Puzzle - 14: Vocabulary and Wordplay

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Across
  1. 3. A word that describes itself.
  2. 7. A statement that contradicts itself.
  3. 8. A figure of speech where a part represents the whole.
  4. 9. A phrase or expression not meant to be taken literally.
  5. 11. A word or phrase spelled the same backward.
  6. 12. A play on words that sound similar.
  7. 13. A figure of speech using exaggerated phrases.
  8. 14. A brief, witty statement or observation.
  9. 17. A word formed from the initial letters of other words.
  10. 18. The use of a word to represent something closely related.
  11. 19. A word with a similar sound to another.
  12. 20. A story with a hidden moral or lesson.
Down
  1. 1. A word that is its own opposite.
  2. 2. A humorous imitation of a person or work.
  3. 4. A word that imitates the sound it represents.
  4. 5. The art of persuasive and effective speaking.
  5. 6. A word that sounds like the noise it describes.
  6. 10. The use of humor to criticize or ridicule.
  7. 15. A word that means the opposite of another.
  8. 16. The study of the origin and history of words.