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Old 02-08-2013, 10:24 AM   #1
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I'm wondering if there's
a specific clue about the D.

climb: Mount
Fire Arm: Gun
Fishy Pitch: Abad
great city: goblin city

I think the d sort of falls into place with the context of the rest
Great work on this one G55 I only guessed at the reasoning for the end bit so I hope it's right because Your answer makes sense with it.

Edit: Actually Fire Arm against fishy pitch fired upon; like Gunned? phoneticaly gund?
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Old 02-11-2013, 08:55 AM   #2
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Fishy pitch is dab ad - a type of fish and a sales pitch. I was thinking of changing it to "fishy notice", but that would probably not have helped much. Anyway, all such mucking about aside, Galadriel has the floor.
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Old 02-11-2013, 07:29 PM   #3
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Thanks, Squatter. Hopefully this one isn't too muddled.


Green land exiled lady in papers after messed up signal
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Old 02-15-2013, 12:22 AM   #4
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Green land exiled lady in papers after messed up signal
Here's my guess:

Dell = a green land
A messed up signal = a code?
There was a code machine called the Enigma, and Elgar wrote the Enigma Variations. There is no apparent link between the machine and the composer but one of the Variations was called Nimrod.

So could the exiled lady be Nimrodel?

Even if right it still leaves me wondering about "in papers"...
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So could the exiled lady be Nimrodel?
No, not her.

The straight clue is either at the beginning or at the end. And what you said about the code is waaaaaaay too complicated and obscure. It's far simpler than that.
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Messed up probably indicates an anagram and I suspect grren land is the s traight clue. But I keep thinking of Ossiriand which doesn't work...hmmm ponders
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Tol Morwen? Not convinced but the papers bit is hard and there is almost a n anagram of news in there.
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I keep thinking of Ossiriand which doesn't work...
But it does. Can you now just give the reason?
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