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Galadriel55 · 03-29-2018, 06:59 AM

That he is! "Trampled" is an anagram marker. Can you find the pieces now?

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

Pervinca Took · 03-29-2018, 04:00 PM

Ah ... I + lop.

Neat work, Nerwen! I would never have thought of haunt or oliphaunt.

Nerwen · 03-30-2018, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took

Ah ... I + lop.

Neat work, Nerwen! I would never have thought of haunt or oliphaunt.

That was Huey.

Pervinca Took · 03-30-2018, 10:27 AM

Well, neat work Huey then.

And neat work Nerwen for all the times I've forgotten to say so.

Pervinca Took · 03-30-2018, 10:47 AM

Does 4 have anything to do with HIN/HINI, the elvish word for children?

Entrance could be 'door' or maybe just 'in.'

But in just one sense of the word, confusion is lacking.

And how to synonymise 'suddenly,' unless it's just that one of the elements ends or cuts off abruptly? I thought of 'now' as a sort of synonym, but can't work it in.

Galadriel55 · 03-30-2018, 12:54 PM

Not Hini or anything like it. You're overthinking. Look at the theme and the previous clues, work with the straight clue.

Huinesoron · 03-30-2018, 04:29 PM

I'm actually wondering at HOBBITS, since they were seen as myths by the Men of the southern realms, and are repeatedly referred to as children. But I can't make it fit the cryptic even slightly.

hS

Galadriel55 · 03-31-2018, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Huinesoron

I'm actually wondering at HOBBITS, since they were seen as myths by the Men of the southern realms, and are repeatedly referred to as children. But I can't make it fit the cryptic even slightly.

hS

You're on the right track. Reason you can't make it fit is because that's not the right word.

Galadriel55 · 03-31-2018, 10:24 AM

Indeed so!

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

Back over to you!

Pervinca Took · 03-31-2018, 01:19 PM

OK then.

1. Butterflies? Confused heroine finds direction twice, and she's radiant.
2. He appears to die, classically perturbed.
3. A troubled sound of pain gives him away.
4. Mutilate, seize ring, but lose an article? Such chaos! Is he really that violent, or just very powerful?
5. Find him in a rotating sauna.

Pervinca Took · 03-30-2018, 07:31 PM

Just to get it on this page:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

That he is! "Trampled" is an anagram marker. Can you find the pieces now?

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

03-29-2018, 06:59 AM	#1
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,515	That he is! "Trampled" is an anagram marker. Can you find the pieces now? 1. MEWLIP: Feline noise on half-mouth in slimy swamp. 2. ENYD: Hear they eat backwards, but they prefer drink. 3. OLIPHAUNT: Hangout after one cut off trampled tramper. 4. H: 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

03-29-2018, 04:00 PM	#2
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Ah ... I + lop. Neat work, Nerwen! I would never have thought of haunt or oliphaunt. __________________ "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."

03-30-2018, 10:27 AM	#4
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Well, neat work Huey then. And neat work Nerwen for all the times I've forgotten to say so. __________________ "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."

03-30-2018, 10:47 AM	#5
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Does 4 have anything to do with HIN/HINI, the elvish word for children? Entrance could be 'door' or maybe just 'in.' But in just one sense of the word, confusion is lacking. And how to synonymise 'suddenly,' unless it's just that one of the elements ends or cuts off abruptly? I thought of 'now' as a sort of synonym, but can't work it in. __________________ "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; 03-30-2018 at 06:16 PM.

03-30-2018, 12:54 PM	#6
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,515	Not Hini or anything like it. You're overthinking. Look at the theme and the previous clues, work with the straight clue. __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-30-2018, 04:29 PM	#7
Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,971	I'm actually wondering at HOBBITS, since they were seen as myths by the Men of the southern realms, and are repeatedly referred to as children. But I can't make it fit the cryptic even slightly. hS

03-31-2018, 10:24 AM	#9
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,515	Indeed so! 1. MEWLIP: Feline noise on half-mouth in slimy swamp. 2. ENYD: Hear they eat backwards, but they prefer drink. 3. OLIPHAUNT: Hangout after one cut off trampled tramper. 4. HOLBYTLA: Children stop in the entrance suddenly, confused. Back over to you! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

03-31-2018, 01:19 PM	#10
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	OK then. 1. Butterflies? Confused heroine finds direction twice, and she's radiant. 2. He appears to die, classically perturbed. 3. A troubled sound of pain gives him away. 4. Mutilate, seize ring, but lose an article? Such chaos! Is he really that violent, or just very powerful? 5. Find him in a rotating sauna. __________________ "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; 04-01-2018 at 05:39 AM. Reason: Edit clue 4