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Hint 1:
When the words are correctly paired, they almost form anagrams of something you can find in The Maze Of Games.
Hint 2:
SHIFTIEST + OVERHAND + T = THE TRIDENTS OF SHIVA
Solution:
| oldest | B | tortoise | stories to be told |
| galleon | O | poets | too long asleep |
| hawthorn | O | benefited | the end of the rainbow |
| intending | K | whither | dinner with the king |
| shiftiest | T | overhand | the tridents of shiva |
| tauter | I | showoff | fish out of water |
| ammunition | T | wield | wild mountain time |
| melee | L | hardware | we're all mad here |
| factorial | E | shift | articles of faith |
| recuperate | S | mischief | the supreme sacrifice |
BOOK TITLES is the answer