Tolkien slept here

[wellinghall]

"Leeds: Did Meanwood Valley inspire Middle Earth?"
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-did-meanwood-valley-inspire-middle-earth-1-4972265

"This was on the Cotswold tour. Tolkien took one look at it and got the idea for writing about a shire."
http://chroniclesofoxford.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/tolkien.html

"I have received some correspondence from Tolkien fans objecting to my use of DWARF as a synonym for Hobbit (20 down). This reveals woeful ignorance on my part since, I am told, Hobbits in Tolkien’s menagerie of humanoids are a different race (or species?) from Dwarfs."
http://www.listener.co.nz/entertainment/cryptic-crosswords/crossword-788-answers-and-explanations/

Comments

[sally_maria]

It's the plaque :-) and a journalist reading the absolute maximum out of a reasonable quote.

(I have to give a speech at the unveiling - wish me luck...)

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

When and where is this speech?

[sally_maria]

On Monday, in Leeds. See here for more details - http://blueplaque-tolkien-in-leeds.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-final-countdown.html

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

and a journalist reading the absolute maximum out of a reasonable quote

I thought as much.

I have to give a speech at the unveiling - wish me luck

Good luck!

[inamac.livejournal.com]

Methinks the crossword writer doth protest too much. 'The Hobbit' is a book. Dwarfs appear in 'The Hobbit', which would be sufficient connection to solve the clue.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

He also gets the bit about the cloak and hood wrong.