Password

[Pervinca Took]

Work out the theme ... it's like Urwen's guess at the password but more specific ... then the rest of the clues should be quite easy.

[Urwen]

I can't think of anything else.....

[Pervinca Took]

What is it about the one clue guessed so far that makes it a specifically Middle-earth answer?

[Urwen]

Riddles between Bilbo and Gollum? Except no other riddle answer begins with F.

[Pervinca Took]

Not riddles. Try again.

[Urwen]

Then I give up.

[Morsul the Dark]

Password similar to food Could be

FEED

making 4 either Dine or Dinner sounds like thin

Three is a race and the only thing I can think of is

ENT because Bent could be a curve and unsung take away the b which is a music note?

[Pervinca Took]

Not feed, I'm afraid.

Hint for 3: the answer is an elvish word. Not obscure. It occurs in LOTR.

[Urwen]

Lindar (lid+something?)

[Galadriel55]

Hint for 3: the answer is an elvish word. Not obscure. It occurs in LOTR.

I am convinced that it starts with Y, but can't make heads or tails with the rest. Yrch?

[Pervinca Took]

FISH: Dish transforms, initially.
2. Deadly disease loses direction, note, for them.
YRCH: Why, we hear, is a curved top unsung for them?
4. Sounds like it has very little fat on it.

Y + (A)RCH (the note, A, is not sung).

[Morsul the Dark]

Based on the clues something more specific to food would possibly be FARE.

The two clues suggest things Gollum has eaten.

[Pervinca Took]

FISH: Dish transforms, initially.
???A???: Deadly disease loses direction, note, for them.
YRCH: Why, we hear, is a curved top unsung for them?
???E???: Sounds like it has very little fat on it.

THEME: THINGS GOLLUM EATS

Well done!

[Urwen]

Didn't know Gollum ate Orcs.....

[Pervinca Took]

'Goblin he thought good, when he could get it.'

Probably not after he lost the Ring, but only because he couldn't catch and throttle one whilst visible.

[Morsul the Dark]

The second one the closest I can get to an answer that makes sense is Rabbit from rabies minus E and S directions adding a B note where the t comes from I’m not sure other than logic....

[Pervinca Took]

The second one the closest I can get to an answer that makes sense is Rabbit from rabies minus E and S directions adding a B note where the t comes from I’m not sure other than logic....

Nearly!

Uncannily, you chose the correct disease AND the correct note. But you need to keep the E and the S and put the note somewhere else.

[Huinesoron]

Nearly!

Uncannily, you chose the correct disease AND the correct note. But you need to keep the E and the S and put the note somewhere else.

I believe this clue is slanderous, since it was never confirmed that Gollum was eating BABIES around Mirkwood...

hS

[Pervinca Took]

FISH: Dish transforms, initially.
BABIES: Deadly disease loses direction, note, for them.
YRCH: Why, we hear, is a curved top unsung for them?
???E???: Sounds like it has very little fat on it.

THEME: THINGS GOLLUM EATS

'A ghost that drank blood ... it crept into cradles and stole the young.'

[Huinesoron]

'A ghost that drank blood ... it crept into cradles and stole the young.'

There could be dozens of ghost-like creatures in the Wild! :D:D:D

hS

[Morsul the Dark]

The last one is killing me

I keep screaming Eggs because he remembers teaching his grandmother to suck them which I assume is some way of eating them.

I literally doesn’t fit.

Sounds like not a lot of fat.

Thin- Dinner
Lean- ??
Sleek- ???
Skinny- ???

Maybe he eats Piroline cookies

[Pervinca Took]

You're going to kick yourself. ;)

In fact, you've kind of mentioned the answer in a recent post, although for another clue.

[Morsul the Dark]

Coney might sound like kinny like skinny...

[Pervinca Took]

FISH: Dish transforms, initially.
BABIES: Deadly disease loses direction, note, for them.
YRCH: Why, we hear, is a curved top unsung for them?
CONEY: Sounds like it has very little fat on it.

THEME: THINGS GOLLUM EATS

Or it might sound like BONY. ;)

Over to you!

[Urwen]

There could be dozens of ghost-like creatures in the Wild! :D:D:D

hS

I'd just like to point out this is true.

[Pervinca Took]

I'd just like to point out this is true.

Written in a way to very heavily imply it was Gollum.

With no doubt *very heavily implied* tones and brow-wrinklings from Gandalf, who speaks those words.

Splitting hairs will get you nowhere. :p

[Morsul the Dark]

Boney.... "Of course, of course! Absurdly simple, like most riddles when you see the answer."

I’m working on one I’m worse at making these than I am at guessing and I’m bad at that so please hold your call is important to us.

[Pervinca Took]

It was you who made up a really good one with a password of MEAT & DRINK, wasn't it?

[Morsul the Dark]

It was you who made up a really good one with a password of MEAT & DRINK, wasn't it?

It was I just looked it up again I was kind of clever in that one. Full disclosure I made this one based on a neat idea but the theme is forced to fit that idea.

1. Plymouth settler of a middling shade but a more common name.
2. Informally myself won’t then again myself seeing the back of a horse man. That’s one way to get over water.
3. A long trek for a soldier followed by the first American note. Akin to Washington or Jefferson.
4. Stretched but replacing the first of orange with the first of apple. With result of monsoons.
5. Take a puppet known for fire but the beginning is seen as the Weasel ‘s baboon foe. This should bring a vision of the answer.

1. GandalF
2. Iant IauR
3. MarchO
4. LangflooD
5. IrmO

[Pervinca Took]

5. The only thing 'puppet known for fire' is making me think of is the 1962-3 show 'Fireball XL5.'

[Morsul the Dark]

That’s a deep cut, but this is a puppet that shares a name with someone associated with fire. Might be more apparent if you’re into memes.

Edit: that clue also has the most obscure pop culture reference.

[Pervinca Took]

2. This would appear from the last sentence to be a bridge. How about IANT IAUR? It has I twice for myself x 2. 'Informally I won't' could be 'Ain't' moved round or 'I ant.' RU part of rump for back of horse? Not sure about the 'man' bit.

P.S. Happy birthday! :)

[Urwen]

I think that 5 begins with IR.

[Morsul the Dark]

Urwen gets the reference :)

And yes Iant Iaur is correct horse man Centaur, and thank you!

[Pervinca Took]

Urwen gets the reference :)

And yes Iant Iaur is correct horse man Centaur, and thank you!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Weasel ?

[Urwen]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Weasel ?


That's the one.

[Urwen]

Maybe the theme is bridges, but none begins with IR.

[Morsul the Dark]

The theme isn’t bridges. I don’t want to give it away too much...
There are two passwords one at the start of the clues and one at the end. The theme is things they have in common or their races like I said I forced a theme to make the idea of two passwords work

[Morsul the Dark]

Iant Iaur is honestly the one shoehorned in the most

[Huinesoron]

Aha! Plymouth Colony was settled by the Pilgrims from the Mayflower, and a middling shade is grey. So #1 could be either GREY PILGRIM, or MITHRANDIR if you prefer the Sindarin.

For #3, a long trek may be a march. There's only a few things starting with March, and one of them is the surname MARCHBUCK, which ends with the first American currency unit available as a note.

Marchbuck is given by Tolkien as a more accurate translation of Brandagamba, the surname he translated Brandybuck in the books. I don't know what the Washington-Jefferson connection is, though.

hS

[Morsul the Dark]

You’re close on the first. Use his most common name.

