| GOLLUM | Character in J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit from whom Bilbo Baggins took the Ring |
| FRODO | Hobbit to whom Bilbo left the One Ring |
| HORDE | With a lot of people, he took the ring road in (5) |
| STING | Elven sword wielded by Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (5) |
| ATTERCOP | Dialect word for a spider used by Bilbo Baggins in J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit |
| SARUMAN | Character in J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings played by Christopher Lee in Peter Jackson's film |
| DRAGON | A mythical creature such as Smaug in J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit |
| ELVENKING | Title applied to Thranduil in J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit (9) |
| SMAUG | Dragon of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (5) |
| TREEBEARD | Character in J.R.R. Tolkien's books who lives in the Forest of Fanghorn (9) |
| PIPPIN | Familiar name of the hobbit Peregrin Took in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (6) |
| EGLANTINE | Mother of the hobbit Peregrin 'Pippin' Took in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954-5) (9) |
| FANGOON | Alternative name of the Ent Treebeard in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, from the Elvish language of Sindarin (7) |
| ANDUIN | In J R R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the great river, east of the Misty Mountains, on whose west bank is the Elvish land of Lothlorien |
| SMEAGOL | Hobbit transformed into the monstrous Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (7) |
| RETURN | The final volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, The _ Of The King (6) |
| STRIDER | Nickname by which the character Aragorn was initially known in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (7) |
| ISENGARD | Fortress occupied by the wizard Saruman in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (8) |
| ARAGORN | Character who marries Arwen in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings (7) |
| HOLDENCAULFIELD | Narrator and main character in J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher In The Rye (6,9) |
