Crossword Abbreviations

List of 1462 crossword abbreviations that help solve cryptic crosswords. Crosswords often contain clues that use abbreviations(shortened forms of words or phrases) which will give you the whole answer or a part of it. This reference list is ordered alphabetically by the most common cryptic clue words.

Cryptic abbreviations from A to Z

Clues starting with A

A: i
An: a, i
As: qua, s
Ay: a, i
Ars: rr
Aye: a, i
Age: eon
Ays: as, is
Ace: a, ai
Are: a, r
Act: do
Ane: a, i
Aged: ae, aet
Away: out
Argy: rg
Alan: al
Azed: az
Ayes: as, is
Arty: rt
Ante: a
Acre: a
Alto: a
Army: ta
Award: ch, obe, om
Allow: let
Angle: l
Anger: ire
Actor: ham, tree
Agent: g, rep, spy, v
Alien: et
Again: bis, re
About: c, ca, on, re
Aught: o
Aleph: a
Alloy: y
Alpha: a
Always: ay, aye, eer, ere
Archer: tell
Answer: a, ans
Atomic: a
Across: x
Approx: c, ca, some
Around: c, o
Airman: po
Active: a
Appeal: sos
Albert: al
Alaska: alas
Acting: on
Arrive: ar, arr
Ampere: a
Artist: ara, etty, lely, pra, ra
Author: pen
Attempt: try
Academy: ra, rada
Allowed: let
Against: con, v
Article: the
Account: ac, acc
Albania: al
Alabama: al, ala
Average: ave, aver
Actuary: aia, fia
Airline: ba, bac, bea
Austria: a
America: am, us, usa
Arrival: ar, arr
Articles: a
Angstrom: a
Accepted: a
Approval: ok
Advanced: a, lent
Academic: ma, prof
Aeroplane: mig
Aluminium: al
Anarchist: red
Agreement: ay, aye, yea
Artillery: ra
Australia: aus
Associate: a
Admitting: am, iam, im
Afternoon: a, iam, pm
Accountant: ac, aca, ca
Archbishop: cantuar, ebor, laud
Appearance: air
Apprentice: l
Archdeacon: ven
Abstaining: tt
Arithmetic: r
Acceptable: ok, u
Ambassador: he
Application: use
Able seaman: ab, sailor, salt, tar
Academician: a, ara, pra, ra
Art nouveau: rat, tar
Anaesthetic: number
Anglo-Saxon: as
Alternative: or
Ancient city: troy, ur
Aircraftsman: ac, lac
Alternatively: or
Advertisement: ad
Approximately: c, ca, some
Autobiography: cv
Authorisation: ok
American soldier: gi, joe
Articles in French: la, le

Clues starting with B

By: per
Bar: t, z
Bee: b
Bel: b
Big: os
Bob: s
Boy: b
Bed: cot
Bit: ort
Bees: bb, bs
Body: x
Brig: br
Boat: e, q, u
Beta: b
Beth: b
Blob: o
Ball: o
Book: bk, lib, nt, ot, tome, vol
Beat: lam, tan
Born: b, n, nat, ne, nee
Bone: os, t
Bull: ox
Bark: tan, woof
Bill: ac, acc
Beer: ale
Busy: tec
Blue: sad
Bend: s, u, z
Bach: b
Bird: prison, tit
Bass: b
Beard: awn
Baron: b, bn
Brown: tan
Bears: has
Badly: ill
Bound: bd
Beady: bd
Books: bb, nt, ot
Boron: b
Butler: rab
Bender: knee
Butter: ram
Bikini: atoll
Banker: river
Bowler: drake
Beware: kv
Before: a, an, ere
Barium: ba
Bowled: b
Bloody: b, red
Bishop: b, bp, odo, rr
Bedbug: b
Brahms: b
Barrel: b
Brakes: abs
Buzzer: bee
Bridge: br
Branch: br
Barrels: b
Belgium: b
Bandage: t
Britain: b, br
British: b, br
Blunder: err
Barrier: dam
Batting: in
Breadth: b
Bargain: go
Brother: br, bro
Bluetit: nun
Bloomer: flower
Bachelor: b, ba
Boasting: am, iam, im
Business: ado, biz, co, firm
Beginning: alpha
Bookmaker: amos, job
Beethoven: b
Barbarian: hun
Brazilian: para
Blockbuster: sculptor
Blood group: a, b, o
Before Christ: ac, bc
Bridge players: e, n, s, w
Bridge partners: ew, ns
Bridge opponents: ne, nw, se, sw