You went in deep on the March one. It does start with March. Think founding fathers.

[Huinesoron]

You’re close on the first. Use his most common name.

Well, y'know... GANDALF.

You went in deep on the March one. It does start with March. Think founding fathers.

The obvious one to go with Washington and Jefferson would be Adams; after that I think Franklin and Hamilton are the two listed by Wikipedia as 'key', but who are also actually prominent in pop culture.

None of which gets me anywhere, since the only March- terms I can think of would involve Founding Fathers named Warden or Maedhros.

(I would move to the universe where the latter was true like a shot.)

hS

[Pervinca Took]

Well, y'know... GANDALF.



The obvious one to go with Washington and Jefferson would be Adams; after that I think Franklin and Hamilton are the two listed by Wikipedia as 'key', but who are also actually prominent in pop culture.

None of which gets me anywhere, since the only March- terms I can think of would involve Founding Fathers named Warden or Maedhros.

(I would move to the universe where the latter was true like a shot.)

hS

Or Marcho and Blanco?

[Morsul the Dark]

Marcho one of the Shire’s Founders
And yes Gandalf

[Morsul the Dark]

Quoting to keep visible without backtracking
It was I just looked it up again I was kind of clever in that one. Full disclosure I made this one based on a neat idea but the theme is forced to fit that idea.

1. Plymouth settler of a middling shade but a more common name.
2. Informally myself won’t then again myself seeing the back of a horse man. That’s one way to get over water.
3. A long trek for a soldier followed by the first American note. Akin to Washington or Jefferson.
4. Stretched but replacing the first of orange with the first of apple. With result of monsoons.
5. Take a puppet known for fire but the beginning is seen as the Weasel ‘s baboon foe. This should bring a vision of the answer.

1. GandalF
2. Iant IauR
3. MarchO
4.
5.

[Pervinca Took]

Gimli and Frodo?

[Morsul the Dark]

But of course

The bridge is said to be built by dwarfs. Shire founder. Gandalf is of course connected to both. The final two clues can be connected to both. One clue more directly than the other.

It was I just looked it up again I was kind of clever in that one. Full disclosure I made this one based on a neat idea but the theme is forced to fit that idea.

1. Plymouth settler of a middling shade but a more common name.
2. Informally myself won’t then again myself seeing the back of a horse man. That’s one way to get over water.
3. A long trek for a soldier followed by the first American note. Akin to Washington or Jefferson.
4. Stretched but replacing the first of orange with the first of apple. With result of monsoons.
5. Take a puppet known for fire but the beginning is seen as the Weasel ‘s baboon foe. This should bring a vision of the answer.

1. GandalF
2. Iant IauR
3. MarchO
4. L*******D
5. IrmO

[Pervinca Took]

It's hard to see how 5 could be anything other than IRMO.

So I'll have a shot ... his other name is LORIEN ... so is his land and a land greatly revered by GIMLI.

And FRODO needed the gardens of LORIEN in Valinor in order to fully heal?

[Morsul the Dark]

Sure, let’s go with that. Because it’d be embarrassing if I thought he lived in Lorien meaning Lothlorien where Frodo and Gimli both traveled through.

[Pervinca Took]

He might. Sneaky devils, those Valar. But anyway, Gimli sailed West and near to Valinor too.

I think the final one is LANGSTRAND. Long strand with O changed to A, as per the fruity hints. Was Langstrand known for monsoons? Or just sea spray?

I guess Gimli and Frodo both crossed the Langstrand at some point?

Which two puppets make up IRMO, Morsul?

[Morsul the Dark]

Lang strand is close but not correct. It is close it has to do with water and is something both directly deal with in fotr.

Elmo. As in St Elmo’s Fire then replace the beginning with IR for IR Baboon

[Morsul the Dark]

New page

It was I just looked it up again I was kind of clever in that one. Full disclosure I made this one based on a neat idea but the theme is forced to fit that idea.

1. Plymouth settler of a middling shade but a more common name.
2. Informally myself won’t then again myself seeing the back of a horse man. That’s one way to get over water.
3. A long trek for a soldier followed by the first American note. Akin to Washington or Jefferson.
4. Stretched but replacing the first of orange with the first of apple. With result of monsoons.
5. Take a puppet known for fire but the beginning is seen as the Weasel ‘s baboon foe. This should bring a vision of the answer.

1. GandalF
2. Iant IauR
3. MarchO
4. LangflooD
5. IrmO

[Pervinca Took]

Lang strand is close but not correct. It is close it has to do with water and is something both directly deal with in fotr.

Elmo. As in St Elmo’s Fire then replace the beginning with IR for IR Baboon

I thought Elmo, but couldn't make out the fire bit.

It's somewhere near Moria, I guess. Where the bad weather drives them indoors.

[Pervinca Took]

No it isn't. It's LORINAND, I think, another name for Lothlorien.

[Morsul the Dark]

Lang is the correct start
The monsoons bit would lead to the second half of the word. It’s an alternative name to something.

[Pervinca Took]

I had to look this one up, but apparently LANGFLOOD was a name used for the Anduin by the ancestors of the Rohirrim, and a monsoon is/can cause a flood.

[Morsul the Dark]

So it is you may proceed :smokin:

[Pervinca Took]

Thanks, Morsul! Good puzzle.

I have racked my brains to think of a new idea, and have just succeeded.

You'll have to wait for the clues, though. I'll write them tomorrow.

[Pervinca Took]

1. A good guy finds his way, then stumbles, then finally arrives.
2. Turn around, Midge! Go on - for him!
3. Tartan article mingles for him.
4. Three breakfast items, dental loss, nasal gain. Mix it up for him.
5. Stop, dwarf! Dance for him!
6. Scarlett back home? Sound the brass for him!
7. Cattle? Well, he's lowing with chaos, sans direction.
8. A melancholy raven is further troubled for him.

[Morsul the Dark]

6. Redhorn? Scarlet red back home might be like back to basics or primary color so red. The Horn is a a brass instrument (I think)

[Pervinca Took]

Horn is correct, but note the spelling of Scarlett.

[Morsul the Dark]

6. Arathorn? I spent a while looking for a Scarlett Johansson movie that worked but couldn’t. BUT in that search Gone With the Wind popped up. Scarlett’s home is Tara Backwards Arat then horn.

[Morsul the Dark]

If this is right I’m making a really bold guess at the Password. Arathorn is really only famous for being Aragorns father. Fathers isn't long enough neither is parents but.

Lineage fits.

[Pervinca Took]

1. A good guy finds his way, then stumbles, then finally arrives.
2. Turn around, Midge! Go on - for him!
3. Tartan article mingles for him.
4. Three breakfast items, dental loss, nasal gain. Mix it up for him.
5. Stop, dwarf! Dance for him!
ARATHORN: Scarlett back home? Sound the brass for him!
7. Cattle? Well, he's lowing with chaos, sans direction.
8. A melancholy raven is further troubled for him.

TARA backwards is correct.

Sorry, it isn't a 'first letters' password. (This one wouldn't work with first letters).

P.S. Very good point about Arathorn's claim to fame!

[Morsul the Dark]

I was banking on the Second A being in the password;).

Tartan is most associated with Kilts. can’t find a related anagram for that though. In the meantime did you know Tartan designs act as a sort of Coat of Arms?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tartans

Edit; 4 has to be a super long name. But I’ll wager a guess.

