Based on the following clues and their answers, can you think of a clever title to explain this puzzle?

1. Noah's landfall - Mount Ara
2. College campus organization - Fernity
3. Appendectomy, for one - Opeion
4. Work by Handel - Oorio
5. Appreciation - Gitude
6. Proportion - Io
7. Gold purity measure - Ca
8. Drawing card - Sta traction

Answer:

Each answer is missing the letters RAT:

1. Mount Ararat
2. Fraternity
3. Operation
4. Oratorio
5. Gratitude
6. Ratio
7. Carat
8. Star attraction

So there are NO RATS in the answers. A clever title would be VISIT TO HAMELIN or THE PIED PIPER WAS HERE.

Credit: Linda Finnerty
VISIT TO HAMELIN