Clues starting with C

Can: able, may, tin
Cue: q
Cat: mog, rex, tom
Cow: lower
Car: mini, rr
Chi: x
Che: i
Cuba: c
Cape: c
Cook: do
Cavy: kv
Cedi: c
Cent: c, ct
Cove: man
Club: c
Cold: c
Cave: kv
Clef: f, g
City: ec, ely
Corn: rip
Cart: t
Copy: ape
Cash: tin
Card: ace
Celt: p, q
Cheat: do
Class: cl
Cross: t, tau, x
Cagey: kg
Cases: ca
Crown: cr
Court: ct
China: ch, ming
Chief: ch, cid
Child: brat, ch
Carat: car, ct
Cutie: qt
Caput: c
Cloth: rep, t
Close: nie
Craft: art
Clear: rid
Curve: arc
Circa: c
Curse: ban
Cavity: o
Castle: oo, r
Copper: cu, d, p, pc
Circle: disc, o, ring
Caught: c, ct
Cipher: o
Custom: use
Cheers: ta
Credit: cr
Cattle: kine, neat
Corner: l
Cobalt: co
County: avon, co, down, som
Chewed: bit
Cloudy: c
Capone: al
Censor: cato, edit
Cleric: bd, dd
Carbon: c
Clause: cl
Coulomb: c
Cedilla: z
Cayenne: kn
College: c, eton, poly
Celsius: c
Chapter: c, cap, ch
Circuit: o
Correct: ok
Chemist: mps
Centime: c, ct
Century: c
Counter: geiger, gm
Company: co, firm, two
Current: ac, dc
Capture: net
Captain: cid, old man
Crossed: t
Certain: sure
Capital: ai
Cunning: art
Calcium: ca
Charles: c
Cornwall: sw
Children: seed
Champion: ace, ch
Chemical: nitre
Chlorine: cl
Colombia: co
Citation: cit
Constant: k
Commotion: todo
Companion: ch
Childless: sp
Commander: cinc, co, com, oc
Contralto: c
Continent: asia, eur
Condition: if
Cherished: pet
Copyright: c
Concerning: re
Chromosome: x, y
California: cal
Completely: all
Cakesville: eccles
Centigrade: c
Collection: ans
Contrivance: art
Conspirator: cade, oates
Connecticut: ct
Corporation: tum
Contemporary: ad
Czechoslovakia: cs
Chinese dynasty: han, ming

Clues starting with D

Dee: d
Day: d, v
Dry: sec, tt
Dog: cur, mutt, tail
Dram: dr
Days: dd
Deci: d
Duke: d, fist
Date: d
Deep: main, sea
Dawn: nus
Dial: o
Disc: o
Drag: d
Duck: o
Draw: x
Doll: qp
Decay: rot
Doubt: um
Ditto: do
Delta: d
Devon: sw
Daisy: cow
Ditch: haha
Daily: char, times
Dance: pas
Desert: rat
Drawer: dr
Debtor: dr
Decree: act
Dollar: s
Double: bi, di
Doctor: bm, dd, dr, gp, mb, md, mo, who
Delete: d
Divine: dd
Degree: ba, d, deg, ma
Donkey: ass, ned
Denmark: dk
Display: air
Density: d
Diamond: d, ice, rock
Dessert: fool
Deutsch: d
Drinking: on
Deserter: rat
Deserted: d
Director: d
Drawback: ward
Diplomat: cd
Democrat: d
Doctrine: ism
Diameter: d
Designer: dior
Daughter: d
Diamonds: ice
Doughboy: gi
Detective: det, tec
Deuterium: d
Direction: e, n, s, w
Directors: board
Decimally: intens
Dressmaker: satin, silk
Detectives: cid, yard
Difficulty: ado, er
Disadvantage: ward
Decentralise: core
Dear in French: cher, chere

Clues starting with E

Ex: x
El: l
Em: m
Es: s
En: n
Els: ll, ls
Eta: e
Eec: twelve
Ess: s
Egg: o
Eye: i
Ens: nn, ns
Ems: mm, ms
Ell: l
Err: sin
Ewe: u
Era: ad
Exe: x
Ever: ay, aye, eer, er
Eyes: ii, is
Ewes: us, uu
Ease: ee, es
Ergo: so
Each: ea
Ells: ll, ls
East: e
Evil: sin
Envy: nv
Exist: be
Excel: xl
Empty: o
Earth: e, ge
Essay: sa, try
Essex: sx
Eight: e
Egypt: et
Essen: sn
Effect: a
Eighty: r
Employ: use
Exists: iss
Exotic: et
Energy: go
Eleven: ii, o, xi
Edward: e, ed, ted
Expert: able, ace, dab, pro
Editor: ed
Eyesore: stye
Excited: up
English: e, eng
England: e, eng, uk
Eastern: e
Epsilon: e
Ecuador: ec
Epistle: ep
Elected: in
Ecstatic: sent
Engineer: re
Economist: mill, smith
Everybody: all
Elizabeth: e
Extremity: toe
Explosive: he, tnt
Enclosure: pen
Engineers: ce, re, reme
Encourage: egg
Excellency: he
Everything: all
Employment: use
Examination: a, o, oral, test
Extraterrestrial: et

Clues starting with F

For: pro
Fox: tod
Foot: f, ft
Fish: cod, eel, gar, id, ide, ling
Four: d, iv
Five: e, v
From: ex
Fine: f, ok, scot
Feet: ft
Firm: co, fast
Fool: ass
Fuss: ado
Film: a, et, u, x
Free: rid
Fifty: a, l
Forte: f
Farad: f
Force: f, vis
Franc: fr
Filly: f
Fleet: rn
First: ist
Friar: tuck
Field: lea, ley
Folio: f, fo, fol
Forty: f
Folios: ff
French: fr
Forced: fz
Feller: ko
Flower: lis, river, rose
Fliers: raf
Fabric: net
France: f
Female: f, hen, her, she
Fathom: f
Friday: f, man
Fellow: don, f, gent, man
Former: ex
Father: dad, fr, pa, pop, time
Florida: fla
Flowers: lei
Fashion: rage, ton
Fighter: gi, man
Footnote: ps
Farewell: vale
Favoured: in
Fighters: uff
Fast car: gt, rod
Feminine: f
Farthing: f, q
Fragment: fr, ort
Fluorine: f
Football: fa, ru
Favourite: pet
Following: f
Frequency: f
Final word: amen, omega
Fertiliser: nitre
Followings: ff
Fortissimo: ff
French man: m, rene
Frequently: fr
Fahrenheit: f
Flourished: fl
French king: roi, sm
First class: a, ai
For example: eg, vg
Fashionable: in
Five hundred: a, d, q
French queen: reine, sm
First person: adam, i, me
Final letter: omega, z
First letter: a, alpha
Four hundred: g, p
Five thousand: a, e
Final message: obit, rip
First character: a, adam

Clues starting with G

Gee: g
Gas: cl, co, f, h, he, n, ne, o
Gym: pe
Gift: gab
Good: a, ai, pi
Game: nim
Girl: g, gal
Gold: au, bull, or
Gram: g
Gulf: g, o
Gamut: g
Gamma: g
Grand: g
Gauss: g
Greek: gr
Gypsy: chal, rom
Grain: gr
Group: set
Globe: o
Gunner: ra
Gotham: ny
Greece: gr
Genius: id
Gunmen: grs, ra
Grouse: gr
Guinea: g, gu
Gramme: g, gr
Garden: eden, plot
George: g, gr
Gaelic: erse, gael
Gravity: g
Goddess: ate, athena, hebe, isis
Gallery: tate
Gunners: ra
Goodbye: tata, vale
Germany: d, de, g
Georgia: ga
Grammar: gr
Genesis: gen
General: gen, goc, grant, lee
Graduate: ba, ma
Gangster: al
Greeting: ave, hi
Graphite: kish
Good man: dean, st
Governor: he
Gentleman: sir
Guerrilla: che
Gradually: eric
Good book: nt, ot
Generation: era
Greek letter: alpha, beta, chi, eta, iota, lambda, mu, nu, omega, phi, pi
Greek character: mu, nu, pi