Hamfast Gamgee it has Ham, egg, meat in the name. Not sure how phlegm, snot, or boogers enter into it though.

[Pervinca Took]

1. A good guy finds his way, then stumbles, then finally arrives.
2. Turn around, Midge! Go on - for him!
3. Tartan article mingles for him.
HAM GAMGEE: Three breakfast items, dental loss, nasal gain. Mix it up for him.
5. Stop, dwarf! Dance for him!
ARATHORN: Scarlett back home? Sound the brass for him!
7. Cattle? Well, he's lowing with chaos, sans direction.
8. A melancholy raven is further troubled for him.

I'll let you have HAM GAMGEE.

It's HAM + EGG + TEA - T + M.

D is classed as a dental sound/letter; M as a nasal.

[Urwen]

Is the theme fathers?

[Pervinca Took]

Yes.

[Pervinca Took]

I was banking on the Second A being in the password;).

Tartan is most associated with Kilts. can’t find a related anagram for that though. In the meantime did you know Tartan designs act as a sort of Coat of Arms?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tartans

Edit; 4 has to be a super long name. But I’ll wager a guess.

Hamfast Gamgee it has Ham, egg, meat in the name. Not sure how phlegm, snot, or boogers enter into it though.

Not Scottish myself, but been there quite a few times and yes, I know each clan has their own tartan.

[Morsul the Dark]

8. Sad Roac becomes Saradoc, Merrys father

Denethor fits for a possible password Boromirs dad

[Pervinca Took]

???D???: A good guy finds his way, then stumbles, then finally arrives.
???E???: Turn around, Midge! Go on - for him!
???N???: Tartan article mingles for him.
HAM GAMGEE: Three breakfast items, dental loss, nasal gain. Mix it up for him.
???T???: Stop, dwarf! Dance for him!
ARATHORN: Scarlett back home? Sound the brass for him!
???O???: Cattle? Well, he's lowing with chaos, sans direction.
SARADOC: A melancholy raven is further troubled for him.

THEME: FATHERS

Indeed, on both counts.

??? indicates that the red letter could be ANY letter of the answer, including the first and last one.

[Morsul the Dark]

1. Paladin Took

Pal(good guy) Uh(stumbling) Then(finally arrived)

[Pervinca Took]

1. Paladin Took

Pal(good guy) Uh(stumbling) Then(finally arrived)

Afraid not.

[Pervinca Took]

I'm not saying Paladin isn't AN answer. ;) But not that one.

Also, my clues tend to account for every single letter. That's just how I write them.

[Morsul the Dark]

So here’s where I’m working from and I realized I have a big issue. I’m thinking so far they’re all fathers of members of the fellowship all well and good until you realize there’s 9 answers including the password. Nine members of the fellowship nine answers all well and good. But Gandalf doesn’t exactly have a dad. Could be stretching and have Eru in there somewhere.

If Paladin Took is an answer it’s 3 or 7 It’s the only one to include kilt. But taking kilt out leaves paadnoo and how that all fits beats me. And on 7 I’ve got nothing

5 being Thranduil works because Halt Durin

[Pervinca Took]

???D???: A good guy finds his way, then stumbles, then finally arrives.
???E???: Turn around, Midge! Go on - for him!
???N???: Tartan article mingles for him.
HAM GAMGEE: Three breakfast items, dental loss, nasal gain. Mix it up for him.
THRANDUIL: Stop, dwarf! Dance for him!
ARATHORN: Scarlett back home? Sound the brass for him!
???O???: Cattle? Well, he's lowing with chaos, sans direction.
SARADOC: A melancholy raven is further troubled for him.

THEME: THE FELLOWSHIPS' FATHERS

See, that was the problem I had, too. But then I thought: well, if Eru isn't Gandalf's father, then who on earth is?

Bending the rules is Password Thread tradition, anyway. :D

[Urwen]

1. Drogo (good+r)

[Pervinca Took]

Hint:

Ahhhhhh, Viennaaaaaaaaaaa ....

[Pervinca Took]

DROGO: A good guy finds his way, then stumbles, then finally arrives.
???E???: Turn around, Midge! Go on - for him!
???N???: Tartan article mingles for him.
HAM GAMGEE: Three breakfast items, dental loss, nasal gain. Mix it up for him.
THRANDUIL: Stop, dwarf! Dance for him!
ARATHORN: Scarlett back home? Sound the brass for him!
???O???: Cattle? Well, he's lowing with chaos, sans direction.
SARADOC: A melancholy raven is further troubled for him.

THEME: THE FELLOWSHIPS' FATHERS

[Pervinca Took]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xJeWySiuq1I

From the days when music had a tune.

[Urwen]

7. Gloin (lowing - w)

[Urwen]

And 3 is Paladin (plaid+an)

[Urwen]

Does Gandalf have a father? Well, Iluvatar counts...

[Urwen]

Great Music, maybe?

[Pervinca Took]

DROGO: A good guy finds his way, then stumbles, then finally arrives.
???E???: Turn around, Midge! Go on - for him!
PALADIN: Tartan article mingles for him.
HAM GAMGEE: Three breakfast items, dental loss, nasal gain. Mix it up for him.
THRANDUIL: Stop, dwarf! Dance for him!
ARATHORN: Scarlett back home? Sound the brass for him!
GLOIN: Cattle? Well, he's lowing with chaos, sans direction.
SARADOC: A melancholy raven is further troubled for him.

THEME: THE FELLOWSHIPS' FATHERS

Not Iluvatar, and before I post Eru, I want an explanation of why, please. ;)

Look up some Midges ....

[Urwen]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midge_Ure

;)

[Pervinca Took]

DROGO: A good guy finds his way, then stumbles, then finally arrives.
ERU: Turn around, Midge! Go on - for him!
PALADIN: Tartan article mingles for him.
HAM GAMGEE: Three breakfast items, dental loss, nasal gain. Mix it up for him.
THRANDUIL: Stop, dwarf! Dance for him!
ARATHORN: Scarlett back home? Sound the brass for him!
GLOIN: Cattle? Well, he's lowing with chaos, sans direction.
SARADOC: A melancholy raven is further troubled for him.

THEME: THE FELLOWSHIPS' FATHERS

Well done, Morsul and Urwen!

And over to Morsul.

Midge Ure: writer of Ultravox's 'Vienna' and co-writer of Band Aid's famous 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'

[Morsul the Dark]

I never would’ve gotten the Midge one. I was stuck on Midge being a gnat and trying to make tang work. I’ll have to think a bit before posting one. I really enjoyed these they were super fun!

[Morsul the Dark]

Might be a bit easy but honestly I’m in love with a few of these clues so I couldn’t resist.

1. See With with centers of activity would reveal these overweight friends
2. Brass Players are always welcome guests.
3. None to be had unless speaking on 4.
4. A piece of boiled leaf is quite the venture.
5. Truly a pleasure if one replaces their pleas with trees.
6. Very Matt Smith-Like with a little extra to follow
7. A dedication of direction that goes on and on.
———
8. A Single Disgusting expression
9. If you could see multiple raps at the door the long of the short of it, it would be this incredulous fellow.
10. On the whole this whole affair could be said to be awaited to use a similar term.

[Pervinca Took]

2. Hornburg, perhaps?

(Or daffodils? :D)

[Pervinca Took]

Is 9 Bilbo, and a reference to the arrivals at the Unexpected Party?

(Also a guess at Hornburg for the trumpet one, on the last page).

[Morsul the Dark]

No to both, though horn is the start to two. 9 is the most obscure

1. See With centers of activity would reveal these overweight friends
2. Brass Players are always welcome guests.
3. None to be had unless speaking on 4.
4. A piece of boiled leaf is quite the venture.
5. Truly a pleasure if one replaces their pleas with trees.
6. Very Matt Smith-Like with a little extra to follow
7. A dedication of direction that goes on and on.
———
8. A Single Disgusting expression
9. If you could see multiple raps at the door the long of the short of it, it would be this incredulous fellow.
10. On the whole this whole affair could be said to be awaited to use a similar term.

1.
2. Hornblowers
3.
4.
5. Treasure
6. Eleventy-one
7. Road
————
8.
9.
10.

[Urwen]

7: Road?

[Morsul the Dark]

Aye it is.
R + Ode
Also I edited 1 I had “with” twice and in case that was throwing anyone off.

[Urwen]

Hornrock?

[Pervinca Took]

Horns of the Rohirrim? They were pretty welcome, when they arrived.

[Pervinca Took]

Is 5 'treasure?' TR, trees instead of pleas.

[Morsul the Dark]

Treasure is correct

Number 2 is very straightforward don’t overthink it. If the password is revealed before it I guarantee it’ll be super obvious.

[Huinesoron]

Since Matt Smith was the Eleventh Doctor, I can't not suggest ELEVENTY-ONE for #6. ('One' being the smallest amount of extra you can add.)

hS

[Pervinca Took]

Is 1 GIANTS - I for see; ants are very active.

I came to this guess because I thought the first word might be GREATER, but then HORN------- wouldn't work.

[Pervinca Took]

Is 2 HORNETS because there were some huge ones near Beorn's?

Is the theme THE HOBBIT?

[Pervinca Took]

Shorter way? (Password).

[Morsul the Dark]

Eleventy-One is correct (honestly my favorite clue in this.)

No to the rest.

[Morsul the Dark]

On the second I will say Brass and Players are the two halves of the answer.

[Pervinca Took]

Of course ... HORNBLOWERS! And they were amongst Bilbo's party guests.

[Pervinca Took]

CHAPTER ONE for the password!

...

So ...

10. EXPECTED.

1. CHUBBS (hubs/chubby).

8. ONE GROSS (Used to describe the amount of people invited to the special part of the party, with the farewell speech). (Considered a vulgar expression by many of the guests ('like goods in a package'), even without the modern usage of 'gross.'

Is 9 NOKES (slightly similar to knocks). One of the regulars at the Green Dragon. Maybe incredulity refers to the rumours surrounding Bilbo's adventures and/or purported wealth?

[Morsul the Dark]

So they are!

1. See With centers of activity would reveal these overweight friends
2. Brass Players are always welcome guests.
3. None to be had unless speaking on 4.
4. A piece of boiled leaf is quite the venture.
5. Truly a pleasure if one replaces their pleas with trees.
6. Very Matt Smith-Like with a little extra to follow
7. A dedication of direction that goes on and on.
———
8. A Single Disgusting expression
9. If you could see multiple raps at the door the long of the short of it, it would be this incredulous fellow.
10. On the whole this whole affair could be said to be awaited to use a similar term.

1. Chubbs
2. Hornblowers
3. Admittance
4. Party Business
5. Treasure
6. Eleventy-one
7. Road
————
8.One Gross
9. Noakes
10. Expected

[Pervinca Took]

1, 8, 9 and 10 also guessed (above).

I just edited my last post, because I didn't know you were online.

[Pervinca Took]

3 and 4: ATTENTION and PIPE?

[Morsul the Dark]

Sadly no.

[Morsul the Dark]

Sorry cross post missed your other post of answers All correct

Noakes was in my mind the hardest one.

Two left :)

[Pervinca Took]

ADVENTURE and PERIL?

[Morsul the Dark]

No, I’ll say these two clues are so linked they appear in the same sentence. In fact you could put the clues together for that sentence.

[Huinesoron]

Surely a piece of boiled leaf must be PART TEA == PARTY?

And what the sign said you couldn't have except on party business was... ADMITTANCE? I think? I Don't Have My Books With Me.

hS

[Morsul the Dark]

Indeed! Pervinca has the floor

[Pervinca Took]

Well done, Hs! I was stuck on boiled athelas and how there isn't any in this chapter!

Bilbo does blow on a pipe/other instrument for attention too, though, and you can't, perhaps, have adventures without peril. ;)

Another brilliant and original password from Morsul.

Just 3 clues to write. Will post the next one soon.

[Pervinca Took]

OK, here goes:

1. See, hear, a conduit in confusion for him.
2. They are grey, and beardless, but slightly changed.
3. Its mellow fruitfulness suits a Ringbearer's wanderlust.
4. Suffering, a land loses its first scenery.
5. For this ordeal, an article is added, on a German dream.
6. Winding road, alternatively, reveals her.
7. Call carriers for them!
8. A land in Berlin, with a road beneath, we hear?
9. Move along two! This one has a lid, and probably a hinge, too.
10. Empire builders swallow Northern Ukraine for him, initially.
11. French valley sighs in confusion for him.

Enjoy! :)

[Morsul the Dark]

5. Not exactly the most Tolkien of words but Trauma an article added on to traum.

[Pervinca Took]

1. See, hear, a conduit in confusion for him.
2. They are grey, and beardless, but slightly changed.
3. Its mellow fruitfulness suits a Ringbearer's wanderlust.
4. Suffering, a land loses its first scenery.
TRAUMA: For this ordeal, an article is added, on a German dream.
6. Winding road, alternatively, reveals her.
7. Call carriers for them!
8. A land in Berlin, with a road beneath, we hear?
9. Move along two! This one has a lid, and probably a hinge, too.
10. Empire builders swallow Northern Ukraine for him, initially.
11. French valley sighs in confusion for him.

[Morsul the Dark]

Is 2 Gray Havens? Grey Shaven slightly altered

[Pervinca Took]

1. See, hear, a conduit in confusion for him.
HAVENS: They are grey, and beardless, but slightly changed.
3. Its mellow fruitfulness suits a Ringbearer's wanderlust.
4. Suffering, a land loses its first scenery.
TRAUMA: For this ordeal, an article is added, on a German dream.
6. Winding road, alternatively, reveals her.
7. Call carriers for them!
8. A land in Berlin, with a road beneath, we hear?
9. Move along two! This one has a lid, and probably a hinge, too.
10. Empire builders swallow Northern Ukraine for him, initially.
11. French valley sighs in confusion for him.

Indeed so.

Sorry, there was a typo in the last clue. Now corrected.

[Urwen]

11. Elrohir (Loire+Oh)

[Pervinca Took]

11. Elrohir (Loire+Oh)

Close! Right valley; wrong sigh.

[Urwen]

Sighs: Ah, Uh, Eh....

[Pervinca Took]

Yes, one of those. ;)

[Urwen]

Can't see it.

[Urwen]

There is Lorien, but I don't think N is a sigh.

[Urwen]

Password: Chapter four :D

[Pervinca Took]

It is a chapter, but not 4.

[Urwen]

Chapter nine?

[Urwen]

Also, I am gonna assume that the password is made up of first letters.

[Pervinca Took]

No, not four.

The password starts with CHAPTER, so try to get those clues first.

[Pervinca Took]

Also, I am gonna assume that the password is made up of first letters.

