Extremely enthusiastic piece first to highlight boring essay (4,2)

From Times Cryptic 29147, 21D

21D — Extremely enthusiastic piece first to highlight boring essay (4,2) — GUNG HO

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Extremely enthusiastic' — Full of eager energy — almost recklessly enthusiastic, originally a Chinese military term
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'first'
  • Operation
    'first' signals a letter_selection operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'highlight'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'boring'
  • Operation
    'boring' signals a container operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'highlight essay'
  • Assembly
    GUN + (GO + H > G(H)O) = GUNG HO

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