Tying together all the answers, the solution to the missing riddle is >! Fish on a little one-legged table, man at table sitting on a three-legged stool; the cat gets the bones. Explanation: >! The solution to each of these riddles is also the solution to one of the riddles posed in the fifth chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Hobbit*, titled "[Riddles in the Dark](http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Riddles_In_The_Dark)". There are a total of 10 "riddles" posed in that chapter. The only one that doesn't have a corresponding answer here is the following: >! >! **No-legs lay on one-leg, two legs sat near on three legs, four legs got some.** >! >! The solution to this (rather unsatisfying) riddle is mentioned above. Please refer to the link above to see the rest of the riddles from the book. >! >! We can also determine that the title of the puzzle likely stands for **"Tricky *Tolkien* Tribute (or Humble *Hobbit* Homage)"**. The solutions to Hugh's 9 riddles (with thanks to others for most of them -- please upvote their answers): >1. **Urging on at every race Embarrassment upon your face Every beggar has me, then Ragged, I go back again.** - solved by [Deusovi](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/53515/4421) >2. **A palindrome when lacking height The upper dogs may well have sight And back behind, well, from the sound They're hunting mammals underground** - solved by [M Oehm](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/53530/4421) >3. **I was applied to clocks of old The answer's mine as singers told I'm named by from, not going to When out of me your race is through** - solved by [M Oehm](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/53530/4421) >4. **Fusion powered monster glaring from above Margarita eyes him, feeding on his love Healthy green her body, yellow is her heart Blazing is the monster, fire in every part.** - solved by [M Oehm](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/53530/4421) >5. **A ray I was, I rocked the place Yes, I had soul. I played the bass A man of scales, my angle's good. Reveal my name? Well, if I should...** - solved by [Deusovi](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/53515/4421) >6. **Many sizes, many names I've inspired many games Many climates, many states Tall and mighty, made by plates** - solved by [puzzledPig](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/53535/4421) >7. **Nothing to look at, delightful to hold. The key to my nature is written on gold.** - **Solution/Explanation:** >! The solution to this is **The One Ring**. The ring referred to in *The Hobbit* renders the wearer invisible ("nothing to look at"). Once someone possesses it, it is very hard for them to give it up ("delightful to hold"). The ring is golden, and contains an inscription describing its nature. >8. **I might be applied to a tally of years, A steed or a horseman or, yes, even beers. I may well be named as the cause of ho-hos As he who examines the calendar knows.** - **Solution/Explanation:** >! The solution to this is **Dark**. The Dark *Ages* are a "tally of years". A "dark *steed*" a "dark *horseman*" and "dark *beer*" are common phrases. Dark *humour* might be the cause of "ho-hos" (laughs). One who "examines the calendar" may be overly preoccupied with death, a common subject of dark humour. >9. **I write my name to rule the song. Go back, give out. I say how long. I may be called, I may be cut. I may be done when bars are shut.** - solved by [M Oehm](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/a/53530/4421)