6. Incanus = cain + sun
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Don't tell me the password is Book Eight. :p
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BAUGLIR: In German, I believe we will find him, if we lose a revolutionary leader, grasp the way and spin.
2. Dwarf gains a thousand for him, despite the turmoil. 3. Fair disgruntled, she is, and a little discombobulated too! 4. Well may you do this, in great perturbation, in his halls. 5. A confused astronomer will lead you to him. INCANUS: See him where a muddled murderer meets a burning sphere returning. 7. Note fea in great trouble for him. 8. An evil look meets a little woman. She shakes it up. 9. For him, a ford and an eighties singer each lose direction, and meet. Well done! I thought that was possibly the hardest of the nine clues. EDIT: Just seen your response to clue 6. |
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No. There isn't a Book Eight! ;)
Unless you know of one in the fanfic universe, of course. :D |
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(Also, I clearly lost track of the book numbers. :o) |
It can't be that, because Bauglir isn't in LOTR, as far as I am aware.
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Aha! For #4, would you moan in NAMO's Halls?
For #8, I'm very pleased that Little Women only has four names on the cover... I'm not sure ELBERETH would be too keen on being associated with 'BETH LEER', but there we are. ^_~ As for 'Book Eight'... obviously the best Book Eight, and Book Seven for that matter, would be just the Epilogue write large, with Sam telling endless stories to his kids, and the kids being appallingly charming. Quote:
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BAUGLIR: In German, I believe we will find him, if we lose a revolutionary leader, grasp the way and spin.
2. Dwarf gains a thousand for him, despite the turmoil. 3. Fair disgruntled, she is, and a little discombobulated too! NAMO: Well may you do this, in great perturbation, in his halls. 5. A confused astronomer will lead you to him. INCANUS: See him where a muddled murderer meets a burning sphere returning. 7. Note fea in great trouble for him. ELBERETH: An evil look meets a little woman. She shakes it up. 9. For him, a ford and an eighties singer each lose direction, and meet. Indeed - and 'a little woman' can also be read in two ways, because Beth is also a 'little' version of Elizabeth. (Beth March herself is 'in full' Elizabeth March, and I think one of L M Alcott's sisters was an (Eliza)beth too. The one Beth is based on, I believe). |
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#2: given that it has to start with a vowel (there's no B- consonant clusters I can think of!), and will contain an M (hello, Romans!), there's only so many options... Ori + M = IRMO Lorien, to get both of the Feanturi in there. ... ah, and is #7 SULIMO, from SOUL + MI? ... The password isn't BIGNOISES, is it? Referring to the role of all these Ainur in the Song? If so, that would probably make #9 SARUMAN, from SARn Ford and... someone. hS |
2. Irmo (Ori+M)
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Well Done!
BAUGLIR: In German, I believe we will find him, if we lose a revolutionary leader, grasp the way and spin.
IRMO: Dwarf gains a thousand for him, despite the turmoil. G: Fair disgruntled, she is, and a little discombobulated too! NAMO: Well may you do this, in great perturbation, in his halls. O: A confused astronomer will lead you to him. INCANUS: See him where a muddled murderer meets a burning sphere returning. SULIMO: Note fea in great trouble for him. ELBERETH: An evil look meets a little woman. She shakes it up. SARUMAN: For him, a ford and an eighties singer each lose direction, and meet. The singer is Gary NUMAN, very big in the 80s and known for using lots of electronic sounds. I did think of mentioning that he and SARN lose the *same* direction. But it flowed better without. It IS 'BIG NOISES,' but not because of the Music of the Ainur, (I didn't think of that). It's simply because a 'big noise' is slang for a person with a lot of power/authority/influence. P.S. It WAS a vowel you needed, as it happens, but you forgot the consonant clusters BR and BL! ;) This is the Gary Numan song I remember most clearly: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Im3JzxlatUs (Are YouTube links allowed?) |
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Aaaaanyway, is G GILTHONIEL? 'Gilt' can mean fair, and, um... 'honiel' is an anagram of 'helion', which could be a variant of 'hellion' = rowdy person, which is kind of like disgruntled? I dunno, I only had the first half. :) Then again, Varda already made one appearance, so it's probably not her anyway. hS |
Not Gilthoniel. A big clue would be to say that this clue is the reason 'Big Noises' does not refer to the Music of the Ainur. (Well, one of the reasons. The main reason is that I never thought of it, as I said before).
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3. Galadriel (GALA+RILED) - Fair as in a festival, rather than a quality.
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BAUGLIR: In German, I believe we will find him, if we lose a revolutionary leader, grasp the way and spin.
IRMO: Dwarf gains a thousand for him, despite the turmoil. GALADRIEL: Fair disgruntled, she is, and a little discombobulated too! NAMO: Well may you do this, in great perturbation, in his halls. O: A confused astronomer will lead you to him. INCANUS: See him where a muddled murderer meets a burning sphere returning. SULIMO: Note fea in great trouble for him. ELBERETH: An evil look meets a little woman. She shakes it up. SARUMAN: For him, a ford and an eighties singer each lose direction, and meet. Absolutely correct! :) And just so that it's fair, the amateur astronomer you're looking for was very famous in Britain, but perhaps not outside Britain. |
So Orome (from Moore).
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BAUGLIR: In German, I believe we will find him, if we lose a revolutionary leader, grasp the way and spin.
