Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution. These include: Any conventional abbreviations ...

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

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

This repository is for tracking tracking changes to a list of abbreviations and indicators commonly found in cryptic crosswords. This is a slightly modified ...

Abbreviations ; Old Testament = ot, On = re, Operation = op ; Ounce = oz, Outside broadcast = ob, Outstanding = os ; Overdose = od, Own goal = og.

5 сент. 2008 г. · This includes a beginner's section with descriptions of cryptic clue types, indicators, abbreviations and other crossword information to help ...

Cryptic crossword One-letter abbreviations. A: blood group, note/key, ace, ampere, answer, away. B: blood group, note/key, bishop, British, black, billion ...

5 окт. 2008 г. · The same word may have more than one abbreviation e.g. Sailor can be AB or TAR, queen may be Q, ER or HM, gold can can AU or OR (in heraldry).

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 ...

Abbreviations are widely used in cryptic clues, to add one or a few letters to the wordplay. Thousands of words can be used as. 'abbreviation indicators'.