Clues starting with H

Hot: h
His: s
Has: s
Hard: h
Heat: j
Half: demi, hf, semi
Hill: mt, tor
Head: ness, pate, ras
Hoop: o
Hail: ave
Hand: ab, h, l, man, r
Hush: sh, st
Hour: h, hr
Horse: arab, barb, cob, gee, gg, h, nag
Hedge: haw
Henry: h
Heart: h
House: co, cot, h, ho, semi
Hello: hi
Honey: mel
Heath: ted
Hymns: am
Helium: he
Hunter: orion
Hollow: o
Honour: ch, obe, om
Healer: dr
Height: h
Husband: h, man
Hundred: c, ic, ton
Heather: ling
Hydrant: h
Hungary: h
Hundreds: cs, d
Hydrogen: h
Hospital: h
Half day: am, pm
Hindrance: let
Holy Writ: nt, ot
Horse race: derby, national, oaks
High class: a, ai, u
Humberside: ne
Hesitation: er, um, ur
Hairdresser: comb
Handwriting: ms
Housekeeper: lar
Half minute: min, mo, ute
Hebrew letter: aleph, beth, lamed, resh, teth, vau
Hundred thousand: c, lac

Clues starting with I

I: a, an, ane, ay, aye, eye
It: a, sa
If: an
Is: s
Ivy: iv
Inn: bar
Iowa: ia
I am: am, iam, im
Iron: fe
Iran: ir
Iota: i
I say: aye, eye
India: ind
Issue: son
Italy: i
Iodine: i
Izzard: z
Island: ait, eyot, i, inch, iom, is, man
Indeed: deed
Italian: it
Iceland: is
Ireland: irl
Illness: flu
Integers: z
Instinct: id
Illinois: ill
Inventor: edison
Informer: grass, nose
Intended: ment
Inferior: b
Infantry: foot
Individual: i
Invariably: eer
Inductance: l
Information: gen
Illegal army: eta, ira, plo
Individuality: ka
International: cap, un
Identification: id
Indefinite number: n, no

Clues starting with J

Jay: j
Jack: j
Joule: j
Jelly: gel
Japan: j
Jolly: rm
Judge: j
Justice: j
Jamaica: ja
Junction: t
Journalist: ed

Clues starting with K

Kay: k
King: cr, er, gr, hm, k, lear, r
Knew: wist
Kelt: p, q
Kiss: x
Kale: kl
Kilo: k
Kappa: k
Knave: j
Koppa: q
Knight: k, kt, n, sir
Kelvin: k
Kewpie: qp
Koechel: k, kv
Krypton: kr
Kentucky: ky
Kilometre: km
King in French: roi, sm

Clues starting with L

Lot: c, d, m
Low: moo
Leg: on
Loch: ness
Lira: l
Look: lo, see, v, vide
Lire: l
Loud: f
Long: l
Lake: erie, l, loch
Lady: dame, eve, she
Love: nil, o
Line: i, l, row, ry
Limb: arm, leg
Like: as
Left: l, port
Live: be, l
Loop: o
Lead: pb
Late: ex
Lines: br, rly, ry
Litre: l
Lumen: l
Libya: lar
Light: very
Leave: part
Liner: ss
Label: tab, tag
Large: l
Lower: cow
Layer: e, hen
Laugh: ha, haha, hehe
Local: inn, ph, pub
Level: a, y
Loaded: lit
Lawyer: bl, da
Little: wee
Length: ell, l
Looker: eye
Lawman: bl, da, earp
Labour: l, lab
Legate: he
Leaves: tea
Lambda: l
League: l
Leading: noi
Lambert: l
Lawyers: bar
Learner: l
Lettuce: cos
Leftist: red
Lincoln: abe
Largesse: s
Landline: br, rly, ry
Lawrence: te
Lawgiver: moses
Listener: ear
Learning: l
Latitude: l
Last word: amen, obit, rip
Lunchtime: i, one
Louisiana: la
Left hand: lh, vo
Luminance: l
Licentiate: l
Luxembourg: l
Little way: rd, ry, st
Laboratory: lab
Lieutenant: lt
Last month: dec, ult
Last letter: omega, z
Little horse: gee, gg, nag, ned
Large amount: lot, ton