IRMO: Dwarf gains a thousand for him, despite the turmoil. GALADRIEL: Fair disgruntled, she is, and a little discombobulated too! NAMO: Well may you do this, in great perturbation, in his halls. OROME: A confused astronomer will lead you to him. INCANUS: See him where a muddled murderer meets a burning sphere returning. SULIMO: Note fea in great trouble for him. ELBERETH: An evil look meets a little woman. She shakes it up. SARUMAN: For him, a ford and an eighties singer each lose direction, and meet. Indeed. Amateur astronomer and xylophonist Patrick Moore, of 'The Sky At Night.' Over to Huinesoron! |
Oh, Patrick Moore! Good catch, Urwen. And great password, Pervinca.
1. - A Proudfoot, vacant but cut short by one and a bit, is wealthy. 2. - I hear you run before a herb, copper. 3. - A beast beyond the circle? I'm uncertain it's inscribed. 4. - Lend one ear to the shortest war, briefly and back, with a signet. 5. - Love lace and flatfish? Like a ring! 6. - A peaceful station in a flipped garland is a jewel. 7. - Race a saint indefinitely for a green jewel. 8. - A venerated elver - her, English? Heavy metal. 9. - Gee, Eastwood's topped and tailed (duh, you hear me?), but he's dark and tough. 10. - A title worn. 11. - He' not greater, but gifted. 12. - Listen: a pirate girl be backwards around silver. 13. - Between Béma and Glorfindel is gold. One warning: there are straight clues in all of the hints, but don't interpret them too strictly. hS |
11. Elessar (LESSER)
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1. - A Proudfoot, vacant but cut short by one and a bit, is wealthy.
2. - I hear you run before a herb, copper. 3. - A beast beyond the circle? I'm uncertain it's inscribed. 4. - Lend one ear to the shortest war, briefly and back, with a signet. 5. - Love lace and flatfish? Like a ring! 6. - A peaceful station in a flipped garland is a jewel. 7. - Race a saint indefinitely for a green jewel. 8. - A venerated elver - her, English? Heavy metal. 9. - Gee, Eastwood's topped and tailed (duh, you hear me?), but he's dark and tough. 10. - A title worn. ELESSAR - He' not greater, but gifted. 12. - Listen: a pirate girl be backwards around silver. MAGLOR - Between Béma and Glorfindel is gold. 'e lesser, indeed. hS |
10. Elfstone?
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9. Glindur (G from Gee, Lin from Clint without the beginning or the end, and dur, which sounds like 'duh'). ;)
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1. - A Proudfoot, vacant but cut short by one and a bit, is wealthy. 2. - I hear you run before a herb, copper. 3. - A beast beyond the circle? I'm uncertain it's inscribed. 4. - Lend one ear to the shortest war, briefly and back, with a signet. 5. - Love lace and flatfish? Like a ring! 6. - A peaceful station in a flipped garland is a jewel. 7. - Race a saint indefinitely for a green jewel. 8. - A venerated elver - her, English? Heavy metal. GLINDUR - Gee, Eastwood's topped and tailed (duh, you hear me?), but he's dark and tough. 10. - A title worn. ELESSAR - He' not greater, but gifted. 12. - Listen: a pirate girl be backwards around silver. MAGLOR - Between Béma and Glorfindel is gold. hS |
I got GLIN but couldn't find the rest. Who was Glindur? I can't seem to find him.
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Well, for 6, if we flip 'LEI' we get IEL.
Now, MIR is 'Peace' in Russian. So Mir+Iel = Miriel And that concludes our business. Pleasure doing business with you. |
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1. - A Proudfoot, vacant but cut short by one and a bit, is wealthy. 2. - I hear you run before a herb, copper. 3. - A beast beyond the circle? I'm uncertain it's inscribed. 4. - Lend one ear to the shortest war, briefly and back, with a signet. 5. - Love lace and flatfish? Like a ring! MIRIEL - A peaceful station in a flipped garland is a jewel. 7. - Race a saint indefinitely for a green jewel. 8. - A venerated elver - her, English? Heavy metal. GLINDUR - Gee, Eastwood's topped and tailed (duh, you hear me?), but he's dark and tough. 10. - A title worn. ELESSAR - He' not greater, but gifted. 12. - Listen: a pirate girl be backwards around silver. MAGLOR - Between Béma and Glorfindel is gold. hS |
Something tells me that 'green jewel' is also 'Elessar'
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So it's Elvish.
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Where is the peaceful station in Miriel?
Although I do remember 'mir' being jewel or gem. |
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'Mir' is indeed the jewel of the clue. :) hS |
These seem difficult, at least for me. And judging by her absence, for Pervinca as well.
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If the cryptic clue read "Sam's bed is not backwards", you'd need to break that down as Sam | bed | not backwards. You'd then look for synonyms for the first two components - in this case Gamgee for the first, and cot for the second - and see whether 'NOT backwards' was a) an instruction for the whole thing (makes no sense), b) needed a synonym (eg 'un' reversed = NU), or c) could be taken literally - NOT, backwards = TON, with the whole answer being GAMGEE COTTON. If you want to try breaking up some of the clues, I can tell you whether you're on the right track; in this example, if you said 'Sam's | bed is not | backwards', I'd be able to give you a nice big NOPE straight away, rather than you going down a blind alley of knotted flowerbeds or something. hS |
10. Black Sword?
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