Mrs. Taylor's class - Hidden Communication
by Ron Sweet

Mrs. Taylor's class HC grid

Across
1He follows teacher at first for frequent title starter (3)
3A start of a name in Latin II, translated (7)
6Various components of words, or renters (7)
7Enthusiastic about a quartet, we hear (3)
8Ache badly for partner of "every" (4)
10Hint: cue holds first of lines (4)
12A witch might cast this for a short time (5)
13Pout, after the start, away from home (3)
16Parentheses including definite article (3)
17You mustn't reveal this: Crete's confused (6)
18Telegram, maybe, fabricated sea gems (7)
Down
1Haphazardly litters knights in a jousting competition (7)
2Acquire nourishment from brewed tea (3)
3Noticed last four kept cold (4)
4Katydid or grasshopper, e.g., in religious group (6)
5Stories of the past from Florence (4)
7Glided through the sky, we hear, with sickness (3)
9Individuals who used their teeth in crew she reorganized (7)
11Very cold state for a question in L.A. (6)
14Involved ruse for computer operator (4)
15Normal measure of farmland in creative race (4)
16Guts of atoms in male cat (3)

Solution