A · Aboard – SS, or a word inside the letters SS · About – C or CA (circa) or RE · Academic – DD (doctor of divinity) or PROF · Acceleration – G · Accepted – A ...

This is an incomplete list of the most common abbreviations and shortenings often found in cryptics. Most are from The Chambers Dictionary.

American states → The abbreviated forms of US states can be used when solving a clue; here's a selection: CA or CAL (California), FL (Florida), GA (Georgia), RI ...

This list contains almost all of the 1 and 2 letter abbreviations found in Chambers, along with the 3 letter ones which do not simply 'translate' from the ...

This list is a reformatted and slightly updated version of one # compiled by Ross Beresford and posted to rec.puzzles.crosswords in # 1992.

2 апр. 2018 г. · When is an Answer Abbreviated? · When the clue is also abbreviated · When the words “abbreviation,” “for short,” or “in brief” appear.

Abbreviations ; Arbiter, REF, Referee ; Area, A, Abbreviation ; Army cop, MP, Military policeman ; Army corps, REME, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

3 мар. 2023 г. · The clue should have a tell: if part of the clue is abbreviated or shortened, words like "briefly" following the clue, or literally "Abbr." in parentheses ...

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Crossword abbreviations. Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution.