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I originally thought this was completely game-stopping as it blocked Frodo's party, and also blocked Aragorn's party from travelling to their next mission at The Black Gate. However, I was able to skip The Secret Stairs (& Cirith Ungol) by using Frodo to warp to the (previously-discovered) Black Gate checkpoint and start that mission (I don't remember if it's possible for him to reach the gate on foot at that point).
I then finished the other story missions, which unlocked freeplay for The Secret Stairs. Using a wizard in freeplay to magically build that glitched Secret Stairs path seems to make it work fine!
I was able to finish all freeplay missions & hub quests. That got me to ~98%: one incomplete story level, thus one missing mithril brick, thus one blacksmith item short.
So I tried The Secret Stairs again in story mode (my 20+th attempt), and this time it didn't glitch! I finished the mission, got my brick, made my last item, and got my 100%!
I don't know why it suddenly worked. Maybe some combo of extras? (had most activated) Maybe something with co-op? (was experimenting with that) I've since tried to duplicate my success but sadly it just keeps glitching again. I really hoped I could figure out what worked, but maybe it was just dumb luck. So... I guess I wish the dumbest luck to anyone else who finds themselves stuck in this same spot! ;)