{"id":25396,"date":"2003-09-08T22:27:50","date_gmt":"2003-09-09T03:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2003\/09\/08\/gb4a-cryptic-crossword-winners-2\/"},"modified":"2003-09-08T22:27:50","modified_gmt":"2003-09-09T03:27:50","slug":"gb4a-cryptic-crossword-winners-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2003\/09\/08\/25396-gb4a-cryptic-crossword-winners-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GB4A Cryptic Crossword WINNERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings, Quickbeam here. <\/p>\n

To celebrate Green Books’ 4th Anniversary<\/b><\/a> with suitable bookish pomp and circumstance, I wanted to do something unique. I promised you a hellish test of your wit. Esteemed Tolkien scholar Bill Welden provided us with a remarkable, brain-mushing, utterly nasty Tolkien-themed Cryptic Crossword. Our friends at Houghton Mifflin and Sideshow\/WETA donated lovely prizes for the contestants. <\/p>\n

The final outcome?<\/p>\n

Blood, sweat, and tears from all those brave souls who entered — several rough nights in front of the java Crossword grid, wondering how Fate could be so cruel — and ultimately many loud complaints when I failed to announce the contest winners this past Friday! Oops, my bad. <\/p>\n

We are happy that MANY Tolkien brainiacs entered our contest with a fully-completed grid; but only a very few of them were 100% correct! Of the eligible entries in the “winner’s pool” we have picked 3 final winners. Their names and prizes are as follows: <\/p>\n

** 1st prize **
Marilynn Mae Miller from Minneapolis, MN
Winning: Hardcover LOTR 3-volume edition illustrated by Alan Lee from Houghton Mifflin Publishers<\/p>\n

** 2nd prize **
Jeanine Renne and Chuck Williamson from Salem, OR
Winning: Frodo statue from Sideshow\/WETA Collectibles<\/p>\n

** 3rd prize **
Peter Dodson from Sydney, Australia
Winning: Special T-shirt collection from TheOneRing.net including the now famous “Don’t Make Me Get My Ring!” design (completely sold out at all TORN convention appearances) <\/p>\n

All those still puzzle-weary and faint of heart, take note! We have now posted the COMPLETE SOLUTION to the Cryptic Crossword. The link can be found on the regular crossword page,<\/a> which will permanently stay in Green Books even though the contest is now over. But no cheating for those of you who haven’t even tried solving it! <\/p>\n

Many thanks to the nefarious Bill Welden for providing us with such a splendid headache! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

And also thanks to you folks out there, our wonderful readership, for a whopping 4 years of exploring the WORDS and WORLDS of J.R.R. Tolkien.<\/p>\n

Much too hasty,
Quickbeam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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