WORD WONDERS

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Across
  1. 3. Same sound, different meaning.
  2. 7. Mild substitution.
  3. 9. Figure of speech.
  4. 12. Sound-imitating word.
  5. 16. Like or as comparison.
  6. 17. Repetition of initial sounds.
Down
  1. 1. Opposite meaning word.
  2. 2. Seemingly contradictory statement.
  3. 4. Contradictory terms.
  4. 5. Newly coined word.
  5. 6. Non-vowel letter.
  6. 8. Blended word.
  7. 10. Initials forming a word.
  8. 11. Exaggeration.
  9. 13. Same meaning word.
  10. 14. Same forwards and backwards.
  11. 15. Rearranged word.