Oh no Demonstone has hired a social media hype agent.

Ho ho ho!!! I'm channeling Santa today and gifting a free clue right off the bat. This teaser is not music related in any way, but there are two possibilities.

Number 48 might be a total disaster, go belly up and be reminiscent of a Suzi Quatro song.

Alternatively, it may go down the Talking Heads track.

It definitely won't be a 'Once In A Lifetime' event, but you can be assured that it's the same as it ever was, same as it ever was.**

** Your task is to identify the common factor uniting all the players in the team below.

** Blurt-free zone; answers in a PM only thank you very much.

** A trail of breadcrumbs may be spread from time to time. Are they clues? Hints? Red herrings? Misdirections? That's for you to decipher.

** Did somebody mention Santa Claus? Anybody attempting this puzzle probably needs a Sanity Clause.

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B: Dan Houston Sam Taylor Nick Haynes

H/B: Lawson Humphries Jed Adams Harrison Himmelberg

C: Chad Warner Isaac Heeney Marcus Windhager

H/F: Jake Waterman Taylor Walker Will Ashcroft

F: Kai Lohmann Logan Morris Izak Rankine

R: Lloyd Meek Finn Callaghan Tom Liberatore

I/C: Brodie Kemp Isaiah Dudley Jamie Cripps Luke Pedlar

Well, nary a nibble let alone a bite. Time to cast a little burley on the waters.

This may help to steer you in the right direction.

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Still no responses. It would appear that more visual assistance is required.

2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Well, nary a nibble let alone a bit. Time to cast a little burley on the waters.

This may help to steer you in the right direction.

28 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Still no responses. It would appear that more visual assistance is required.

I'm gunna have to go with 'wut?' and 'huh?'

I'm in a cranky mood because I had a theory and it was very nearly great and because I was embarrassed about firing off a dozen guesses for a recent quiz, I wanted to check it thoroughly which meant I wasted about half an hour figuring out something which could only be shown wrong once I had the full set checked.

You [censored verb]] [censored noun]

@Little Goffy did indeed have a couple of pings at the stumps, but was very wide with his throws.

Although today's team is pretty strong, they aren't all stars. However, I must assume that they are better footballers than any of us mug posters.

But here's the thing ~ spooky music plays in background ~ ...

In what I think might be a first, some Demonlanders would qualify for inclusion in this side, albeit most likely less than 10% of us.

Obviously some thinking music is required to clarify matters. Supplementary hint: no footy connection at all.

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

@Little Goffy did indeed have a couple of pings at the stumps, but was very wide with his throws.

Although today's team is pretty strong, they aren't all stars. However, I must assume that they are better footballers than any of us mug posters.

But here's the thing ~ spooky music plays in background ~ ...

In what I think might be a first, some Demonlanders would qualify for inclusion in this side, albeit most likely less than 10% of us.

haha, around 10%. Can only mean one thing - they are all homosexual! (not that there is anything wrong with that!)

5 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Well, nary a nibble let alone a bit. Time to cast a little burley on the waters.

This may help to steer you in the right direction.

I suspect I should know who this is to make the clue remotely useful. He should be in the Lookalike thread.

Finally I got one. They are all background characters in a bar in Mos Eisley.

Although I suspect that is more than 10% of Demonlanders.

20 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

I suspect I should know who this is to make the clue remotely useful.

Don't ever accuse me of not being helpful at all times (ahem).

That chap is the young Robert Downey Jr. or a junior Robert Downey if you prefer.

21 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Don't ever accuse me of not being helpful at all times (ahem).

That chap is the young Robert Downey Jr. or a junior Robert Downey if you prefer.

Thanks Stone! Now that you mention it, I do recognise him!

Alas, I'm none the wiser and, to continue Little Goffy's tirade, your clues stink, ya [censored]!

4 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

your clues stink, ya [censored]!

Here, have another!

Time for the final visual clue.

There seems to have been a lot of those. Enough to make you wonder if there's some sort of connection.

Before I sign off for tonight, I'll leave you with a more recent image of the young fella above.

You might also care to ponder what that "one-hit wonder" Harpo is doing here and how Ralph Wiggum could possibly be relevant.

Identify the connections and you'll find yourself much closer to the bullseye.

Absolute giveaway clues to be provided tomorrow if necessary.

I'm late to this..

Shall give a good look and think tomorrow....

It's another day...

Zzzzz await...

Nice one @Demonstone 😞

Apologies to those who hit the Red Bulls and stayed up all night working on this, all to no avail.

There is no sporting connection, nor is the answer associated with the players' names.

Further, despite images of certain actors, it has nothing to do with movies. They are still clues, however.

Coming up soon are some blatantly obvious hints, but first I'm heading out for a nice drive in my new car.

Do you like it?

Nothing to do with their names ..... right.... 😳🤔😳🤷‍♂️

Just joining now, all.

So, no doubt, the evident raft of clues will give it to me straight away!

Yeah, right...

Another plank in that raft of yours, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew .

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by Demonstone

31 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Another plank in that raft of yours, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew .

Not my raft, of course; yours.

Now this forum is big on nicknames, I've noticed. I may need to adopt 'Tiki' for you, Mr Stone.

As in, 'This is just another con, Tiki!'

What's your beef? Have I tapped into your Primal Fear?

So, those three actors that have featured. What, if anything, could they have in common?

Are they part-owners of a Hollywood restaurant? Did they buy a sports team? Live in the same neighbourhood? Something else?

This is the second-last hint. The next will give the answer away without doubt and that's not BS.