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Originally Posted by Huinesoron
5. I'm guessing something to do with HELM, which can act like jewellery to men. Neither the DEEP, DIKE, nor GATE seem to obviously connect, though.
I can find answers to the straight clue which fit the letters for 1-3 (Nienna, Erebor, and Isen(gard) respectively), but can't connect any of them to the cryptic clues.
4. ... I might hazard GORLIM, with 'limb' for leg, and 'gor blimey!' I don't remember him or Eilinel being millers, though.
hS
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No to Gorlim.
I won't say which, but you *might* want to revisit those three solutions you can't connect to the clues.
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took
Maybe 1 is someone whose wife is a neighbour to Mandos.
Neithan ... Nienor has just killed herself? But tenuous. Also, I think mortals go to Mandos and then leave?
If the letters making up NAMO meant 'my wife,' it would be really handy!
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That "maybe" is correct--but Neithan and Nienor are both wrong.
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Originally Posted by Huinesoron
I wonder whether 'my wife' could point at Formendacil, and specifically at the answer being North (formen) -something. But I can't come up with anything that would fit.
Formenos is pretty close to the Halls of Mandos, but it never acquired an Anglicised name, which would be 'North Fortress' anyway. (Northchester would be a good English placename for it, come to think; or maybe I just like sticking -chester on the end of things... I've gotten off-topic.)
Hmm... Tolkien Gateway points out that 'Formenos' in Quenya translates to 'Fornost' in Sindarin, which does have a Hobbitish form: NORBURY. So I guess I'll guess that for #1, though 'bury' to 'bride' is a bit of a leap.
hS
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No to Norbury--and I'll give away for free that the answer does not start with "North."