The generalist by Didymus
ACROSS
1 The Student Prince, Rose Marie or La Belle Hélène, for example (5,5)
6 Member of a Germanic people who held power in Rome from 493 to 555 (9)
13 Cleaning a ship’s decks and paintwork with a solution of soap and soda (9)
14 A short-necked 10-stringed unfretted Romanian folk instrument (5)
15 A diaeresis (5)
16 People with no options must be content with what is offered (7,4,2,8)
17 Formal proposals or their outcomes (11)
18 Narrowing to a sharp point, like some leaves (9)