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Pervinca Took · 02-15-2019, 08:30 AM

FINDUILAS: Tall bowman spun around and entrapped by fast lady! (Well, almost).
ADAMANTA: Early eighties icon, a girl appears.
ROBIN: He’s a royal dwarf, transformed.
AREDHEL: Troubled? Ruddy cure her!
MAEGLIN: He’s a feeble spirit, but twisted.
ISENGRIM: He combines filth and transgression. In chaos, what’s more!
ROSE: She ascended.

THEME: MOTHERS & SONS

Maeglin is fully cryptic (LAME + GIN) and half straight. (Well, 'feeble spirit' could perhaps be argued to apply to him). I agree that he's pretty twisted.

You are right about DUILIN (cue one of the most haunting lines sung by Oz Clarke - that's why I always remember Derufin and Duilin). But he's *almost* trapped by 'fast' because he's trapped by FAS only (most of 'fast') ... and then 'lady' is the straight clue.

This one was a bit harder to make work than my 'mothers and sons' one. Hence I resorted to a few less well-known hobbits. I guess they're useful for a puzzle based on a family relationship, since they are obsessed with family history and exhibiting it on trees!

Well done!

And over to Formendacil!

02-15-2019, 08:30 AM	#4477
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	FINDUILAS: Tall bowman spun around and entrapped by fast lady! (Well, almost). ADAMANTA: Early eighties icon, a girl appears. ROBIN: He’s a royal dwarf, transformed. AREDHEL: Troubled? Ruddy cure her! MAEGLIN: He’s a feeble spirit, but twisted. ISENGRIM: He combines filth and transgression. In chaos, what’s more! ROSE: She ascended. THEME: MOTHERS & SONS Maeglin is fully cryptic (LAME + GIN) and half straight. (Well, 'feeble spirit' could perhaps be argued to apply to him). I agree that he's pretty twisted. You are right about DUILIN (cue one of the most haunting lines sung by Oz Clarke - that's why I always remember Derufin and Duilin). But he's almost trapped by 'fast' because he's trapped by FAS only (most of 'fast') ... and then 'lady' is the straight clue. This one was a bit harder to make work than my 'mothers and sons' one. Hence I resorted to a few less well-known hobbits. I guess they're useful for a puzzle based on a family relationship, since they are obsessed with family history and exhibiting it on trees! Well done! And over to Formendacil! __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 02-15-2019 at 05:07 PM.