Clues starting with M

Mu: m
Man: bo, g, iom, isle, m, vir
Men: or
Male: he, him, m
Moon: m
Mile: m
Mare: m
Main: deep, sea
Mark: d, dm, m
Many: c
Mass: m
Moth: y
Mole: pier, spy
Money: brass, cent, l, m, tin
Match: test
Metre: m
Malta: m
Meter: m
Month: m, mo, r
Minor: wee
Medal: mc, mm, td
Meant: ment
Master: m, ma
Months: mos
Mister: mr
Medium: m
Monday: m, mon
Manage: run
Miners: num
Memory: ram, rom
Mother: dam, ma, mam, mum
Mature: age
Midday: a, m, n
Marine: jolly, rm
Maiden: io, m, over
Member: arm, leg, m, mp, toe
Mountie: mp
Managed: ran
Meeting: agm
Marshal: ney
Morning: am
Measure: el, ell, em, en, ft, m, y, yd
Mounted: up
Monarch: er, k, r
Married: m
Mayfair: wi
Modulus: m
Mercury: hg
Missiles: ammo
Monsieur: m
Mounties: mp
Mischief: ate
Missouri: mo
Mailboat: rms
Midnight: g
Motorway: m, mi
Mountain: alp, mt, tor
Main road: ai, mi
Masculine: m
Magnesium: mg
Manuscript: ms
Mouthpiece: lips
Management: admin
Mountaineer: sherpa
Misanthrope: timon
Mississippi: miss
Manuscripts: mss
Massachusetts: mass
Maths function: log, sine, tan

Clues starting with N

Nu: n
No: o
Nil: o
Not: ne
New: n
Now: ad, anon
Navy: rn
Nine: ix
Noun: n
Neon: ne
Noon: m, n
Note: do, doh, fa, fah, la, lah, me, mi, n, nb, re, si, so, soh, sol, te, ti, tic, ut
Name: n
Neck: col, v
Neat: cattle, cow, kine, ox
Near: nie
Neper: n
Noisy: f
North: n
Named: dit
Notch: v
Nurse: sen, srn, vad
Novel: she
Nickel: ni
Naught: o
Nought: o
Namely: sc
Number: d, ether, n, no, pin
Newton: n
Native: abo
Notice: ad, d
Novice: l
Norway: n
Ninety: n, q, xc
Neuter: n
Network: rete
Not out: in, no
Nothing: nil, o
Neutral: n
No good: ng, us
Northern: n
Neckline: v
Nitrogen: n
Nowadays: ad
National: n
Nobleman: don
New York: gotham, ny
Newspaper: ft, sun
Neat sound: lowing, moo
North-west: nw
Number one: adam, i, me, noi
North-east: ne
Nationalist: n
Nationalists: sdp
No in Scottish: na, nae
Not in Scottish: na, nae
Ninety thousand: n, q

Clues starting with O

Ox: kine, neat
On: leg
Oh: o
Orb: o
Owe: o
One: ace, ane, i, j, un
Ohs: oo, os
Okay: ok
Over: re, supra
Ohio: o
Ogee: og
Opus: op
Odds: sp
Owes: oo, os
Ought: o
Ounce: oz
Omega: z
Order: ch, obe, om, po
Organ: ear
Opener: key
Office: den, loo
Orient: e
Outlaw: ban
Oxygen: o
Old man: dad, pa, pop
Officer: co, lt
Omicron: o
Opening: o
Outsize: os
Old city: troy, ur
Opposing: v
Objector: co
Opposite: op
Old king: cole, lud, offa
Oriental: e, ine
Offensive: tet
Orchestra: lso
One pound: al, alb, il, ilb, l, lb
Operation: op
Operating: on
One member: amp, imp
Old injury: teen, tene
Old fiddle: gu, gue
Old railway: lner, sr
Old shilling: bob, s
Of the (French): dela, des, du

