Đặng Quang Thắng author page
1 puzzle by Đặng Quang Thắng
with Jeff Chen comments
See the 3 answer words debuted by Đặng Quang Thắng.
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A close friend of mine has a vast range of interests, although she loves the learning curve much more than the depth. Her husband calls her an ASNF (all start, no finish), pronounced: "ass-sniff." Her response is often NSFW. They're both All-Stars, even if he's sometimes Not Funny.
Initialisms are an incredibly tough sell these days since they've been done to death, so it takes something extraordinary to lift one out of the slush pile. AS SEEN ON TV is a great way to do this, parsing the phrase into A.S. (who's) SEEN ON TV. I love ANDY SAMBERG as Jake Peralta — he influenced our choice of name for our son, Jake! — and ADAM SAVAGE is an old-time favorite of mine. Mythbusters! A shame that he and Jamie Hyneman had bad blood.
I don't think of AMY SCHUMER (she's so talented on so many platforms) or AL SHARPTON as primarily TV personalities, not in the same way as I do the other two. They do appear on TV, though, so that works. In contrast, look at the tightness and sharp aha exhibited by DC COMICS — four famous comedians, all with the initials DC.
Great clue for SAUNA. Some newbs might not have seen the "-ers trick," so think of "sweaters" as in "people who sweat."
Fun debut; creative interpretation of a fantastic revealer phrase. I'm so impressed when a person whose first language is not English can compose such a high-quality product!