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Originally Posted by Urwen
'dwarf' confuses me.
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Well I'm sorry about that.
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Originally Posted by Urwen
Spear could be JAVELIN, and two thirds of that is 'LIN'.
Funny how he too was gonna be impaled by a spear if it weren't for his 'ma'.
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Uh... 'LIN' would be three-sevenths of 'JAVELIN'.
“Good heavens!” growled Beorn. “Don’t pretend that [Huinesoron]s can’t count. They can."
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Originally Posted by Urwen
5 is MA+ELGIN
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It is! And the only anagram in the set.
1.
M?????? - West, briefly a ring-slinger, is attending.
2. M
AEGLIN - Sounds like my smile goes from right to left.
3. ??
E???? - One step on from a dwarf impaled by two thirds of a spear.
4. ???
G??? - No light, and it sounds like no Hell either; it's all backwards!
5. MAEG
LIN - Mother jumbled up the marbles.
6. MAEGL
IN - A crazy omlette row? Never let it end.
7. MAEGLI
N - Take elements of two backwards countries, then add Earth (well, stone) and Air.
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Originally Posted by Urwen
For 1, LING comes from SLINGER
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I can see what you're going for, but 'briefly' means you're looking for an acronym for something indicated by 'a ring-slinger'. And then there's a third part to the clue.
hS