Yes. Or rather, all but one. I'd have made it a first letter answer had it been possible.

[Urwen]

I said nine, not four.

Four-letter numbers: Four, five, nine.

[Pervinca Took]

Copying it over:

1. See, hear, a conduit in confusion for him.
HAVENS: They are grey, and beardless, but slightly changed.
3. Its mellow fruitfulness suits a Ringbearer's wanderlust.
4. Suffering, a land loses its first scenery.
TRAUMA: For this ordeal, an article is added, on a German dream.
6. Winding road, alternatively, reveals her.
7. Call carriers for them!
8. A land in Berlin, with a road beneath, we hear?
9. Move along two! This one has a lid, and probably a hinge, too.
10. Empire builders swallow Northern Ukraine for him, initially.
11. French valley sighs in confusion for him.

[Urwen]

So chapter five.

[Pervinca Took]

I said nine, not four.

Four-letter numbers: Four, five, nine.

I meant nine. It is none of the above.

[Urwen]

Well, what other four-letter number is there....? :confused:

[Urwen]

6 could be Dora, except there is no E anywhere.

[Huinesoron]

#1: 'See, hear' means C, which we already knew (thanks to the successful parts of Urwen's guesses) was the first letter. Looking at the theme so far, I'm guessing CIRDAN for this clue... and sure enough, 'irdan' is an anagram of 'drain'.

#3: AUTUMN is the 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' of Keats. I think Frodo went walking in autumn after his return?

#4: The initial P + 'suffering' suggests PAIN, which is plain (a land) - L... but how that's 'its first scenery' I don't know.

#6: LANE anagrammed + OR = ELANOR. (I knew it had to be her, but Urwen's inclusion of 'or' in Dora showed me how.)

#9: Could this be as simple as BOX?

hS

[Pervinca Took]

In a cafe overlooking a Welsh bay, and just managed to get into the Wifi.

CIRDAN: See, hear, a conduit in confusion for him.
HAVENS: They are grey, and beardless, but slightly changed.
AUTUMN: Its mellow fruitfulness suits a Ringbearer's wanderlust.
PAIN: Suffering, a land loses its first scenery.
TRAUMA: For this ordeal, an article is added, on a German dream.
ELANOR: Winding road, alternatively, reveals her.
7. Call carriers for them!
8. A land in Berlin, with a road beneath, we hear?
BOX OF EARTH: Move along two! This one has a lid, and probably a hinge, too.
10. Empire builders swallow Northern Ukraine for him, initially.
11. French valley sighs in confusion for him.

Frodo feels more disposed towards wandering in the AUTUMN (we're told this when he is preparing to leave the Shire for Rivendell).

PAIN is SPAIN minus S (the 'first' of scenery).

I'll let you have BOX OF EARTH. :) To refer to the riddle I was alluding to, this also contains (potential) golden treasure. I really should have picked up on that before!

[Urwen]

Oh, I know the password. It's Chapter XIX (19)

[Huinesoron]

Are we still guessing random chapter numbers? I call Chapter LXXX, ie Chapter 80, which Sam notes as being unfinished in the Red Book. (It's also the right length.)

I did wonder how a box was relevant to the theme... forgot about Sam's!

hS

[Morsul the Dark]

Chapter IX VI
Chapter nine book six fits y’all were busy I was going to guess Chapter Nine but you all filled in a bunch

[Urwen]

Well, I will guess the next password, I swear it a la Feanor. :mad:

[Huinesoron]

#7: Ah, of course: 'call carriers' is RINGBEARERS.

#8: I suspect that we're looking for the German for 'land' or 'a land', which could be 'ein Land', or something like 'Grund' or 'Boden'. I don't know what 'a road beneath' means (unless it's a bridge?).

#10: I really want this to be Romans + NU, but I can't make a character name from that. There doesn't seem to be a specific common name for northern Ukraine itself.

#11: This has been pretty much confirmed as Loire + [ah/uh/eh], which... doesn't get me very far. Most of 'Loire' appears in both Elrond and Gildor's name, but then you get random consonants left over.

hS

[Pervinca Took]

In a cafe overlooking a Welsh bay, and just managed to get into the Wifi.

CIRDAN: See, hear, a conduit in confusion for him.
HAVENS: They are grey, and beardless, but slightly changed.
AUTUMN: Its mellow fruitfulness suits a Ringbearer's wanderlust.
PAIN: Suffering, a land loses its first scenery.
TRAUMA: For this ordeal, an article is added, on a German dream.
ELANOR: Winding road, alternatively, reveals her.
RINGBEARERS: Call carriers for them!
8. A land in Berlin, with a road beneath, we hear?
BOX OF EARTH: Move along two! This one has a lid, and probably a hinge, too.
10. Empire builders swallow Northern Ukraine for him, initially.
11. French valley sighs in confusion for him.

No-one has guessed the right chapter number yet.

[Pervinca Took]

It's actually the road that has the Berlin connection.

NU is right, but you have the wrong empire.

[Morsul the Dark]

Ringbearers. So simple you have any idea how long I tried twisting Verizon into an answer?

[Morsul the Dark]

Is it CHAPTER LXII that’s how many chapters throughout the book

[Pervinca Took]

CIRDAN: See, hear, a conduit in confusion for him.
HAVENS: They are grey, and beardless, but slightly changed.
AUTUMN: Its mellow fruitfulness suits a Ringbearer's wanderlust.
PAIN: Suffering, a land loses its first scenery.
TRAUMA: For this ordeal, an article is added, on a German dream.
ELANOR: Winding road, alternatively, reveals her.
RINGBEARERS: Call carriers for them!
L: A land in Berlin, with a road beneath, we hear?
BOX OF EARTH: Move along two! This one has a lid, and probably a hinge, too.
I: Empire builders swallow Northern Ukraine for him, initially.
I: French valley sighs in confusion for him.

THEME: THE FINAL CHAPTER OF 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS.'

Obviously I got the idea from Morsul's last password - I just didn't want to say so at the beginning for fear of giving it away too quickly.

Morsul did the first chapter, so I did the last. But 'last chapter' and 'final chapter' didn't give me enough helpful initial letters, so I counted how many chapters there were in the whole of the LOTR, then resorted to Roman numerals.

[Urwen]

I wanna crack the next one, so bring it!

[Pervinca Took]

Still 3 clues left to solve.

[Huinesoron]

Is the first I INCAS + NU = INCANUS? I'm not sure you're actually supposed to pluralise Inca with an s, but the name works. :)

And hang on: is the second one IORHAEL again? I'm sure we had that as a French valley before (though probably not sighing).

hS

[Pervinca Took]

CIRDAN: See, hear, a conduit in confusion for him.
HAVENS: They are grey, and beardless, but slightly changed.
AUTUMN: Its mellow fruitfulness suits a Ringbearer's wanderlust.
PAIN: Suffering, a land loses its first scenery.
TRAUMA: For this ordeal, an article is added, on a German dream.
ELANOR: Winding road, alternatively, reveals her.
RINGBEARERS: Call carriers for them!
L: A land in Berlin, with a road beneath, we hear?
BOX OF EARTH: Move along two! This one has a lid, and probably a hinge, too.
INCANUS: Empire builders swallow Northern Ukraine for him, initially.
IORHAEL: French valley sighs in confusion for him.

THEME: THE FINAL CHAPTER OF 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS.'

One to go!

