Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

The reveal after the women win...

Didn't see the FTA. Thanks (to you also @58er) Remember Rocky crunching an opposition player in the first five minutes of the comp, v. Brisbane at Casey. It was going to be a serious comp!

Fox🙁 SW Gippsland to W Melb several bridges too far for me, so cheer 'em for me @DubDee et al. I'll hope to return the fave at Casey😁

And now, I think, only a dodgy synonym and an uncertain homophone - in an 'Immortal' and a 'Who?...' respectively - need centre clearance and final shots at goal! (No clues in that last bit. Just wanted to keep the footy going😁)

Well done brain again! Got 'em both!

It's a fair cop. I done it.

So, I think were down to: 2. 'Heel, [censored]!' 4. 'Hay, gathered by May' 9. 'Banjo-strummy strumpet?' 11. 'Lament blemish' Remember, the [censored] was a homophone of 'Prymke without me'

Big ticks for 6, 10 and 14, Mazer. Streeting the field! However, you get the ' 'fraid not ' this time, for 13; and as you see, previous recipient @mo64 has nailed that one. Creative though - Odd rowan! And, yes, The Magnet is selected...

I missed this, mo. Correct! 👏

Loving your thinking and creativity, @mo64, but no chocolates with 6 and 10. However, I am calling a tie for you on Glenn L, between you and @Demonstone

Nice 'straight cryptic' try, mo, but 'fraid not again. He played with another of the same surname, but they weren't brothers.

@mo64, et al, perhaps a better(?) clue for 19 might have been 'Catchcry for wicketkeeper Maddocks'!?

Are you there, @WalkingCivilWar?😉

Indeed it is! Hall. Pop. (Good)

Single-figure gamers 1. 'Skinny mountain lakes' TONY BARNES (Bony tarns) 2. 'Heel, [censored]!' 3. 'Alley-boy band' WAYNE LAMB (Lane-WHAM!) 4. 'Hay, gathered by May' 5. 'Irritater in the coven?' MITCH WHITE (Witch mite) Double-figure gamers 6. 'Batman's hit on creep' 7. 'Cask cutter' DARYL BOURKE (Barrel dirk) 8. 'Ms Burnett, getting more silly' DARYL CUMMING (Carol, dumbing) 9. 'Banjo-strummy strumpet?' 10. 'Get another gaoler?' 11. 'Lament blemish' 12. 'Fish provides extra strength' ROD KEOGH (Cod reo) 13. 'Grumbly Scottish icon' 14. 'Lacking reception?' 15. 'Greek's eighth of sixteen in chess' PETER THORNE (Theta pawn) 16. 'Cat-cleaner brand' DOM TYSON (Tom Dyson) 100 gamers 17. 'Lobby Grandad? Fine!' 18. 'Carpenter's joiner?' DARREN KOWAL (Karen dowel) 19. 'Cry to wicketkeeper Maddocks?' 20. 'Smash into little bits' JACK WATTS (Whack jots) 21. 'Tired and poor' (though the exact opposite) SEAN WIGHT, RIP (Worn sh**e) 200 gamer 22. 'Qualifying and grand final Saint hero' BRAD GREEN (Grad Breen) More than half way there, folks. Any other combatants out there? And @mo64, it's a 'no' to Lobby Loyde but the Maddocks is Len!

Will do, Ds! Very well done again, you, and @Mazer Rackham, particularly, and @mo64. And with only 3 competitors atm, you're all podium!

'Fraid not 😔 I see what you did there though. Nice! Cryptic hint: always be suspicious of punctuation!

On a roll!👏

That's it, Mr Stone! One of the easier ones, as no homophoning involved, and I guess the 200 games shrank the pot. Anyway, you're away!

*Spooner, that is! He has to dig deep - from today right back through to early 1977 - to find 22 who debuted in that period who might trip him up. As befits a man of the cloth, his selections are not about winning - there's the odd champion here but quite a few are boys whose flame burnt quite-to-very briefly, and not altogether brightly, for the Red and Blue. And while he didn't pick a Weid 'ere, you might 'ave to go there. So, who of you will turn out to have 'Coached the show'? ('coached', synonym 'taught', sounds like 'tort' / 'show', synonym 'seem', sounds like 'seam') - that is, to 'Tort the seam', as this Rev might have said? Single-figure gamers 1. 'Skinny mountain lakes' 2. 'Heel, [censored]!' 3. 'Alley-boy band' 4. 'Hay, gathered by May' 5. 'Irritater in the coven?' Double-figure gamers 6. 'Batman's hit on creep' 7. 'Cask cutter' 8. 'Ms Burnett, getting more silly' 9. 'Banjo-strummy strumpet?' 10. 'Get another gaoler?' 11. 'Lament blemish' 12. 'Fish provides extra strength' 13. 'Grumbly Scottish icon' 14. 'Lacking reception?' 15. 'Greek's eighth of sixteen in chess' 16. 'Cat-cleaner brand' 100 gamers 17. 'Lobby Grandad? Fine!' 18. 'Carpenter's joiner?' 19. 'Cry to wicketkeeper Maddocks?' 20. 'Smash into little bits' 21. 'Tired and poor' (though the exact opposite) 200 gamer 22. 'Qualifying and grand final Saint hero' My apologies for probable political incorrectnesses (looking at you, 9? And maybe 8?) and borderline censorables (2, and 21 (RIP)) Tim Edit: I see 2 is censored!😄 It was, shall we say, a homophone of 'Prymke without me'?

Why do I believe you, WCW? p.s. Hope this helps

Have we got 38 more pages in us to get to Tommy Mac's icer? 😏

(c.c. @daisycutter) I was done yesterday. Is insomnia a symptom? It's after midnight and I've been able to stay awake watching R23 from 7 minutes to go in the 3rd. Looking forward to symptoms extending into tomorrow night...

Pet's name "Judd", childhood address "McVee St"?

Watching last quarter of R23, with commentary for Tom Sparrow's kick at goal, last quarter, for the lead: "If he can nail this it'll be the biggest of his career, by some margin". Wouldn't have lasted long... 😆