Chris Johnson

@Vy If you don’t like trick puzzles, you should skip Thursday.

@Blue It’s the straightforward, literal answer to the clue.

@Chris Which is exactly what the clue says. “Who’s asked…”, i.e. “Who is asked,” not “Who asked.”

@Jamie Finding and changing my original C to an N added about 50 percent to my solve time.

@Ben Smith The first thing I do on a Thursday puzzle is look toward the bottom of the puzzle to see if there’s something to explain the gimmick.

@Cara I counted exactly zero pop culture references in this puzzle.

@DIVAS IVLIVS Says who?

@William Schrader “Demo” is short for “demographic.” A parent of someone in Gen Alpha might be in the Gen Y demographic.

@Gorgeous “Not a one.”