Cryptic Clues - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Diamond18 · 05-27-2006, 01:04 PM

It's Snaga and Elanor.

Ask me how to snag an elven flower and I'll teach you how to shovel an orc.

Mith, you can go next.

Mithalwen · 05-28-2006, 10:46 AM

That was stupid of me ... I was thinking Elanor as an elven flower and despite having seen snanga didn't notice !!!

No good follows an imperfectly broken heart. Replace with a broken spanner?

Diamond18 · 05-30-2006, 11:48 PM

I'm quite stumped. A little hint, please? *looks sweet and helpless*

Mithalwen · 06-01-2006, 01:01 PM

Ooh I thought noone was trying... ok well if a flower can be a river in cross words ( ie something that flows) then a spanner might be ....? And it would have been kinder for me to write re. place with a broken spanner

Diamond18 · 06-01-2006, 02:16 PM

Ah, now I get the river=flower connection (was confused about that before!) but I don't have an answer yet. This is really quite tricky.... Must give it some thought.

Diamond18 · 06-01-2006, 02:19 PM

Well, on second thought, I'll throw out an off the cuff guess just to get it out of the way:

The Bridge of Khazad Dum? It's a bridge, ie something that spans, and as I recall, it was broken. Not sure how to reconcile it with the first part.

Anyway, I wanted to rule that out before thinking about it any further.

Mithalwen · 06-01-2006, 02:31 PM

A spanner is a bridge but remember the clue is "re place with broken spanner" Ie it is the place with the broken bridge not the bridge itself. Not Kahazad dum but not so far geographically. Now see if you can get the place name from the first part of the clue

05-27-2006, 01:04 PM	#1
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	It's Snaga and Elanor. Ask me how to snag an elven flower and I'll teach you how to shovel an orc. Mith, you can go next. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

05-28-2006, 10:46 AM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	That was stupid of me ... I was thinking Elanor as an elven flower and despite having seen snanga didn't notice !!! No good follows an imperfectly broken heart. Replace with a broken spanner? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 05-28-2006 at 12:46 PM.

05-30-2006, 11:48 PM	#3
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	I'm quite stumped. A little hint, please? looks sweet and helpless __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-01-2006, 01:01 PM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Ooh I thought noone was trying... ok well if a flower can be a river in cross words ( ie something that flows) then a spanner might be ....? And it would have been kinder for me to write re. place with a broken spanner __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

06-01-2006, 02:16 PM	#5
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Ah, now I get the river=flower connection (was confused about that before!) but I don't have an answer yet. This is really quite tricky.... Must give it some thought. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-01-2006, 02:19 PM	#6
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Well, on second thought, I'll throw out an off the cuff guess just to get it out of the way: The Bridge of Khazad Dum? It's a bridge, ie something that spans, and as I recall, it was broken. Not sure how to reconcile it with the first part. Anyway, I wanted to rule that out before thinking about it any further. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

06-01-2006, 02:31 PM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	A spanner is a bridge but remember the clue is "re place with broken spanner" Ie it is the place with the broken bridge not the bridge itself. Not Kahazad dum but not so far geographically. Now see if you can get the place name from the first part of the clue __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace