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06-26-2005, 01:49 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
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Erm well unless there is an unhappy character called Losadok who I have somehow preiously never noticed... I am stumped ....
*notes an improbability factor sufficient to transverse the universe* I am stumped....
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06-26-2005, 05:58 PM
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Corpus Cacophonous
Join Date: Jan 2003
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More hints
Wretched fellow is sad taking look around.
To solve the cryptic clues, you need to find synonyms for "sad" and "look". Taking = the latter word is within the former. Around = turn the word before around. Now, surely you can find the wretched fellow that I'm looking for ...
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06-29-2005, 06:36 AM
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Mischievous Candle
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam.
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Ooh, any chance it would be Gollum?
Synonym for "look" is "lo". When it's tuned around it becomes "ol". Another word for sad could be "glum". So, when "ol" is placed within "glum" we get Gollum. He sure was a wretched fellow.
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06-30-2005, 07:00 PM
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Corpus Cacophonous
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Spot on dancing spawn. Well done.
Your go. 
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07-01-2005, 08:39 AM
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Mischievous Candle
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam.
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Thank you! I wouldn't have guessed it without your hints, though. I have never done cryptic clues before so I'm not sure if I can do this right. But let's see.
This noble guy is no Brit. when he follows a twisted mouse plus by hearsay he's sick.
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07-01-2005, 03:15 PM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
Join Date: May 2003
Location: West over water
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A twisted mouse - Tar (rat backwards)
followed by... he - a man plus - perhaps adding a 'd' to 'a man' to get 'and'? by hearsay he's sick - il (sounds like ill) Giving you the noble Tar-Amandil, third king of Númenor. |
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07-02-2005, 10:49 AM
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Mischievous Candle
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam.
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Aww, you got it right away! Though you solved it in a different way than what I had thought.
(No Brit. = Am, plus = and) Great job, anyway! Your turn!
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