The road/area of Berlin is referred to in a song which was written to take the mick out of Hitler (or, at least, that set of lyrics was).

I have travelled along this long road, in a bus.

The name means under some trees ... a particular kind of tree.

[Morsul the Dark]

Googling Hitler tree song, hi FBI Watchlist! It’s got to be Lindon the Westerlands sounds like the Linden tree

[Pervinca Took]

CIRDAN: See, hear, a conduit in confusion for him.
HAVENS: They are grey, and beardless, but slightly changed.
AUTUMN: Its mellow fruitfulness suits a Ringbearer's wanderlust.
PAIN: Suffering, a land loses its first scenery.
TRAUMA: For this ordeal, an article is added, on a German dream.
ELANOR: Winding road, alternatively, reveals her.
RINGBEARERS: Call carriers for them!
LINDON: A land in Berlin, with a road beneath, we hear?
BOX OF EARTH: Move along two! This one has a lid, and probably a hinge, too.
INCANUS: Empire builders swallow Northern Ukraine for him, initially.
IORHAEL: French valley sighs in confusion for him.

THEME: THE FINAL CHAPTER OF 'THE LORD OF THE RINGS.'

Yes. The road is called 'Unter den Linden' (under the Linden trees).

The song (or one version of it) goes something like:

Underneath the Linden, somewhere over there
Hitler's in his bunker, tearing out his hair.

And the Grey Havens are in what remains of Lindon.

Over to Morsul the Dark!

[Urwen]

I wanna crack the next one, so bring it!

Yes.

[Morsul the Dark]

This is one of them not all first letter passwords

1. An assassin messes up his task and takes an L and makes it personal
2. A Japanese Lion takes on a masculine pronoun
3. A scent only a teenager could love, Ents find it particularly distasteful
4. Ringwraiths get Lost and jumbled trying to find this First age ruler
5. A long way with some added Pirate Speak would name this defender
6. Meanwhile, so to speak, the end is lost. His day has come

1. Kili
2. KHim
3. Axe
4. AZaghal
5. FrAr
6. Durin

Remaining letters can be at the beginning, middle, or end of clue

[Pervinca Took]

Is 4 AZAGHAL? 4 letters in common with NAZGUL.

[Galadriel55]

1. Kili? Kill - L + I.

(Make it personal is such a great way of describing I. Love it!)

[Morsul the Dark]

Yes to Both
Also fixed a mistake in 2

[Pervinca Took]

KHAZAD for the password?

[Pervinca Took]

Is 2 KHIM?

Komeinu are Japanese lion-dogs (statues) ... do we just take the K and add it to the pronoun HIM?

[Morsul the Dark]

Yes to both though I was Thinking Kimba and Him

Remaining letters can be at the beginning, middle, or end of clue

[Pervinca Took]

6. DURIN.

DURING loses its end, and there is a Durin's Day, I think (and Gimli's song refers to the world being fair 'in Durin's day.')

3. Is there a teen perfume called AXE? :D

5. FARIN? Although not sure why IN would be pirate talk.

[Morsul the Dark]

No to Farin Far is correct start just adding in a stereotype pirate sound somewhere
Yes to the rest

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3fterm=AXE%2bbody%2bspray&amp=true

Second definition

[Pervinca Took]

Well, pirates say 'Ha-harrrgghhhh!'

But I've never come across a dwarf called Farhaharrgghh.

[Morsul the Dark]

I’ll give a Yuge hint.

It’s a sound that sounds like a letter and added into the middle not the end

[Pervinca Took]

R, so FRAR?

[Morsul the Dark]

Aye aye Captain it be yer thread

[Pervinca Took]

All right me hearties ...

1. Ring it for ever, kid, for her!
2. Locate two subject pronouns, we hear, and send back Spanish salt for her.
3. I hear you fetch Rover, initially. Lady of the lamp? It's all confused!
4.Dancing girl of Notre Dame, she?
5. Chaucer's Prioress reincarnates in the Shire?

[Morsul the Dark]

Is 4 Esmeralda Took?

[Urwen]

5. Eglantine Banks?

[Urwen]

Theme: Hobbit girls?

[Pervinca Took]

1. Ring it for ever, kid, for her!
2. Locate two subject pronouns, we hear, and send back Spanish salt for her.
3. I hear you fetch Rover, initially. Lady of the lamp? It's all confused!
ESMERALDA: Dancing girl of Notre Dame, she?
EGLANTINE: Chaucer's Prioress reincarnates in the Shire?

Not hobbit girls (even though those two are).

[Morsul the Dark]

This one is beyond me but I think 3 is an anagram of Red Jeanie

[Pervinca Took]

This one is beyond me but I think 3 is an anagram of Red Jeanie

Never heard of her, I'm afraid.

[Pervinca Took]

1. Ring it for ever, kid, for her!
2. Locate two subject pronouns, we hear, and send back Spanish salt for her.
3. I hear you fetch Rover, initially. Lady of the lamp? It's all confused!
ESMERALDA: Dancing girl of Notre Dame, she?
EGLANTINE: Chaucer's Prioress reincarnates in the Shire?

Not hobbit girls (even though those two are).

There *may* be more hobbit girls in it. But hobbit girls isn't the theme.

[Galadriel55]

1. Bell Goodchild?

Theme: mothers of the fellowship?

[Morsul the Dark]

It is the mothers and I know the Password but I don’t want to make another one right now.

2. Find U I Las Findulas

[Urwen]

And this leaves Primula or Gilraen as the last one and the last two. I'd say Gilraen is 3, based on Lady of the lamp clue, but I know Pervinca likes Frodo.

[Pervinca Took]

BELL GOODCHILD: Ring it for ever, kid, for her!
FINDUILAS: Locate two subject pronouns, we hear, and send back Spanish salt for her.
3. I hear you fetch Rover, initially. Lady of the lamp? It's all confused!
ESMERALDA: Dancing girl of Notre Dame, she?
EGLANTINE: Chaucer's Prioress reincarnates in the Shire?

THEME: MOTHERS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING.

[Urwen]

3. Gilraen?

[Urwen]

No, Gilaren is the password. This only leaves Primula, as Legolas and Gimli's mothers were never mentioned, and Eru had no spouse.


How do we get Primula from Florence Nightingale, though?

[Urwen]

Password: Gilraen

[Urwen]

Unless it's R+LA+ a synonym for fetch?

[Pervinca Took]

BELL GOODCHILD: Ring it for ever, kid, for her!
FINDUILAS: Locate two subject pronouns, we hear, and send back Spanish salt for her.
3. I hear you fetch Rover, initially. Lady of the lamp? It's all confused!
ESMERALDA: Dancing girl of Notre Dame, she?
EGLANTINE: Chaucer's Prioress reincarnates in the Shire?

THEME: ALL KNOWN MOTHERS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING.

If I tell you that LAMP gives you 4 of the letters and LADY is the straight clue, can you work out the other elements?

[Urwen]

In that case, Primula (LAMP+I+R+U). I from 'I', 'U' from 'you' and 'R' from 'Rover'.

[Pervinca Took]

BELL GOODCHILD: Ring it for ever, kid, for her!
FINDUILAS: Locate two subject pronouns, we hear, and send back Spanish salt for her.
PRIMULA: I hear you fetch Rover, initially. Lady of the lamp? It's all confused!
ESMERALDA: Dancing girl of Notre Dame, she?
EGLANTINE: Chaucer's Prioress reincarnates in the Shire?

