PRY
FTAN: Initially Frodo’s pantry, but now in chaos for this beast!
2. Running flush – that’s him!
BING
O: He uncoils for a springy sound. Not much, though.
4. No party for him?
BLAD
ORTHIN: He renders Thora blind, and Thorin bald!
THEME: FORMER NAMES OF CHARACTERS IN EARLY DRAFTS:
Smaug was Pryftan
Frodo was Bingo
Gandalf was Bladorthin
HS, how can it be just The Hobbit when the first clue guessed was a prototype for a LOTR character?
Good work on Bladorthin and Pryftan, though! (And Nerwen on Boing).