2 Word Clue

New clue:

Just Ending

LDS wrote:New clue:

Just Ending

Cao Yupeng

Not Cao.

Marco Fu?

The ending of ‘just’ is UST, the United States Treasury, aka US Mint > Polo mint > Marco Polo > Marco Fu.

Not Marco.

LDS wrote:Not Cao.

The old Radiohead song 'Just' immediately sprung to mind. The end of the first verse is Holy Cow

Let's get Ding Junhui out of the way

chengdufan wrote:

LDS wrote:Not Cao.

The old Radiohead song 'Just' immediately sprung to mind. The end of the first verse is Holy Cow

You might be onto something here. But rather the enigmatic ending of the video. The guy lying on the floor won’t move, bystanders pleading with him to tell them why he won’t get up. He tells them, but there are no subtitles at that point, so we don’t know what he says. The camera zooms out and pans right, revealing dozens more people just lying there on the pavement.

And I’m still no closer

Some people think he says “You do it to yourself”. So perhaps Yu Delu?

Not Ding or Delu. Also, Radiohead isn't involved.

Clutching at straws here, but a draw could be described as a ‘just ending’, so maybe Drew Henry.

Also, finish (Finnish) is an ending, so Robin Hull.

You'd expect a (Michael) Judge to provide a just ending

Not Drew, Robin or Michael.

The 2008 World Series was won by John Higgins. It was played in Saint Helier. The end of ‘just’ is st > saint.

Just could refer to the Just William books.

The last of those books (ending) was William the Lawless.

A lawless person might be a thief.

So I’ll go with Robbie Williams.

Yes, it’s a stretch

It's not John nor Robbie.

As there's been lots of answers I feel I ought to give a clue which would likely enable someone to instantly get it, but I feel this would be unkind to the overnighters who haven't had a punt yet.

I will say this though, someone was a gnat's whisker from getting it. They will be truly kicking themselves if someone else does steal this one.

It’s not Paul Hunter is it? Same ‘saint’ logic as I mentioned before - St Paul being one of the better known saints.

Or maybe Billy Joe Castle. He’s from Southampton, the football club being nicknamed the Saints.

The Sheriff of Pottingham, Anthony Hamilton?

Just Jordan was (apparently) a Nickelodeon sitcom.

Just William’s surname was brown.

I’ll stretch a bit further and go Jordan Brown!

Not Paul, Billy, Anthony or Jordan.

Zak Surety

Not Zak.

Ben Woollaston?

Not Ben.

Ok, clue time.

I thought this one might be got very quickly, though I was aware the player might be not one that easily comes to people's minds.

Both Prop and Chen seemed to quickly get how the clue worked, but then stopped following that logic. Chen was the one who was a gnat's whisker away.

Another, different type of clue, I considered for the player was:

Fantasy Rivertown?

(for those for whom the former clue still doesn't mean anything. But I thought this clue would be too convoluted)

Matt (even) Stevens?

No, not Matthew.

Also, not that logic.

I’m banging my head against the wall for UST acronyms. But I don’t know if that’s the correct logic, either.