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Old 01-26-2005, 07:37 PM   #561
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Question Tom . . .

Bombadil? Adventures? Paine? Terrific? English Muffins?
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Old 01-27-2005, 03:27 AM   #562
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Boots Getting colder ...

Although you have the right Tom.
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Old 01-27-2005, 11:39 AM   #563
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What does Tom accumulate?

I dunno. Hobbits, maybe?

It does say the accumulation was small, after all.

And if that were so, his collection of hobbits would include each flower. Umm... "ea" for each-> eaflower, rearranged-> leaf ower. Did one of the hobbits owe somebody pipe-weed?
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Old 02-01-2005, 06:44 PM   #564
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Question Any more takers ...

Nope. Nothing to do with Hobbitses.

There is a clear reference in the Book to Tom accumulating something other than lilies ...
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Old 02-02-2005, 12:09 PM   #565
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Palantir-Green

Mallos, I think:

Tom was a moss-gatherer, as Gandalf tells us. His small accumulation is therefore MOS; if it includes ALL ("each"), we get the bell-shaped flower of Lebennin.

Excellent clues!
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Old 02-02-2005, 12:21 PM   #566
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Thumbs up And excellent deduction

Well done Turambar.

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Old 02-02-2005, 07:32 PM   #567
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Through the great battle on we fought,
And he who led us, later us taught.
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Old 02-03-2005, 05:53 PM   #568
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i keep thinking its a man... Elendil maybe?
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Old 02-04-2005, 11:03 AM   #569
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Not Elendil, and not a man.

This one is both cryptic and "straight".
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Old 02-04-2005, 05:18 PM   #570
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me thinks Finrod Felagund now...
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Old 02-04-2005, 06:32 PM   #571
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No.

FYI, there is a good description of "cryptic" clues here .
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Old 02-05-2005, 02:21 PM   #572
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Eonwë

It's right there in the clue:

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And, of course, Eonwë was a teacher as well as the leader in that battle.
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Old 02-07-2005, 08:58 AM   #573
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Squatter is correct - Eönwë was the embedded captain/teacher.
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Pipe Heeding Polonius...

Ta muchly, old bean. Here's an easy one to ease me back in.

Steward of Gondolin? Could be a wet
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Old 02-10-2005, 11:23 AM   #575
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1420!

Ecthelion?

The name was used by a Ruling Steward of Gondor as well as by an elf of Gondolin; the latter was associated with a fountain ("wet").
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Old 02-15-2005, 02:04 PM   #576
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Pipe The very fellow

No need to be so tentative, old boy; I'm not that devious. Your turn.
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Old 02-16-2005, 07:52 AM   #577
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A banner flying backwards, showing a muddled connector, denotes a wizard.
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hmmm....denotes a wizard seems like Denethor/Gandalf... but i'll say Gandalf
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Old 02-16-2005, 08:17 AM   #579
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Correct! "Flag" backwards, with a scrambled "and" in the middle. Your turn.
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oh joy...

A hot-headed earth driven rascal, one style maybe, are you?


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Old 02-17-2005, 03:16 PM   #581
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Old 02-17-2005, 03:20 PM   #582
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White Tree Give us a chance

before you start hinting. Sometimes we have to think about it a little first.

Believe you me, we're pondering.

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Old 02-17-2005, 03:21 PM   #583
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at least its good to know people are pondering....took me awhile to figure it out myself actually
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Old 02-18-2005, 12:50 PM   #584
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Mithalwen is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Mithalwen is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Mithalwen is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Mithalwen is lost in the dark paths of Moria.
Well I am going up various garden paths and .... am distracted by "one style" almost being an anagram of Estelyn ... which is not helpful..... but I am still feeling there might be an anagram in there somewhere ...
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Old 02-18-2005, 01:51 PM   #585
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maybe...maybe not...who knows..wait i do...


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Old 02-21-2005, 10:51 PM   #587
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Fingon?

Why? How?

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White Tree out on a proverbial limb

I'm tempted to go with Feanor. I can't make any sense of the clue cryptically, but as far as straight clues go, Feanor was certainly hot-headed. And earth driven too, if you think about his love for things mined and then crafted.

The one style clue makes me think of the Tengwar, which were developed by him, and were written in several styles (the Quenya style which used no vowel letters, just tehtar; and the Sindarin sound which incorporated letters for vowels).

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Sophia is very close indeed....explore Around Feanor
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My first guess would have been Feanor....but as Gil said "around Feanor", I'm thinking perhaps

Melkor,

Who could be described as hot-headed, and as earth-driven, he sought to dominate the world...
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nope...now your getting colder...
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1420!

Maybe a hint is needed.

Are the clues cryptic within The Saucepan Man's definition?
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not entirely... like i said, its around Feanor...
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White-Hand Around Fëanor?

Maedhros?

"Hot-headed" may be seen as red-headed.

"Earth-driven." Try Earth-diving.
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I wondered about hot headed meaning redhaired .. or if it were Arien ..... (but then Earth driven would make no sense) and the last parts aieeeeee..........
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Nil is correct, it was Maedhros


A Hot-headed Earth Driven Rascal, One Style Maybe, are you?


basically i used it in Pig Latin...that explains the a and the y

the one style means that he was the only son to try and go for peace, his style of doing things was much different then each other son...your turn nil
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