Hint Request: Spiritwrak

["Sarah E. Bergstrom" <sarahb@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

Okay, I'm stuck in Spiritwrak, and am looking for some gentle nudges.  
Since detailing where I'm stuck includes spoilers, here's some space...
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^L

Okay.  I'm stuck on the following things: how do I get out of the cave in
Fublio Valley / how do I defeat the frightening zombie / how do I fix the
coin slot in Gurth City / how do I get past the soldiers in Borphee/ how do 
I get past the earth spirit in the ruins.  I'm stuck on a few other things 
too, but I figured some of those would probably help.  I don't want outright
answers -- I just want a nudge on which puzzle to solve first and which 
direction to go on solving it.  My inventory is a little long to dump here, 
but I've got the following spells: edgelp (waxy buildup), dull and riveting 
sermons, throck (plants), gloth (fold dough), the heal wounds one, and I can
get the granite into pasta one if I go to Gurth City, which I can't leave.
*Sarah*

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"It's like those cartoons of the roadrunner and me.  They get shown time
and time again, and the same thing happens every time the cartoon gets
shown.  It doesn't ever change, no matter how many times you show the
cartoon.  The roadrunner always gets away.  You know what?  I wouldn't
have it any other way.  I just love that cartoon even though I know I am
going to get blown to bits, flattened, made a fool of every time."
---Webster Kitchell, in "God's Dog: Conversations with Coyote"
***Sarah Bergstrom <sarahb@sccs.swarthmore.edu>***