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Pervinca Took · 03-24-2018, 04:34 PM

Indeed it is!

1. He may want an objective, however confused.
ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect.
3. ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled.
4. She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets.
5. Monster that is lost gains note for her.
6. The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him.
AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist.
RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one!
9. Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps.

Galadriel55 · 03-24-2018, 05:34 PM

9. ERLING - an anagram of linger? I was initially looking into things that had "er" for hesitation, but came across this hobbit.

Pervinca Took · 03-25-2018, 12:46 AM

Erling is a new one to me ... where did you find him?

Now ... the 'er' for hesitation is right, but the 'perhaps' is because it is similar to 'er' and could sound the same as it, but does not in this particular name.

(If it had been 'linger' I'd have put the same tense - hesitate - in the clue).

Huinesoron · 03-25-2018, 01:25 AM

#9: IRMO? Er for a mo(ment)?

hS

Galadriel55 · 03-25-2018, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Erling is a new one to me ... where did you find him?

Dug him up, he's one of Sam's kin.

Now we're getting an interesting mix of Valar and hobbits. KEMENTARI for the password? Maybe it's another couples one again.

Pervinca Took · 03-25-2018, 06:41 AM

That's the one!

1. He may want an objective, however confused.
ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect.
3. ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled.
4. She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets.
5. Monster that is lost gains note for her.
6. The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him.
AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist.
RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one!
IRMO: Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps.

Pervinca Took · 03-25-2018, 03:42 PM

K: He may want an objective, however confused.
ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect.
M: ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled.
E: She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets.
N: Monster that is lost gains note for her.
T: The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him.
AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist.
RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one!
IRMO: Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps.

[THEME: SPOUSES]

Nerwen · 03-26-2018, 05:02 AM

Rorimac was married to MENEGILDA Goold- whose given name is an anagram of "I am legend".

Pervinca Took · 03-26-2018, 07:27 AM

Indeed so!

K: He may want an objective, however confused.
ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect.
MENEGILDA: ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled.
E: She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets.
N: Monster that is lost gains note for her.
T: The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him.
AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist.
RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one!
IRMO: Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps.

[THEME: SPOUSES]

Nerwen · 03-26-2018, 09:57 AM

And then, as noted, Estella wed Merry- whose "real" name is KALIMAC ("lack aim").

Nerwen · 03-26-2018, 10:09 AM

#4 must be ESTË to go with Irmo, but I can't get the cryptic part. And I think #5 could be NESSA ("Ness" as in "Loch Ness Monster" + "A"), though that would make the last one TULKAS, and again I can't make the clue work.

Pervinca Took · 03-26-2018, 10:25 AM

OK.

ESTE is correct. Can you find a synonym for targets?

TULKAS is correct. Can you find a synonym for stem?

NESSA is correct, but what is the nickname of the Loch Ness monster, and how might you lose 'that is?'

Pervinca Took · 03-26-2018, 10:01 AM

Quite.

KALIMAC: He may want an objective, however confused.
ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect.
MENEGILDA: ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled.
E: She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets.
N: Monster that is lost gains note for her.
T: The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him.
AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist.
RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one!
IRMO: Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps.

[THEME: SPOUSES]

Pervinca Took · 03-26-2018, 11:48 AM

KALIMAC: He may want an objective, however confused.
ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect.
MENEGILDA: ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled.
ESTE: She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets.
NESSA: Monster that is lost gains note for her.
TULKAS: The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him.
AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist.
RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one!
IRMO: Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps.

[THEME: SPOUSES]

ESTE is an anagram of TEES (golf targets).

Stem is STALK. Mix it. Add 'u' and mix again for TULKAS.

Nessie minus 'ie' for 'that is,' plus A, gives NESSA.

Well done all. Over to Galadriel.

Galadriel55 · 03-26-2018, 08:34 PM

The last few masterpieces are hard to follow, so I won't even go there. This one should be quick. I have to warn you that the letters are not lined up, and I will highlight them as words are guessed correctly.

1. Feline noise on half-mouth in slimy swamp.
2. Hear they eat backwards, but they prefer drink.
3. Hangout after one cut off trampled tramper.
4. Children stop in the entrance suddenly, confused.

