CPR X APCH CLRNC INTERP.

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CPR X; WHILE ENRTE TO ARPT; WE (FLC) REQUESTED AND RECEIVED CLRNC FROM CTR TO NAV DIRECTLY TO THE LOCATOR OM OF ELM ARPT. THIS WAS OUR RTE WHEN TURNED OVER TO ELM APCH CTL. THE APCH CTLR HELD US AT 4000 FT MSL WHEN THE NORMAL VECTORING ALT IS 3400 FT MSL. HE STATED THAT WE WERE RADAR CONTACT; HOWEVER; LOOKING BACK ON THE CLRNC; HE NEVER STATED THAT IT WOULD BE RADAR VECTORS TO THE APCH. THIS LACK OF A CLR AND NORMALLY ISSUED CLRNC LED TO SOME CONFUSION. I; THE PIC; PROCEEDED AS CLRED 'DIRECT ALPINE AND CLRED FOR THE APCH.' AS THIS WAS NOT A STEEP INTERCEPT FROM THE DIRECTION WE WERE COMING FROM; I SIMPLY HIT THE LOM AND TURNED TO PROCEED ON THE ILS WHEN IT HIT ME THAT WE HAD NOT RECEIVED RADAR VECTORS TO DO SO. (THE CHART DOES NOT INDICATE NOPT AREAS.) I QUICKLY ASKED THE COPLT IF HE FELT WE NEEDED TO TURN BACK OUT AND DO A PROC TURN. HIS INTERP WAS THE SAME AS MINE. WE PROCEEDED INBOUND AND LANDED. THE CONCERN IS THAT THERE IS A CTLR IN THE AREA THAT PLAYS 'GOTCHA' AND I AM AFRAID WE WERE SET UP TO DO SOMETHING OUT OF THE NORMAL.