| PREMARITAL | "While you were having ___ sex I mastered the blockchain" (line from a classic copypasta) |
| GAY | "We're Having ___ Sex" (Ashley Gavin podcast) |
| ILLUSED | “Whenever I hear a man talking of the advantages of our ____ sex, I look upon it as the prelude to some new act of authority” (Letitia Landon) |
| NFT | Digital image created on the blockchain, for short |
| DREAMIEST | I mastered puzzles - it's most attractive! (9) |
| MINER | A collier; a type of insect that makes galleries in leaves; a blockchain validator in the realm of bitcoin and other cryptocurrency; or, a honeyeater in the genus Manorina (5) |
| ISAWESAUHESAWME | Line from a classic tongue twister |
| WAS | "That ___ no lady ..." (line from a classic joke) |
| SIS | "Pretty sneaky, ___" (line from a classic Connect Four commercial) |
| RIGHT | Is it true you got hit by a car right in the centre of Fishguard while you were walking around? (5) |
| ITSELECTRIC | "You can't see it, ___!" (lyric from a classic sliding-line-dance song) |
| AGREEING | Pat started going out with Ted from Pentridge at the end of June -- they had a good start together as it turned out they were having the same opinions on things (8) |
| GRIN | Were having a wee drop in the drink, for a laugh (4) |
| BACKTRACKED | Broke promise - like the seagull did when it walked across while you were sunbathing (4,7) |
| TOKEN | Digital asset comprising the base unit of a cryptocurrency, traded on a blockchain network (5) |
| ASALE | "We're having __!": retail come-on |
| ATON | We're having ___ of fun!: 2 wds. |
| HENLEYREGATTA | Then a great yell, cut short, erupted where people were having a row (6,7) |
| DINING | What a racket! The gin is spilt while we're having our meal |
| LIAISON | So when Liz started meeting up with Ian in the centre of Lostwithiel, I worked out that they were having an affair (7) |