
Across: 6 Kind of home (SEMI) + every (PER) + writer (ME) + experienced (ABLE) =
SEMIPERMEABLE (somewhat porous), 8 Standards (PARS) between opponents (SE, as in bridge
opponents) = SPARSE (few and far between), 9 Whimsical reading (read 4,3) of prostititute’s traditional
business model = PIMPLED (spotted), 10 Cryptic definition of the work the Church does., 11 Reversal
(going back) of say (EG) + anagram (about) of LEARN = GENERAL (leader of men), 13 Woman’s
(SHES) after (following) odd letters (occasionally) of SaTnAv =STASHES (stores), 16 Double definition
(with could be making the second definition a definition by example), 19 Cryptic definition of
OUTSWIM, 20 Container (TIN) filled with dry (SEC) all reversed (rolls) = NICEST (best), 21 Cryptic
definition of ELECTOAL ROLL (playing on Twitter’s new name).
Down: 1 Better (IMPROVe) minus last letter (cut short) = IMPROV (unprepared performance), 2
Anagram (all over the place) of TIP STRAWLESS CUP = UPPER CLASS TWITS (gormless public
school types), 3 Homework (PREP) + support (AID) = PREPAID (funded in advance), 4 Anagram
(abandoned) of BIG TRADE NAMEs URL (minus s, no special) = BERMUDA TRIANGLE (area where
things go missing), 5 Bets (rISKS) replacing r with L (change hands) goes after sOBEr minus outer letters
(uncovering) = OBELISKS (mysterious monuments), 6 Double definition of SUPREME, 7 Double
definition of ELDER, 12 Old (EX) + worker (ANT) + border (HEM) = EXANTHEM (condition), 14
Anagram (violated) of CLAUSE X (ten)= EXCUSAL (being pardoned), 15 Cryptic definition of
FARMERS (farms being called stations in Oz), 17 Homophone (heard) of inn won (hostelry beat all the
competition) = IN ONE (combined), 18 (C)aught being replaced by (leaving for) pub (PH) in TYCOON
would cause storm (typhoon).
