Cryptic across
5 With thinly-spread Catholic influence ignored, principal ship’s abandoned the mission here (11)
7 Troubled piece of land, a zone within Ghana’s borders (4)
8 Emperor closed off perimeters, an automatic reaction at sea (8)
9 Moses’ boy is found in stranger’s home (7)
11 Scoffed when Georgia mined mineral (5)
13 Find old Commander-in-Chief at zero two degrees (5)
14 Truce is broken at height of treaty discussions here (7)
16 I’m not able initially to find key, there being no coda to this song (8)
17 Cogan’s amiss, they say, at Crimean battle (4)
18 Solomon’s greatest hit, this book? (4,2,5)













