Tom . . .
 

Bombadil? Adventures? Paine? Terrific? English Muffins? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Getting colder ...
 

Although you have the right Tom.

What does Tom accumulate?

I dunno. Hobbits, maybe?

It does say the accumulation was small, after all. :p

And if that were so, his collection of hobbits would include each flower. Umm... "ea" for each-> eaflower, rearranged-> leaf ower. Did one of the hobbits owe somebody pipe-weed?

Any more takers ...
 

Nope. Nothing to do with Hobbitses.

There is a clear reference in the Book to Tom accumulating something other than lilies ...

Mallos, I think:

Tom was a moss-gatherer, as Gandalf tells us. His small accumulation is therefore MOS; if it includes ALL ("each"), we get the bell-shaped flower of Lebennin.

Excellent clues! http://forum.barrowdowns.com/ubb/icons/icon14.gif

And excellent deduction
 

Well done Turambar. :)

I yield the thread to you.

The Next One
 

Through the great battle on we fought,
And he who led us, later us taught.

i keep thinking its a man... Elendil maybe?

Not Elendil, and not a man. http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL645...7/83996722.jpg

This one is both cryptic and "straight".

me thinks Finrod Felagund now...

No.

FYI, there is a good description of "cryptic" clues here . :smokin:

Eonwë

It's right there in the clue:

And, of course, Eonwë was a teacher as well as the leader in that battle.

Squatter is correct - Eönwë was the embedded captain/teacher.

Heeding Polonius...
 

Ta muchly, old bean. Here's an easy one to ease me back in.

Steward of Gondolin? Could be a wet

Ecthelion?

The name was used by a Ruling Steward of Gondor as well as by an elf of Gondolin; the latter was associated with a fountain ("wet").

The very fellow
 

No need to be so tentative, old boy; I'm not that devious. Your turn.

Next One
 

A banner flying backwards, showing a muddled connector, denotes a wizard.

hmmm....denotes a wizard seems like Denethor/Gandalf... but i'll say Gandalf

Correct! "Flag" backwards, with a scrambled "and" in the middle. Your turn.

oh joy...

A hot-headed earth driven rascal, one style maybe, are you?


have fun...

its really not that hard...

Give us a chance
 

before you start hinting. Sometimes we have to think about it a little first. :cool:

Believe you me, we're pondering.

Sophia

at least its good to know people are pondering....took me awhile to figure it out myself actually

Well I am going up various garden paths and .... am distracted by "one style" almost being an anagram of Estelyn ... which is not helpful..... but I am still feeling there might be an anagram in there somewhere ...

maybe...maybe not...who knows..wait i do...


keep guessing by the way

Hint: there is no anagrams

Throwing WAGs.
 

Fingon?

Why? How?

I have no idea.

out on a proverbial limb
 

I'm tempted to go with Feanor. I can't make any sense of the clue cryptically, but as far as straight clues go, Feanor was certainly hot-headed. And earth driven too, if you think about his love for things mined and then crafted.

The one style clue makes me think of the Tengwar, which were developed by him, and were written in several styles (the Quenya style which used no vowel letters, just tehtar; and the Sindarin sound which incorporated letters for vowels).

:rolleyes:

Sophia is very close indeed....explore Around Feanor

My first guess would have been Feanor....but as Gil said "around Feanor", I'm thinking perhaps

Melkor,

Who could be described as hot-headed, and as earth-driven, he sought to dominate the world...

close again, but no

Eru?

nope...now your getting colder...

Maybe a hint is needed. :confused:

Are the clues cryptic within The Saucepan Man's definition?

not entirely... like i said, its around Feanor...

Around Fëanor?
 

Maedhros?

"Hot-headed" may be seen as red-headed.

"Earth-driven." Try Earth-diving. :p

I wondered about hot headed meaning redhaired .. or if it were Arien ..... (but then Earth driven would make no sense) and the last parts aieeeeee..........

Nil is correct, it was Maedhros


A Hot-headed Earth Driven Rascal, One Style Maybe, are you?


basically i used it in Pig Latin...that explains the a and the y

the one style means that he was the only son to try and go for peace, his style of doing things was much different then each other son...your turn nil

Thank you!
 

Faramir?