03-24-2018, 04:34 PM	#1
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Indeed it is! 1. He may want an objective, however confused. ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect. 3. ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled. 4. She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets. 5. Monster that is lost gains note for her. 6. The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him. AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist. RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one! 9. Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-24-2018, 05:34 PM	#2
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,515	9. ERLING - an anagram of linger? I was initially looking into things that had "er" for hesitation, but came across this hobbit. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-25-2018, 12:46 AM	#3
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Erling is a new one to me ... where did you find him? Now ... the 'er' for hesitation is right, but the 'perhaps' is because it is similar to 'er' and could sound the same as it, but does not in this particular name. (If it had been 'linger' I'd have put the same tense - hesitate - in the clue). __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 03-25-2018 at 12:50 PM.

03-25-2018, 06:41 AM	#6
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	That's the one! 1. He may want an objective, however confused. ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect. 3. ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled. 4. She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets. 5. Monster that is lost gains note for her. 6. The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him. AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist. RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one! IRMO: Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-25-2018, 03:42 PM	#7
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Right on both counts! K: He may want an objective, however confused. ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect. M: ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled. E: She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets. N: Monster that is lost gains note for her. T: The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him. AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist. RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one! IRMO: Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps. [THEME: SPOUSES] __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-25-2018, 01:25 AM	#4
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,971	#9: IRMO? Er for a mo(ment)? hS

03-26-2018, 05:02 AM	#8
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Rorimac was married to MENEGILDA Goold- whose given name is an anagram of "I am legend". __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

03-26-2018, 07:27 AM	#9
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Indeed so! K: He may want an objective, however confused. ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect. MENEGILDA: ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled. E: She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets. N: Monster that is lost gains note for her. T: The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him. AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist. RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one! IRMO: Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps. [THEME: SPOUSES] __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-26-2018, 09:57 AM	#10
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	And then, as noted, Estella wed Merry- whose "real" name is KALIMAC ("lack aim"). __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

03-26-2018, 10:09 AM	#11
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	#4 must be ESTË to go with Irmo, but I can't get the cryptic part. And I think #5 could be NESSA ("Ness" as in "Loch Ness Monster" + "A"), though that would make the last one TULKAS, and again I can't make the clue work. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

03-26-2018, 10:25 AM	#12
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	OK. ESTE is correct. Can you find a synonym for targets? TULKAS is correct. Can you find a synonym for stem? NESSA is correct, but what is the nickname of the Loch Ness monster, and how might you lose 'that is?' __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-26-2018, 10:01 AM	#13
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Quite. KALIMAC: He may want an objective, however confused. ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect. MENEGILDA: ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled. E: She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets. N: Monster that is lost gains note for her. T: The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him. AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist. RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one! IRMO: Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps. [THEME: SPOUSES] __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

03-26-2018, 11:48 AM	#14
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	KALIMAC: He may want an objective, however confused. ESTELLA: Merry’s gal, not Pip’s, as one might expect. MENEGILDA: ‘I am legend,’ this hobbitlass might say, whilst troubled. ESTE: She’s a powerful girl, but with mixed targets. NESSA: Monster that is lost gains note for her. TULKAS: The name has a mixed stem, you hear. In confusion, see him. AULE: Two metals mingle for a master metallurgist. RORIMAC: A dwarf and his provisions? Confuse a hobbit - especially an aristocratic one! IRMO: Sounds like he hesitated for an instant, perhaps. [THEME: SPOUSES] ESTE is an anagram of TEES (golf targets). Stem is STALK. Mix it. Add 'u' and mix again for TULKAS. Nessie minus 'ie' for 'that is,' plus A, gives NESSA. Well done all. Over to Galadriel. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." Last edited by Pervinca Took; 03-28-2018 at 10:00 AM.

03-26-2018, 08:34 PM	#15
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,515	The last few masterpieces are hard to follow, so I won't even go there. This one should be quick. I have to warn you that the letters are not lined up, and I will highlight them as words are guessed correctly. 1. Feline noise on half-mouth in slimy swamp. 2. Hear they eat backwards, but they prefer drink. 3. Hangout after one cut off trampled tramper. 4. Children stop in the entrance suddenly, confused. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera