The travelers are SAM, MERRY, PIPPIN, GANDALF, LEGOLAS, BOROMIR, ARAGORN, GIMLI, and FRODO, who puts his RING into Mount DOOM, as in The Lord of the Rings.
Across. 1. dil + emma's (lid rev.) 6. (h)arbor 10. r(ear)end 11. heidi (high D homophone) 12. pyramids (anag.) 13. toon (homophone) 14. p(l)ains 15. emit (rev.) 17. fleer(double def.) 19. (m)orals 21. italy (hidden rev.) 23. o + be + r + on 25. col + as 27. gan + der (rev.) 28. roge + r (ogre anag.) 29. s + us + hi 31. infer (anag.) 33. neil(rev.) 35. ignite (anag.) 36. odor (first letters) 37. fluorine (anag.) 38. or + bed 39. toots + ie 40. mis(d)o 41. seawater (anag.) Down. 1. d + ripping + s 2. layaway (lei aweigh homophone) 3. meanly (anag.) 4. a + dit 5. side road (sighed rode homophone)7. retired (double def.) 8. b + iota 9. ring (hidden) 12. plateaus (anag.) 16. alouette (anag.) 18. ellen (hidden) 20. snorkeler (anag.) 22. gorillas (homophone) 24. ad(here)d 26. a(gains) + t 28. reg + row 30. s + nobs 32. d + oom (rev.) 34. m + ute
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