Alumni Puzzler: Pomona Cryptic #5

By Lynne Willems Zold '67

Answers

Across:
1. Ship (hidden)
2. Coat (2 meanings)
7. Contrite (charade)
8. Apse (anagram)
10. Avers (anagram)
11. Plane (homophone)
12. Tract (hidden)
13. Oscar (anagram)
15. Stir (1st letters)
16. Elective (2 meanings)
17. Ayes (anagram)
18. Iced (hidden reversal)

Down:
1. Scar (hidden)
2. Hopelessly (anagram)
3. Instance (anagram)
4. Craver (anagram)
5. Attractive (2 meanings)
6. Tea set (hidden)
9. Semantic (charade)
11. Protea (anagram)
12. Talcs (charade/anagram: c salt)
14. Ired (deletion)

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