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Pervinca Took · 09-10-2018, 06:45 PM

1. Plosive meets slithery thing (we hear) on Caradhras.
2. ABBA song swallows little Beatrice. It’s exhausting!
ORCS: Oo, they’re awful!
NEEKERBREEKERS: Cousins of Vogons? They torment with onomatopoeia!
WATCHER IN THE WATER: Submerged stalker, or just a wet TV addict?
EMYN MUIL: Lovable rugby player loses surname and liquid, but gains an equine hybrid here, we hear!
AMON HEN: Grumble about chicken? Here?
THIRST: ‘Lotsss of thisss in Mordor, my Preciouss!’ (he gasped).
HUNGER: Do this only for a taste of justice or a world of truth. (The twin of the last clue).
10. Nice place? No, a slum. Messed up.
NAZGUL: Breathing apparatus swallows map-book, in confusion. (They’re so bad at finding people, you’d think they had, too).
HORROR OF SHELOB: Terror of Cirith Ungol.
AMON AMARTH: Morning marathon around (or rather up) here – and the final one.
14. To hear these might well dement. Perhaps they were played to Frodo in Cirith Ungol?
TREE-ROOTS: Much harder than feather-beds!
HOMELESSNESS: Hateful road brings epiphany of danger – and this.
ARAGORN'S SINGING: Beren and Luthien, brought to the camp-fire by this.
DEAD MARSHES: Inanimate bogs.

You are very close regarding the theme, and right about the connection with Frodo. (So number 1 can't be Balrog, because only Gandalf had to deal with him on Caradhras itself).

Watcher in the Water is correct.

The slithery creature often has legs, but not always. (Some kinds don't. I 've looked it up).

Bizarrely cruel? Moi?

No, I just put in a few jokey, light-hearted ones, to stop the puzzle being too maudlin.

Bombadil was a good guess, but I am referring to songs I personally find hilarious, and which have afforded me some of my most enjoyable moments in Tolkien fandom. But some people can't bear to hear them.

09-10-2018, 06:45 PM	#4181
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	1. Plosive meets slithery thing (we hear) on Caradhras. 2. ABBA song swallows little Beatrice. It’s exhausting! ORCS: Oo, they’re awful! NEEKERBREEKERS: Cousins of Vogons? They torment with onomatopoeia! WATCHER IN THE WATER: Submerged stalker, or just a wet TV addict? EMYN MUIL: Lovable rugby player loses surname and liquid, but gains an equine hybrid here, we hear! AMON HEN: Grumble about chicken? Here? THIRST: ‘Lotsss of thisss in Mordor, my Preciouss!’ (he gasped). HUNGER: Do this only for a taste of justice or a world of truth. (The twin of the last clue). 10. Nice place? No, a slum. Messed up. NAZGUL: Breathing apparatus swallows map-book, in confusion. (They’re so bad at finding people, you’d think they had, too). HORROR OF SHELOB: Terror of Cirith Ungol. AMON AMARTH: Morning marathon around (or rather up) here – and the final one. 14. To hear these might well dement. Perhaps they were played to Frodo in Cirith Ungol? TREE-ROOTS: Much harder than feather-beds! HOMELESSNESS: Hateful road brings epiphany of danger – and this. ARAGORN'S SINGING: Beren and Luthien, brought to the camp-fire by this. DEAD MARSHES: Inanimate bogs. You are very close regarding the theme, and right about the connection with Frodo. (So number 1 can't be Balrog, because only Gandalf had to deal with him on Caradhras itself). Watcher in the Water is correct. The slithery creature often has legs, but not always. (Some kinds don't. I 've looked it up). Bizarrely cruel? Moi? No, I just put in a few jokey, light-hearted ones, to stop the puzzle being too maudlin. Bombadil was a good guess, but I am referring to songs I personally find hilarious, and which have afforded me some of my most enjoyable moments in Tolkien fandom. But some people can't bear to hear them. __________________ "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; 09-11-2018 at 06:12 AM.