur...hanging from a cliff...?
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Old 07-24-2020, 08:38 AM   #10050
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Is the answer YOU/U?

Otherwise, I am drawing a blank there...

Unless you mean my avatar, which is Glindur...hanging from a cliff...?
No, the answer isn't YOU; the reasoning for U is closer (but not right).

Consider what "Fire!" might mean, other than... y'know, fire.

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Old 07-24-2020, 08:47 AM   #10051
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Well, it could mean 'shoot'...
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Old 07-24-2020, 08:48 AM   #10052
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Old 07-24-2020, 08:50 AM   #10053
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Neither of these, and it doesn't start with R.

But the ansewr is you.

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You said here that answer is you, and now you say it isn't...
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Old 07-24-2020, 09:07 AM   #10054
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Well, it could mean 'shoot'...
It could, couldn't it?

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You said here that answer is you, and now you say it isn't...
Well, of course! The anser is you, but not 'YOU'. Obvs.

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6. Iron?
Nope. Have you looked up what corundum is? Not the sort with chromium, the other kind.

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Old 07-24-2020, 11:09 AM   #10055
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The one ruby and sapphire are derived from?
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Old 07-24-2020, 11:29 AM   #10056
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Oh, and that torch-bearing Orc at Helm's deep comes to mind. Also Fingon, before shooting an arrow.
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Old 07-24-2020, 12:16 PM   #10057
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The one ruby and sapphire are derived from?
That's corundum, right enough. Rubies are the ones with chromium in, so ignore those.

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Well, there's something very relevant in the latter example.

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Old 07-24-2020, 12:48 PM   #10058
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I can't see the connection between sapphires and air. I am not that well-versed in chemistry, so any references to that fly right above my head.
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I can't see the connection between sapphires and air. I am not that well-versed in chemistry, so any references to that fly right above my head.
This is no longer a chemistry question; it's straight Tolkien.

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Old 07-24-2020, 01:21 PM   #10060
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Ah. Adamant?
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Old 07-24-2020, 01:45 PM   #10061
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Ah. Adamant?
Bingo.

(But not Bingo Bolger-Baggins. That's going too far.)

GOLD - No, I don't mean Alternate Universe
2. - Weapons on which graphs turn (these ones are red)
3. - Stonework that pulls you from the mud
4. - Number one deus ex machina (now featuring heavy metal)
5. - I would tell you the answer, but -- just a second.
ADAMANT - Air is to corundum as water is to...? (Now, about that crown.)
7. - You! Yes, you! Fire! (& look up into the light)

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I will confess that the source text uses 'diamonds', but I needed the A.

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Old 07-24-2020, 02:47 PM   #10062
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2. Axes, as one Rene would tell you.
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Old 07-24-2020, 03:21 PM   #10063
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2. Axes, as one Rene would tell you.
Axes it is.

GOLD - No, I don't mean Alternate Universe
AXES - Weapons on which graphs turn (these ones are red)
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5. - I would tell you the answer, but -- just a second.
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7. - You! Yes, you! Fire! (& look up into the light)

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Old 07-24-2020, 03:30 PM   #10064
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What does 5 even mean? That you will tell us the answer? Well, go ahead...
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Old 07-24-2020, 03:31 PM   #10065
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Maybe 5 is WAIT.
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What does 5 even mean? That you will tell us the answer? Well, go ahead...
No, not I WILL tell you the answer - I WOULD tell you the answer. In a second.

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Maybe 5 is WAIT.
It is not. This one and #7 work along very similar lines.

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Maybe a hint or a small nudge in right direction for both could help...?
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Maybe a hint or a small nudge in right direction for both could help...?
Um. That's really difficult. Hang on, let me think.

Okay:

I don’t want to spell out the answer.

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Um. That's really difficult. Hang on, let me think.

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I don’t want to spell out the answer.

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Please give one for 7 too...
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Wait, maybe Indis. I would = I'd = ID. ID + IN + S = INDIS. So 5 is Indis. Or DIS for same reasons.
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Ok, I'll bite and try the pun game for 5. Is the answer "Second"? Or "Axe", a singular form of the second clue?
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Please give one for 7 too...
I did. Same clue. I don't want to SPELL out the answer...

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Wait, maybe Indis. I would = I'd = ID. ID + IN + S = INDIS. So 5 is Indis. Or DIS for same reasons.
That's really clever! Possibly cleverer than what I actually did.

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Ok, I'll bite and try the pun game for 5. Is the answer "Second"? Or "Axe", a singular form of the second clue?
Also cleverer than what I actually did.

To be strictly honest, the clue should say 'just the second'.

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Lord Voldemort!...

...ummmm. "WOULD"? or perhaps WOOD?
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Lord Voldemort!...

...ummmm. "WOULD"? or perhaps WOOD?
... is the second word of the clue.

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7. - You! Yes, you! Fire! (& look up into the light)

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... is the second word of the clue.
I knew there was a "mellon" involved somewhere. Just needed the hints to find the right spot. That was a good one!
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I wonder if 7 is some sort of YEW. Yew bow? I don't recall yew arrows being a thing...
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I wonder if 7 is some sort of YEW. Yew bow? I don't recall yew arrows being a thing...
It is YEW (I said it was you!). Tolkien actually just says bows, but... I needed the Y.

GOLD - No, I don't mean Alternate Universe
AXES - Weapons on which graphs turn (these ones are red)
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WOOD - I would tell you the answer, but -- just a second.
ADAMANT - Air is to corundum as water is to...? (Now, about that crown.)
YEW - You! Yes, you! Fire! (& look up into the light)

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3. Makes me wanna do a literal pull - but that leaves me with "themd", the form of masonry used by Petty-Dwarves to build the foundations of their hidden houses. A detailed description can be found in HOMEXIII, The Weird Bits.
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