Demonstone

Known in my neck of the woods as "Danger Noodles".

And it's @reynolds46 to the rescue once again with: 5. Ellyse Perry ("presley lyre" PLUCKED) That's half of them solved. Have at the other six, Demonlanders.

@Ghostwriter will be pleased to see that I've relented and allowed a third answer. 11. Beau Webster (ROCK "tubes beware") The cryptic method I'm using should be obvious by now and should make the other clues easier to crack.

@La Dee-vina Comedia is indeed the first to solve the last item on the list. 12. Scott Boland (COMBED "cotton's bald")

Commiserations to @La Dee-vina Comedia who also got Kyrgios, but one minute later than @reynolds46.

Welcome to the quiz @reynolds46 who has correctly identified: 2. Nick Kyrgios (KINKY "kinky corgis").

Kudos to @Ghostwriter for solving two clues. 1. Konstas ("stank so" BAD) 7. Alex de Minaur ("deluxe armani" TAILORED)

Enjoying your summer of sport but finding Demonland light on for discussion at this time of the year? Listed below are twelve cryptic clues, the answer to which are the names of Australian sportspeople who should be familiar to you. Each clue relates to both names, with the exception of #1 which refers to surname only. All clues have something in common, but that is not the point of the quiz. Rules: * Answers in a PM only please. * Limit of two correct answers per player at this stage. ============================================================= 1. Stank so bad. Konstas 2. Kinky, kinky corgis. Nick Kyrgios 3. Burnt ash land unrentable. Annabel Sutherland 4. Weird, zany Rene unhappy. Ryan Papenhuyzen 5. Presley lyre plucked. Ellyse Perry 6. Army kitchen mess. Ricky Mentha 7. Deluxe Armani tailored. Alex de Minaur 8. Sway, sway enhancement. Nathan McSweeney 9. Spit out salivary index. Xavier Lindsay 10. Encounter smarm. Poor customer manner? Cameron Munster 11. Rock! Tubes, beware. Beau Webster 12. Combed cotton's bald. Scott Boland

We're in for a bumper year if we're training the house down before we even get there.

Jeez @58er, are you related to Franky who is always cranky?

They're not even supposed to be on that ground.

Outstanding. That should be compulsory viewing for all MFC fans, particularly those who weren't fortunate enough to see Robbie running around in the red and blue.

A: Nah, this is Paranoid. Who's that fresh-faced young singer?

Are we talking Glenhuntly St Anthony's Football Club? If so, two of my mates played there circa 1979/80. I attended one of their Sportsman's Nights (are they still a thing?) which was hosted by Leon Weigard and featured Max Walker, big Mick Nolan and little Peter Bakos (jockey). Huge, huge night. Didn't make it into work the next day.

I'm proud to say that I've won every single quiz this year.

My second team are the Casey Demons.

Could @Deemania since 56 be the username of Anthony Ingerson?

Bryon Pickett was a Violent Crumbler.

Could the whole deal be a huge weight on his shoulders? 16 Tons is a huge weight, let's face it.

Or maybe he was suggesting that Number 16 will become a Starr? Bailey Laurie to be be nicknamed "Ringo" henceforth.

That might explain why he was wearing an eye patch at the time.

McHale played 261 games for Collingwood from 1903 to 1920, a huge number for that era. He won one GF as a player, one as playing Coach and seven more as Coach. 191 of his games were consecutive, which was the VFL record at the time until broken by Jack Titus in 1943. As we all know, Jim Stynes then became the new record holder with 244 but will likely be passed in 2025 as Collingwood's Jack Crisp needs only eight more games to take the mantle.

I asked an AI Generator to produce an image of Kane Cornes holding a rhyming object. The result was just as I thought.

A fool on a yule?

I heard a whisper that his new nickname is "Shetland".