Clues starting with P

Put: set
Per: a
Peg: p, t, tee
Pea: p
Pen: j
Pees: pp, ps
Peas: pp, ps
Park: p
Pure: net
Peru: pe
Pawn: p
Pint: p, pt
Pair: pr
Page: p
Posh: u
Pole: np, po, rod, sp
Pass: col
Part: pt
Puff: ad
Port: aden, l, rio
Poet: ae
Peak: alp
Pupil: l
Pedal: p
Piano: p
Pound: ezra, l, lam, lb
Point: e, head, n, ness, pt, s, tor, w
Pluto: dis
Penny: d, p
Plate: t
Pilot: ace, george
Paper: a, b, ms
Price: pr
Pages: pp
Peavy: pv
Piece: bit, man, pawn
Power: p, vis
Party: con, do, lab, lib, tory
Poise: p
Panama: pa
Prince: p, pr, ras
Pellet: o
Poland: pl
Papers: mss
Prison: bird, can, cooler, hock, jug, nick, pen, quad, stir
People: men, nation, race
Police: cid, force, met
Permit: let
Priest: eli, pr, rev
Private: gi
Primate: ape
Prophet: eli
Painter: ara, ney, pra, ra
Prevent: bar
Parking: p
Playing: in, on
Paragon: s, saint, st
Provided: if
Practise: use
Practice: use
Princess: anne, di, ida, ina, regan
Paradise: eden
Painting: art
Particle: x
Portugal: p
Platinum: pt
Primitive: ur
Palladium: po
Policeman: mp, pc
Promotion: ad
President: chair, p, pr, pres
Permitted: let
Potassium: k
Providing: if
Prominence: tor
Politician: con, lab, lib, mp, tory
Performing: on
Poor horse: rosinante, tit
Participle: p
Postscript: ps
Pianissimo: pp
Prohibition: ban
Peacemakers: acas
Performance: act
Pretty girl: cutie, dish
Partnership: ew, ns, sn, we
Philosopher: bacon, plato
Phosphorous: p
Peacekeepers: un
Part of Bible: nt, ot
Priest in French: abbe, cure
Play in Japanese: no, noh
Preservationists: nt

Clues starting with Q

QE: er
Queen: bess, er, hm, mab, q, qu, r
Query: q
Quart: qt, qu
Quiet: mum, p, qt, sh
Queue: cue, q
Quebec: q
Quarter: e, n, ne, nw, s, se, sw, w
Quality: q
Quintal: q
Question: q
Queensland: q

Clues starting with R

Run: r
Ray: x
Row: ado, tier
Rho: r
Rex: r
Rail: ry, t
Roof: m
Rate: mph
Race: nation, tt
Rare: r
Rain: r
Rand: r
Rage: ire
Ring: disc, o
Rook: r
Road: a, ave, r, rd, st
Royal: r
Right: r, rt
Rugby: ru
Romeo: r
River: aire, alph, cam, dee, exe, fal, isis, ouse, po, r, tay, tees, ure
Roman: vir
Round: o
Ready: go, set
Rating: ab
Rector: r
Runner: river
Radius: r
Rubber: ule
Regina: r
Riding: up
Romans: pr, rom
Rabbit: brer
Record: cd, disc, entry, ep, log, lp
Recipe: r, rec
Running: admin
Romania: r
Retreat: den
Reading: r
Railway: br, l, rly, ry
Rubbish: rot, tat
Roughly: c, ca
Reaumur: r
Refusal: no
Reserves: ta
Relative: rel
Relation: sib
Railways: br
Reported: dit
Restrain: dam
Religious: pi
Resistance: r
Right hand: rh, ro
Rowing boat: eight, four
Relationship: pi
Revolutionary: che, red
Representative: mp