THEME: ALL KNOWN MOTHERS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING.

PASSWORD: GILRAEN.

The floor is yours. :)

[Urwen]

Will make one shortly.

[Pervinca Took]

In that case, Primula (LAMP+I+R+U). I from 'I', 'U' from 'you' and 'R' from 'Rover'.

Also, although I didn't think of this when making the clue, it was said of her child that 'he [might] become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.' So she was the lady of the lamp, in a figurative sense.

[Urwen]

Also, although I didn't think of this when making the clue, it was said of her child that 'he [might] become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.' So she was the lady of the lamp, in a figurative sense.


Interesting.

[Urwen]

I am having trouble coming up with a new theme......

[Urwen]

All right, this one will be a bit underwhelming, but will give me a bit more time.


1. He is a lord of two metals, mixed up.
2. Briefly, a gentleman returns, within Jupiter's moon, for him.
3. A confused female goat reveals her.
4. A light-conjuring spell loses direction, in a spin, for him
5. Slightly confused male deer meets a returning Elvish father, for him.

(The fourth clue contains a reference to another famous book. :p)

[Pervinca Took]

4. Ulmo.

Lumos - s.

[Pervinca Took]

3. A + NANNY would give us YAVANNA, but there's no V and one too many N's.

[Pervinca Took]

1. Either Ir + Mo or Na + Mo.

[Urwen]

3. A + NANNY would give us YAVANNA, but there's no V and one too many N's.


Try alternate spellings.

[Urwen]

1. Either Ir + Mo or Na + Mo.


Irmo is an answer, but not to that clue.

[Urwen]

1. He is a lord of two metals, mixed up.
2. Briefly, a gentleman returns, within Jupiter's moon, for him.
3. A confused female goat reveals her.
ULMO: A light-conjuring spell loses direction, in a spin, for him
5. Slightly confused male deer meets a returning Elvish father, for him.

[Morsul the Dark]

2. Irmo Mr returns/backwards with Io Jupiter’s moon

Is the Password AINUR?

[Urwen]

A: He is a lord of two metals, mixed up.
IRMO: Briefly, a gentleman returns, within Jupiter's moon, for him.
N: A confused female goat reveals her.
ULMO: A light-conjuring spell loses direction, in a spin, for him
R: Slightly confused male deer meets a returning Elvish father, for him.

[Morsul the Dark]

1. Aulë Au is gold Li I guess is lithium? And sounding it out Aulë

[Urwen]

Did you know that according to some sources, Turin and Nienor will be counted among the Ainur after the world is made anew?

[Urwen]

Actually, it's AL+EU, but correct all the same


AULE: He is a lord of two metals, mixed up.
IRMO: Briefly, a gentleman returns, within Jupiter's moon, for him.
N: A confused female goat reveals her.
ULMO: A light-conjuring spell loses direction, in a spin, for him
R: Slightly confused male deer meets a returning Elvish father, for him.

[Morsul the Dark]

Did you know that according to some sources, Turin and Nienor will be counted among the Ainur after the world is made anew?

That’s pretty interesting I did not know that. My Ainur knowledge is pretty limited. To the point I originally had typed it out with an S instead of an R. Which is a completely different thing

[Morsul the Dark]

Piggybacking on Previnca female goatee are Nannies take away the s you get Nienna

[Urwen]

AULE: He is a lord of two metals, mixed up.
IRMO: Briefly, a gentleman returns, within Jupiter's moon, for him.
NIENNA: A confused female goat reveals her.
ULMO: A light-conjuring spell loses direction, in a spin, for him
R: Slightly confused male deer meets a returning Elvish father, for him.

[Pervinca Took]

R = Radagast.

Adar + stag.

[Urwen]

AULE: He is a lord of two metals, mixed up.
IRMO: Briefly, a gentleman returns, within Jupiter's moon, for him.
NIENNA: A confused female goat reveals her.
ULMO: A light-conjuring spell loses direction, in a spin, for him
RADAGAST: Slightly confused male deer meets a returning Elvish father, for him.


And Morsul wins the right to make the next round.

[Pervinca Took]

TWO HUNDRED PAGES of my favourite thread! :)

[Morsul the Dark]

Another not first letter puzzle. This particular puzzle is all very obscure(especially for me).However I Think once one or two are discovered the rest will be easy.

1. Skateboarding prankster gets disoriented within a sound sensor.
2. There’s a big cat interviewing for a job. If they get the job it’ll be a big mix up
3. My friend, Mr. Eckhart, who played Harvey Dent, is sailing.
4. Herzog tells me this feathered appendage very much floats.
5. A truncated prison story being followed by Burgandy is in this Spiegel article

1. EamBar
2. HirlOnde
3. PalArron
4. VingiloT
5. AlcarondaS

[Pervinca Took]

A guess at Wingelot for 4. Wing for the feathered appendage. For Herzog I found a Werner Herzog, but couldn't make the connection.

[Morsul the Dark]

You’re only a couple letters off. Herzog is known for a particular trait.

[Pervinca Took]

Vingilot? With German-sounding W implied by Herzog?

[Morsul the Dark]

Aye!

[Pervinca Took]

Wikipedia tells me Herzog makes films about people with impossible dreams or extraordinary talents. What aspect of him does the clue allude to?

[Pervinca Took]

Could the password be boats? (Although I don't know of any other named ones ... maybe Aldarion's, but I've forgotten it!)

If it IS boats, though, Tol Eressea could be one of the answers!

[Morsul the Dark]

It really just meant to put a German accent on Wing and get “ving” it’s a running gag that German accents are just caricatures of Herzog.

[Pervinca Took]

2. Hirilonde.

Lion + hired.

[Morsul the Dark]

Excellent work!

[Pervinca Took]

I think 5 is ALCARONDAS, because ALCA is ALCATRAZ truncated.

Spiegel is mirror in German, I think? Is it also a German newspaper?

[Morsul the Dark]

Correct
Alcatraz + Ron Burgandy + Das Spiegel(yes it’s a German newspaper worked with the journalist angle)

[Pervinca Took]

Don't know much about skateboarding pranksters, but I guess whatever it is must lie between the EA and R of EAMBAR.

[Pervinca Took]

And PALARRAN for 3, because of PAL for friend.

[Morsul the Dark]

Correct
Bam Margera
https://youtu.be/m_lVdx5lAmI

[Morsul the Dark]

Pal Aaron

5 for 5

[Pervinca Took]

Aaron is Mr Eckhart's first name?

(Looks it up).

Ah, indeed it is.

I have the next password planned, and will write the clues as soon as I can.

[Pervinca Took]

1. Games and a Surrey town lose direction for them.
2. One may mither a ewe’s consort, (slowly at first), to see them.
3. They sound like the transgressions of a Shakespearean thief.
4. They pass in the night.
5. For these warlike things, a generic British pub gains an article, but loses others.
6. A murder of them disperses and loses direction. But the end result is still pretty murderous!
7. Concerning charity, they stand clear.
8. A good war vest reveals them.
9. They type backwards, swallowing a very Welsh beginning.
10. They are parts for a cooker top.
11. For these flowers, a weaver loses an article and is conflicted between two ways.
12. Delve safely to find them. Go on!
13. Rian, you hear, was conflicted about them.
14. For them, see the dwarf of the sand mountain appear.
15. Mashed potato turns dental to plosive for these.
16. Tear around before embracing truth for them.
17. Ancient fortress returns for refreshment.
18. Here is a kingdom in disarray, with endless damnation.
19. Reset (twice) and see them.
20. Hospital rooms swallow endless zip for them.
21. Confused but giving person sings backwards for them.
22. Disadvantages declare, by charged atoms, their shining name.

