I feel like the answer I came up with is too *easy* to be correct, but, here goes...

TomBrady12?

I wouldn't dare shake a stick at 12 wings... *shrugs*

You're thinking along entirely wrong lines. Sorry! :p

Thought that was too...well, dumb. :rolleyes: :p

Wilwarin538?

1076 butterfly wings ...?

Hmm. Slightly better, but still quite far off. There's no number in the name; it's entirely a word thing. This Downer doesn't really post too much.

Ach! Ye scunners!
 

Let's make it easy then.

Change one vowel in this name, and you get a plural of winged beings.

I don't suppose we have a Belrog anywhere.... :p

well...balrogman

you could change the a to an e to make balrogmen :D

I don't think its that but its worth a shot

Well we have a Ravenna, if you change the last a to an s you get Ravenns, its almost ravens just with an extra n. :D :rolleyes: ;)

Good ideas! However, 'Ravenns' is not a word. And Balrogs don't have wings. :p

With the addition of one letter, davem's personal title sprouts wings (maybe?) but it isn't as if (NB,not 'like') he rarely posts. :p ;)

Think angels.

Saraphim.

A big gold star for Enca! :)

And we now follow your lead, miss.

This son of Finwe is not the first of his kind.

Fingolfin II d'accord.

Yessir. :)

TGWBS, what's your position on the balrog debate?

Though it's not really relevant, it's the opposite of yours. :)

Shrunken -> short
anti-winger -> opposite my views which means balrogs are wingless

How is this not relevant? ;) :p

littlemanpoet

Unlike some, good Feanor, I have not the cheek to set a quiz concerning myself. ;)

No luck, 'Mer.

Kuruharan?

Squatter of Amon Rudh?

Correct, Man of the Bathtub.

I am said to be a southern cross.

Osse the Aussie?

Nope.

It's cryptic. :)

burrahobbit.

Well, he can at least seem cross at times.

Terrible guess, I know. :rolleyes:

Whim #758499
 

Wild offhand guess, completely impulsive: Lyra, as in Lyra Greenleaf? (Is the southern cross in constellation of Lyra or is my memory really faulty?)

No. Neither of those.

Quote:

I am said to be a southern cross.

All I can think of is Firefoot. Since the southern cross used to be (still is?) considered part of Centaurus and the phantom accused Fire-non-Footie of being a centaur in his imaginings...

No.

:rolleyes:

No fair, SpM - Cryptic Clues belong in... er, Cryptic Clues. :D

The only thing I can think of is that Crucifix thing in Brazil somewhere (hooray for my wonderful geographical and memory skills!). It's a cross, it's in the South. Do we have anybody named after it...?

A cryptic Southern Cross...

Well, I've never played Cryptic Clues, so I'm probably going in totally the wrong direction, but perhaps something I say will spark the imagination of a more knowledgeable 'Downer.

If it is something a'cross' from the "south", then it ought to have to do with the "north", in which case we need to find a 'Downer who's associated with the north...

Or else, it maybe some sort of southern cross-breed. Hmm. Yes, that seems a bit more likely...

So, the question is, do we have any australian hybrids lurking around the forum???

- Not looking for a reply from Mr. S P Man, just throwing out ideas for dead-ended BDers.

Continuing along Formendacil's line of thought...

doug*platypus?

Being that "formen" is Elvish for north...

Formendacil?

ArticStorm?

None of the above. :p

It may be worth looking at the cryptic clue examples on the Cryptic Clue thread ...