Clues starting with S

So: ergo
See: c, ely, lo, v, vid, vide
Sun: ra, s
Son: s
Spy: agent
Six: vi
Sum: add
Sea: c, deep, main
Sin: err
Sons: s
Side: l, r, s, xi, xv
Sign: v
Seas: cc, cs
Ship: ss
Scot: ian, jock, mac, mon
Said: idem
Stop: colon, pt
Suit: g
Seer: eye, optic
Same: do, id
Save: bar
Snow: s
Scab: rat
Song: air, aria, lay
Soak: ret
Step: pas
Salt: ab, jack, tar
Soft: b, p, pp
Small: s, tiny, wee
Saint: s, st
Seven: s, z
Spain: e
Stone: st
Space: s
Shark: nurse
Sheep: ram
Sofly: pp
South: s
Speed: mph, rate
Spade: s
Sling: ign, ing
Study: con, den
Spies: cia
Spasm: tic
Seedy: cd
Snake: asp, boa
Sloth: ai
Skill: art
Shirt: t
Senior: sr
Saints: ss, sts
Seaman: ab, jack, tar
Silver: ag
Solver: you
Summer: bst
Sodium: na
Shares: scrip
Stokes: s, st
Square: s, t
Sapper: re
Softly: p
Source: parent
Spring: c, spa
Simple: herb
Sister: s, sis
School: eton
String: a, d, e, g
Sailor: ab, jack, os, tar
Strong: f
Scorer: composer
Second: b, mo, s, sec
Street: st
Sweden: s
Single: i
Sabbath: s
Surgeon: vet
Society: s
Service: ace, let, mass, raf, rm, rn
Sappers: re
Snoring: zz
Sailors: rn
Soprano: s, sop
Siemens: s
Soldier: ant, gi, man, ney
Scruple: scr
Swindle: con
Stumped: st
Strings: a, d, g
Swimmer: cod, eel, ling
Stunner: ko
Student: l
Settled: lit
Species: sp
Sun-god: sol
Silicon: si
Scholar: ba, ma
Support: bra, leg
Spangle: o
Success: go
Sulphur: s
Smuggle: run
Silence: mum, sh, st, tace
Southern: s
Sixpence: vid, vip
Stand-in: sub
Superior: u, up
Shilling: s
Scotsman: ian, jock, mac, mon
Soldiers: impi, men, or, ra, re, sas, ta
Students: nus
Skipping: omitting
Speakers: lips
Standard: par
Smuggled: ran
Sergeant: nco, sgt
Salesman: rep
Saturday: s, sat
Steamship: ss
Show-ring: manifesto
Spymaster: m
Subaltern: lt
Secretary: temp
Screecher: swift
Spectator: eye
Sovereign: l
Schmieder: s
Sandhurst: rma
Succeeded: s
Socialist: red
South-east: se
Six-footer: ant, bee, insect
South-west: sw
Substitute: sub
Sports car: gt, rod
Submariner: nemo
Short time: mo, sec, t
Speculator: bear, stag
Scriptures: nt, ot
Spectacles: oo
Sweetheart: jo
Switzerland: ch
Small square: em, m
Small weight: ct, gr, oz, wt
Soviet Union: su, ussr
Specifically: as, sc
Social worker: ant, bee
Small measure: cc, el, em, en
Strikebreaker: rat
Self-confessed: am, iam, im
Seven thousand: s, z
Self-contained: sc

Clues starting with T

Te: t
Tar: ab
Ton: t
Tea: cha, t
The: t, ye
Tau: t
Tin: sn
Tax: scot, vat
Tee: peg, t
Ten: io, x
Tap: c, h
Tot: add
Two: bi, bis, ii, pr
Them: em
Turn: u
Team: side, xi, xv
Thus: sic, so
Teas: ts, tt
Take: rec
Tree: actor, ash, fir, yew
Text: ms
Test: mot, oral
Time: age, eon, mo, sec, t
Tune: air
That: yt
Troy: t
Tyro: l
Tees: ts, tt
Trap: u
Tube: u
Twice: bis
Track: y
Tesla: t
Tenor: t
Three: ter, tri
Tonne: t
Tribe: dan, gad
Tales: ana
Times: by, x
Trick: con
Today: ad
Thrice: ter, tri
Triple: ter, tri
Thanks: ta
Troops: re
Trains: br
Teepee: tp
Trendy: in
Turkey: tr
Tanner: vid, vip
Theory: ism
Twenty: k
Tinker: sly
Tuesday: t
Tritium: t
That is: ie, sc
Through: per
Trouble: ado, ail
Trainee: l
Terriers: ta
Teetotal: tt
Tungsten: w
Teachers: nut
Touching: re
Tyneside: ne
Thousand: g, g, k, m, x
Training: pe, pt
Thailand: t
Tanzania: eat
The thing: it, play
Tradesmen: tu
Thank you: ta, tt
Traveller: rep, rom
Twitching: tic
Telepathy: esp
Therefore: so
Transport: br, bus, cab, car, cart, rly, ry, tram
Terrorists: eta, ira, plo, provos
Theologian: bd, dd
Translation: tr
Transaction: tr
Two hundred: cc, h
Torpedo boat: mtb, tb
The in French: la, le
The in German: das, der, die
Thoroughfare: st
Territorials: ta
The in Italian: il, la
Transatlantic: us
The in Spanish: el, la
This in French: ce, cet
Traffic signal: go, stop
To the (French): ala, au, aux

