vry close in a roundabout way

clu time

former agent
and metal head refer t roles played by actors

Not him again
 

So it is Gandalf. I'd guess that 'former agent' is 'ex man' or 'X-Man', and Metal Head is Professor X, played by Patrick Stewart. Of course Gandalf and Dynamo were played by the same actor: Sir Ian McKellan. As for nearly being an agent, I don't know enough about the X-Men universe or remember enough about the films to hazard a guess.

corrct now i will reveal the clue as it should be read

former agent: Sean Connery was 007
Metal Head: Magneto, ian mckellen

Connery was almost cast as gandalf

squattr you're up

Leaving film trivia behind us
 

Now, I could follow that method and invent a clue by free association, but that would never be solved. Instead, here's something that follows crossword rules. Sorry it's so easy, ladies and gents, but it's been a while.

Metal-toothed yodel finds lost musician.

well...

metal-tothed might equal silver tounge
yodel-singer
lost musician- pendant(somehow

TOM BOMBADIL?

Not him, I'm afraid.
 

I'd never equate 'tooth' and 'tongue', since they mean different things; Tom Bombadil doesn't yodel and there's no connection between 'musician' and 'pendant' (or 'brooch') in my dictionary.

Fingon perhaps? after he found Maedhros, and we all know elves love to sing once and awhile

Keep looking
 

It's not Fingon. As a bonus, it's not Maedhros either. In fact this one's a little more obscure.

Daeron?

A lost musician who created the Cirith runes. This site says that Cirith is derived from a root meaning 'to cut' which might fit with metal tooth. But I can't figure out how to make the yodel fit.

Not that, I'm afraid
 

I didn't know the derivation of cirith, so no. That is rather obscure, though; congratulations.

ok....well i've got a good one
(at least for me) there is no movie trivia so dont worry ;)

Homey, after a series of battlees, this makes for one nasty ride

bump""""""""

hint perhaps then?


i'm thinking Gimli and Legolas, mainly because of the friendship that emrged between the two after thier travels with the fellowship

ok a belated hint then
Homey is a synonym for a bit of slang

the straight clue is "nasty ride"

homey is slang also known as dawg or "G"

G, after a series of battles, or a WAR
so G, after WAR makes a Nasty ride

WARGS are pretty nasty aren't they? and Goblins ride them

WARG, A nasty ride

Warg whose next...:mad: I thought it was Straight Forward

Blast from the past
 

We could always try my last one again.

Metal-toothed yodel finds lost musician.

If it is obscure it won't be Maglor who is perhaps the most famous lost muso and also I can't work him into the clue per standard crossword conventions ...

Obscurity
 

That is very true, and it isn't Maglor. When I said 'obscure' I meant ridiculously so.

Something makes me want to Say Beren... since he was regarded a 'yodel' to the elves of Doriath

I think that would be 'yokel', although Túrin suffered more with his image in that regard. The clue here is pretty straightforward as cryptic clues go; it's the answer that's obscure.

Metal toothed yodel

Orthanc- Iron Fang- Filled with sound of machines and wheels- metal toothed yodel

awakens they music of fangorn the war song the ents sing?

Dear :smokin:, a hint, perhaps? :)

or just telling me im wrong works too, and a hint....

Ha! By jove, I believe that I have it.

Metal toothed = Tin Fang
Yodel = Warble

The whole = Tinfang Warble, an extremely obscure character, seemingly a Faerie piper of some kind, whom I only discovered by shamelessly trawling for metals in the index to the Book of Lost Tales ...

Fashionably late again
 

I really am rubbish at keeping track of threads. You have the right of it, Saucepan.

I came upon this thread a couple months ago. Since then I read the entire thread and partially solved Saucy's crossword. And I feel like reviving this thread because I discovered cryptics are lots of fun. And also because perhaps this will push Saucy out of his long absence...



Ride muddled way

Be careful what ancient powers you invoke
 

You may not get Saucepan back, but this thread will always call me out of retirement.

I think the answer you're looking for is Arod, the horse given to Legolas by Éomer, whose name is an anagram of road.

Percisely! :D

Though we might not bring Sauce back, at least we might keep the Quiz forum alive - what do you think? ;)

That sounds like a bit of a tall order for two people. I'll settle for this thread.

Let's see how you get on with this one.

Chieftain leads five-hundred down South

I think my best guess so far is...
 

KHAND

Khan is a title for what you might call a chieftain, and 500 in Roman numerals is D. Together it makes up a land that is southeast of Mordor.

The very place. I'll have to start making these more difficult. :smokin:

The tragedy is the Akallabêth, which is all and A.K.A returning, followed by a girl called Bêth.

The thread is yours, Squatter!

Right you are.

French wine has girl confused about article in seaside town.

Vinyamar? Located of seaside. Vin is wine in french and the rest is made of an anagram of Mary with another a which is an article.

That is good Mith!

Makes me all ashamed of my attempt to connect Nimrodel and Edhellond with the Loire Valley.

I don't want to preempt Squatter but assuming I am right (and I usually do!) it follows the conventions of British crosswords so I am at advantage. Any comfort if I say I spent sometime trying to get a girls name fron YLONDE before I remembered Vinyamar?

It is indeed Vinyamar, and for the reason stated. It's good to see so much activity in here for a change. Over to you, Mithalwen.

This won't be different enough to make much of a challenge but I am off out in about five minutes so regard it as a reinforcement exercise!

A doctor absorbs one article and a more definite French one follows one of the faithful.