Pomona Cryptic #4 Solution

Across:
1. Quipster (hidden)
6. Unaided (anagram)
8. Ammo (first letters)
9. Brie (“fly” deleted)
11. Numbs (“er” deleted from “numbers”)
12. Tarsi (“is rat” reversed)
14. Wider (anagram)
16. Risen (anagram)
18. Eats (two meanings)
19. Comb (delete “ine”)
20. Treadle (combined anagram)
21. Nearness (anagram)

Down:
1. Quartered (charade: “quart” plus deer/ered)
2. Iamb (delete “land”)
3. Pions (first letters)
4. Termed (hidden)
5. Edibles (anagram)
7. Describes (two meanings)
10. Radiate (anagram)
13. Rostra (anagram)
15. Incan (hidden)
17. Code (first letters)

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