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

2 апр. 2018 г. · When the words “abbreviation,” “for short,” or “in brief” appear. Sometimes the clue will feature the abbreviation for the word “abbreviation.” ...

Abbreviations ; Accountant = ca, Ace = a, Acre = ac ; Advanced = a, Advert = ad, Advertising = pr ; Afterthought = ps, Against = v, vs, Agent = rep ; Airline = ba ...

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

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 ...

... word amen: last word amer: American ammo: missiles amos: bookmaker amp: one member an: I an: articles - English an: before an: if an: if (old word) an: one ...

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 ...

5 окт. 2008 г. · Many words/phrases that appear in cryptic clues have standard abbreviations associated with them. Saint for example is ST, operating system is OS and book is ...

Abbreviations ; Football club, FC, Football Club ; For example, EG, Exempli gratia ; Force, F · Abbreviation ; Former (partner), EX, Ex ; France, F · Abbreviation.

26 апр. 2016 г. · Here are some basic abbreviations that are very useful to have by your side when cracking cryptic clues! The list is concise and only focuses on the harder ...