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Old 04-07-2019, 12:27 PM   #4817
Huinesoron
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took View Post
Wondering if the theme is stone.

And if 5 is RAMMAS.
No and no.

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2 seems to have bits of ARGONATH, but in the wrong part of the clue (the bit hS says isn't really cryptic).

Could password be STONES?
And no and no.

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'Bagme Bloma, '

Trying to put the the last bit of 'bulb' backwards ...

'or*Flowers of the Trees, is a poem written by*J.R.R. Tolkien*in*Gothic. It was published in*Songs for the Philologists. It tells of the strength of the*birch, defier of wind and lightning.[1]'
And I thought I was being obscure! o.O That's a fantastic guess, and you're spot on to be looking at a headless bulb... but the answer isn't in Gothic (I believe it's in Qenya [sic]), and 'backwards we fall' just means that you want the last letter of the answer rather than the first.

hS
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