Clues starting with U

Un: a, an, i
Us: s
Use: us, uu
Unit: a, i
Utah: u
Used: sh
Uncle: eme, pawnbroker, sam
Union: u
Uppish: u
U-boat: sub
Unwell: ill
Unpaid: hon
Ulster: ni
Upright: i, pi
Uruguay: u, uru
Unknown: x, y, z
Upsilon: u
Uranium: u
Useless: us
Unionist: u
Universal: u
Undivided: one
University: u
Underworld: dis
Understood: ment
Undergarment: bra
Unservicable: us
Unidentified: nu
Unfashionable: out, square
Undersecretary: us

Clues starting with V

Vee: v
Viz: sc
Vote: x
Vide: v
Verb: v, vb
Very: v
Volt: v
Verse: v
Vicar: rev
Versus: v
Volume: v, vol
Vacant: e
Vessel: can, tin
Vitamin: a, b, bi, c, d, e, f, h, k, l, m, p, x
Victory: v, ve, vj
Virginia: va
Viscount: vis
Velocity: v
Vanadium: v
Vestment: alb
Volunteers: ta
Violin string: a, d, e, g
Violin strings: e, g

Clues starting with W

Why: y
Win: v
Way: ave, rd, rly, ry, st
Wise: ys, yy
Wife: dutch, rib, ux, w
Week: w
Weak: w
Watt: w
Will: ill, to
Well: so
Work: do, go, op, opus
West: w
When: as
Wine: asti, port, tent
With: con
Width: w
Woman: eve, f, her, she, w
Welsh: w
Water: aq, ea
Wings: ala
Wrong: sin
Wicket: w
Wander: err
Worker: ant, bee, hand, man
Winner: ace
Weight: ct, g, gr, oz, st, ton, tonne, wt
Writer: elia, nib, pen
Whales: gam
Warning: cave, fore
Western: w
Without: sin, sine
William: w
Wearing: in
Writing: ms, r
Warship: sub
Wednesday: w
Waterfall: rain
Washington: dc
Witchcraft: obi
Westminster: wi

Clues starting with X

Xi: x
Xmas: x

Clues starting with Y

Yes: ay, aye
Yen: y
Yew: u
You: u, ye
Year: a, y, yr
Yard: y
Your: yr
Yews: us, uu
Young: y
Yellow: or
Yttrium: y
Youth leaders: wise, ys

Clues starting with Z

Zed: z
Zee: z
Zero: o, z
Zeta: z
Zaire: zr
Zambia: z

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Abbreviations for roman numerals

1: I
2: II
3: III
4: IV
5: V
6: VI
7: VII
8: VIII
9: IX
10: X
11: XI
50: L
90: XC
99: XCIX
100: C
101: CI
150: CL
151: CLI
200: CC
500: D
501: DI
550: DL
1000: M, K
1001: MI
2000: MM
2001: MMI

Abbreviations for chemical symbols

Aluminum: AL
Argon: AR
Barium: BA
Boron: B
Calcium: CA
Carbon: C
Chlorine: CL
Chromium: CR
Cobalt: CO
Copper: CU
Fluorine: F
Gold: AU
Helium: HE
Hydrogen: H
Iron: FE
Lithium: LI
Neon: NE
Nickel: NI
Nitrogen: N
Oxygen: O
Potassium: K
Silicon: SI
Silver: AG
Sodium: NA
Tin: SN
Uranium: U

Abbreviations for NATO phonetic alphabet

Alfa: A
Bravo: B
Charlie: C
Delta: D
Echo: E
Foxtrot: F
Holf: G
Hotel: H
India: I
Juliet: J
Kilo: K
Lima: L
Mike: M
November: N
Oscar: O
Papa: P
Qubec: Q
Romeo: R
Sierra: S
Tango: T
Uniform: U
Victor: V
Whiskey: W
X-ray: X
Yankee: Y
Zulu: Z