Mrs. Taylor's class - Hidden Communication solution
by Ron Sweet
Reading the Across answers in order tells the solver to take the first letter of each clue to get a "secret" message, which is:
HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Across
| 1 | T + HE |
| 3 | INITIAL (LATIN II anag) |
| 6 | LETTERS (2 defs) |
| 7 | FOR ("FOUR" hom) |
| 8 | EACH (ACHE anag) |
| 10 | C(L)UE |
| 12 | SPELL (2 defs) |
| 13 | pOUT |
| 16 | THE |
| 17 | SECRET (CRETE'S anag) |
| 18 | MESSAGE (SEA GEMS anag) |
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Down
| 1 | TILTERS (LITTERS anag) |
| 2 | EAT (TEA anag) |
| 3 | notICED |
| 4 | IN + SECT |
| 5 | LORE (hidden) |
| 7 | FLU ("FLEW" hom) |
| 9 | CHEWERS (CREW SHE anag) |
| 11 | A + L(ASK)A |
| 14 | USER (RUSE anag) |
| 15 | ACRE (RACE anag) |
| 16 | aTOMs |
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