Okay, okay! I'm pretty sure I've got it narrowed down. Well, to about 9 or 10. I'm skating on thin ice, though, so before I dive in and make an announcement that will be on the record for all eternity, I must do some more background work.
I've been cross-referencing threads, indexing clues - picture the garage in "A Beautiful Mind" - the inside of my head feels like that.

I need some sidekicks to do the grunt work, like Matlock had, and Rockford.

This is kinda fun, in a pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey-after-riding-a-bus-6-days-to-a-place-you-may-have-been-before-and-having-a-couple-of-scotches kinda way.