PHRASEOLOGY CREEPS INTO A PRACTICE APCH AND CLRNC INSTRUCTIONS FOR A MISSED APCH AT ALN; MO.

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VECTORED BY STL APCH TO FLY LOC BACK COURSE RWY 11 APCH TO ALN. STL APCH CTL CLRED ME FOR APCH AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT ALN TWR. I CONTACTED ALN TWR WITH HVY TAILWIND PUSHING ME AT KEELS INTXN; WHICH IS FAF. THE TWR ANSWERED AND TOLD ME TO TURN TO 050 DEGS FOR MISSED APCH. NOTE: WINDS WERE HVY FROM THE W; SO I HAD NO INTENTION OF LNDG ON RWY 11. I WOULD REQUEST CLRNC TO CIRCLE AND LAND ON RWY 29. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF 3 APCHS I WAS FLYING AT THIS ARPT. (I MADE NO LNDGS AT THIS ARPT THIS DAY.) UPON REACHING MISSED APCH POINT; I CALLED TWR AND STATED EXERCISING MISSED APCH OPTION TURNING TO 050 DEGS. (AT THIS POINT TWR ALWAYS TELLS ME TO CONTACT APCH FOR FURTHER VECTORING TO OTHER PRACTICE APCHS REQUESTED.) THE TWR STATED; 'I DID NOT GIVE YOU CLRNC FOR OPTION.' I STATED THAT 'APCH CTL GAVE ME CLRNC FOR APCH.' THE TWR STATED; 'I DID NOT GIVE YOU CLRNC TO LAND/OPTION; CONTACT APCH CTL.' I CONTACTED APCH AND CONTINUED PRACTICE APCHS. AS I STATED; I HAD NO INTENTION OF LNDG DOWNWIND; TWR KNEW I WAS ON APCH AND GAVE ME MISSED APCH VECTOR TO TURN TO; WITH NO CLRNC TO LAND. I THOUGHT TWR EXPECTED ME TO FLY MISSED APCH AS DIRECTED. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WHEN I STATED MY OPTION AS PIC TO FLY MISSED APCH THAT TWR WAS THINKING OF THEIR CLRNC TO LAND OR FLY MISSED APCH OPTION. I CAN FIND NO WHERE IN REGS THAT STATES ANYONE OTHER THAN PIC CAN CALL TO EXERCISE MISSED APCH. I THOUGHT THIS WAS DECIDED BY PLT AND DID NOT REQUIRE CLRNC TO DO SO.