[Urwen]

6. Orcs (Crows - W)

[Pervinca Took]

1. Games and a Surrey town lose direction for them.
2. One may mither a ewe’s consort, (slowly at first), to see them.
3. They sound like the transgressions of a Shakespearean thief.
4. They pass in the night.
5. For these warlike things, a generic British pub gains an article, but loses others.
ORCS: A murder of them disperses and loses direction. But the end result is still pretty murderous!
7. Concerning charity, they stand clear.
8. A good war vest reveals them.
9. They type backwards, swallowing a very Welsh beginning.
10. They are parts for a cooker top.
11. For these flowers, a weaver loses an article and is conflicted between two ways.
12. Delve safely to find them. Go on!
13. Rian, you hear, was conflicted about them.
14. For them, see the dwarf of the sand mountain appear.
15. Mashed potato turns dental to plosive for these.
16. Tear around before embracing truth for them.
17. Ancient fortress returns for refreshment.
18. Here is a kingdom in disarray, with endless damnation.
19. Reset (twice) and see them.
20. Hospital rooms swallow endless zip for them.
21. Confused but giving person sings backwards for them.
22. Disadvantages declare, by charged atoms, their shining name.

Correct.

[Urwen]

13. Sindar?

[Pervinca Took]

13. Sindar?

No.

[Urwen]

4. Ships?

[Pervinca Took]

1. Games and a Surrey town lose direction for them.
2. One may mither a ewe’s consort, (slowly at first), to see them.
3. They sound like the transgressions of a Shakespearean thief.
SHIPS: They pass in the night.
5. For these warlike things, a generic British pub gains an article, but loses others.
ORCS: A murder of them disperses and loses direction. But the end result is still pretty murderous!
7. Concerning charity, they stand clear.
8. A good war vest reveals them.
9. They type backwards, swallowing a very Welsh beginning.
10. They are parts for a cooker top.
11. For these flowers, a weaver loses an article and is conflicted between two ways.
12. Delve safely to find them. Go on!
13. Rian, you hear, was conflicted about them.
14. For them, see the dwarf of the sand mountain appear.
15. Mashed potato turns dental to plosive for these.
16. Tear around before embracing truth for them.
17. Ancient fortress returns for refreshment.
18. Here is a kingdom in disarray, with endless damnation.
19. Reset (twice) and see them.
20. Hospital rooms swallow endless zip for them.
21. Confused but giving person sings backwards for them.
22. Disadvantages declare, by charged atoms, their shining name.

[Urwen]

I don't know how to proceed from here. Which clues should I try to solve first?


(Also, this password is big, really big)

[Pervinca Took]

I don't know how to proceed from here. Which clues should I try to solve first?


(Also, this password is big, really big)

Yes, but you don't have to solve it all by yourself!

Try whichever clues take your fancy.

Not ALL will be obviously Tolkienian at first, but there is a good reason for this, which I will not disclose now because it would spoil the puzzle. But some are, and it will all make sense in the end.

[Urwen]

I considered 'Curse of Morgoth' for the password, but it's too short for the number of clues.

[Pervinca Took]

Good idea, given the letters guessed so far, but it's not a curse of any kind.

[Huinesoron]

20. WARDS + ZI(p) = WIZARDS?

hS

[Galadriel55]

2. ARMS - ram +S

[Morsul the Dark]

Ok. So. 22 a charged atom is an ion. Ion is used as a Quenyan suffix a shining name could refer to the sun Anárion? I can’t get the first half though. I’m also worried it’s wrong because most of these clues imply multiples which would perhaps I indicate the last one should be an S to make is plural.

Edit: Silpion literally derives from Sil meaning shine

[Morsul the Dark]

Got it! It’s House of the Rising Sun it is a house in New Orleans and it’s been the ruin of many poor boys

[Pervinca Took]

1. Games and a Surrey town lose direction for them.
2. One may mither a ewe’s consort, (slowly at first), to see them.
3. They sound like the transgressions of a Shakespearean thief.
SHIPS: They pass in the night.
5. For these warlike things, a generic British pub gains an article, but loses others.
ORCS: A murder of them disperses and loses direction. But the end result is still pretty murderous!
7. Concerning charity, they stand clear.
8. A good war vest reveals them.
9. They type backwards, swallowing a very Welsh beginning.
10. They are parts for a cooker top.
11. For these flowers, a weaver loses an article and is conflicted between two ways.
12. Delve safely to find them. Go on!
13. Rian, you hear, was conflicted about them.
14. For them, see the dwarf of the sand mountain appear.
15. Mashed potato turns dental to plosive for these.
16. Tear around before embracing truth for them.
17. Ancient fortress returns for refreshment.
18. Here is a kingdom in disarray, with endless damnation.
19. Reset (twice) and see them.
WIZARDS: Hospital rooms swallow endless zip for them.
21. Confused but giving person sings backwards for them.
22. Disadvantages declare, by charged atoms, their shining name.

No further correct answers as yet.

Try 8, 10, 12, 13 and 14 next. I'd say they're the easiest ones.

[Urwen]

10. Hobbits (Hob+bits)

[Urwen]

13. Ainur (Rian+Or)

[Pervinca Took]

13. Ainur (Rian+Or)

Rian + U ('you' is heard - 'conflicted' is the anagram indicator).

Both correct answers. :)

[Pervinca Took]

1. Games and a Surrey town lose direction for them.
2. One may mither a ewe’s consort, (slowly at first), to see them.
3. They sound like the transgressions of a Shakespearean thief.
SHIPS: They pass in the night.
5. For these warlike things, a generic British pub gains an article, but loses others.
ORCS: A murder of them disperses and loses direction. But the end result is still pretty murderous!
7. Concerning charity, they stand clear.
8. A good war vest reveals them.
9. They type backwards, swallowing a very Welsh beginning.
HOBBITS: They are parts for a cooker top.
11. For these flowers, a weaver loses an article and is conflicted between two ways.
12. Delve safely to find them. Go on!
AINUR: Rian, you hear, was conflicted about them.
14. For them, see the dwarf of the sand mountain appear.
15. Mashed potato turns dental to plosive for these.
16. Tear around before embracing truth for them.
17. Ancient fortress returns for refreshment.
18. Here is a kingdom in disarray, with endless damnation.
19. Reset (twice) and see them.
WIZARDS: Hospital rooms swallow endless zip for them.
21. Confused but giving person sings backwards for them.
22. Disadvantages declare, by charged atoms, their shining name.

HINT TO ALL: This password is celebrating something. ;)

Try clues 8, 12 and 14.

[Pervinca Took]

Ok. So. 22 a charged atom is an ion. Ion is used as a Quenyan suffix a shining name could refer to the sun Anárion? I can’t get the first half though. I’m also worried it’s wrong because most of these clues imply multiples which would perhaps I indicate the last one should be an S to make is plural.

Edit: Silpion literally derives from Sil meaning shine

ION is correct for that element of the clue. The answer to this one is something we get in Tolkien's works/world, but in our world as well. This is true of several of the answers.

For 2 and 3, think of some of the crafts and wiles we use when creating the clues. :D For 2, G55 was right in using RAM for the ewe's consort.