Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution. These include: Cryptic crosswords are a particular type of crossword which have become widely popular in the UK, and several other Commonwealth nations such as Australia, New Zealand , Canada and India. ... An abbreviation (from Latin brevis short) is a shorter form of a word. ...

• Any conventional abbreviations found in a standard dictionary, such as:
  • "current": AC (for "alternating current"); less commonly, DC (for "direct current"); or even I (the symbol used in physics and electronics)
• Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI
• Country codes: "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH
• Conventional abbreviations for US cities and states: for example, New York can indicate NY and "California" CAL.
  • "church": CH or CE (Church of England)
  • "time": T

The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: The system of Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ...

• "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation)

Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example:

• "About" for C or CA, abbreviations of "circa", meaning "about". "About" can also be abbreviated to RE, for "regarding".
• "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example".

More obscure clue words of this variety include:

• "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
• "Beginner" or synonyms such as "novice" or "student" for L, as in L-plate.
• "Bend" for S or U (as in "S-bend" and "U-bend")
• "Books" for OT or NT, as in Old Testament or New Testament.
• "Sailor" for AB, abbreviation of able-bodied.
• "Take" for R, abbreviation of the Latin word recipe, meaning "take".

1908 Ford Model T advertisement The Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and the Flivver) was an automobile produced by Henry Fords Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1928. ... An L-plate is a square plate bearing a sans-serif letter L, for learner, which must be affixed to the front and back of a car in many countries if its driver is a learner under instruction. ...

Clues beginning with A

• About - c (circa) or re
• Account - ac
• Accountant - ca (chartered accountant)
• Ace - a
• Afternoon - pm
• Against - v or vs (versus)
• Agent - rep (representative)
• Air conditioning - ac
• Alien - et (extra-terrestrial)
• Also known as - aka
• America - am, us or usa (United States of America)
• Amnesty - ai (Amnesty International)
• Army cop - mp (Military Policeman)
• Around - o (shape of letter)
• Artificial intelligence - ai
• Artillery - ra (Royal Artillery)
• Artists - ra (Royal Academy)
• Australia - aus or oz (slang name for Australia)
• Avenue - ave

Chartered Accountant is the title of members of a certain professional accountancy associations in the Commonwealth countries and Ireland. ... Extraterrestrial life refers to forms of life that may exist and originate outside of the planet Earth. ... Amnesty International symbol Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.[1] Essentially it compares actual practices of human rights with internationally accepted standards and demands compliance where these have not... Hondas humanoid robot AI redirects here. ... Historically, artillery (from French artillerie) refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ... RGA redirects here. ... This article refers to an art institution in London. ...

Clues beginning with B

• Bachelor of Medicine - bm
• Ball - o (the letter O is round, like a ball)
• Basque nationalists - eta
• Bearing - n, e, s, w, ne, nw etc. (compass points)
• Bend - s or u (U-bend and S-bend)
• Bill - ac (account)
• Bishop - b or rr (Right Reverend)
• Bob - s (shilling)
• Book - nt (New Testament), ot (Old Testament)
• Boy - b
• Brenda - er (Elizabeth Regina, Brenda is Private Eye slang for Queen Elizabeth II)
• Byte - b

The Bachelor of Medicine, abbreviated BM, is an academic degree denoting the degree obtained after studying Medicine at University. ... The Gernika oak is a symbol of Basque freedoms. ... Compass in a wooden box A compass (or mariners compass) is a navigational instrument for finding directions on the earth. ... Examples of traps In plumbing, a U-, S-, or J-shaped pipe located below or within a plumbing fixture, in its drain is called a trap. ... Examples of traps In plumbing, a U-, S-, or J-shaped pipe located below or within a plumbing fixture, in its drain is called a trap. ... A mitre is used as a symbol of the bishops ministry. ... The shilling (or informally: bob) was an English coin first issued in 1548 for Henry VIII, although arguably the testoon issued about 1487 for Henry VII was the first English shilling. ... John 21:1 Jesus Appears to His Disciples--Alessandro Mantovani: the Vatican, Rome. ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh. ... Private eye may mean: Look up Private eye on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Private Eye a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop (as of 2005) A private investigator, a private detective for hire (see also crime fiction and detective fiction) Private Eye, a song by Alkaline Trio... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...

Clues beginning with C

• Calcium - ca
• California - ca
• Car - t (Model T), rr (Rolls-Royce)
• Care of - co
• Caught - c or ct
• Celsius - c
• Cent - c
• Centigrade - c
• Century - c
• Certificate - x, u, pg, r, g (from the film certificates)
• Chartered accountant - ca
• Chief - ch
• Chromosome - x or y
• Church - ch or ce (Church of England)or rc(Roman Catholic)
• Circa - c
• Circle - o (the letter O is a circle)
• City - ny (New York), la (Los Angeles), or ec (old postcode of London)
• Coin - p (penny), d (from the Latin denarius) or c (cent)
• Colonel - col
• Company - co
• Compare - cf (abbreviation of the Latin confer)
• Compass point - n, e, s, w (and other bearings)
• Conservationists - nt (National Trust)
• Conservative - c or con
• Constable - pc (police constable)
• Copper - p (penny), d (denarius), cu (chemical symbol), pc (police constable)
• Court - ct
• Cross - x
• Current - ac (alternating current), dc (direct current)
• Current account - ca
• Cystic fibrosis - cf

General Name, Symbol, Number calcium, Ca, 20 Chemical series alkaline earth metals Group, Period, Block 2, 4, s Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 40. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... 1908 Ford Model T advertisement The Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and the Flivver) was an automobile produced by Henry Fords Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1928. ... Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by: Rolls-Royce Limited (1906-1973) Rolls-Royce Motors (1973-2003) Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (2003-present) // Rolls-Royce cars Rolls-Royce Limited vehicles 1904-1906 10 hp 1905-1905 15 hp 1905-1908 20 hp 1905-1906 30 hp 1905-1906... Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale. ... A thermometric scale whose name is synonymous with the Celsius scale. ... Figure 1: A representation of a condensed eukaryotic chromosome, as seen during cell division. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ... For the painter see John Constable. ...

Clues beginning with D

• Date - d
• Daughter - d
• Dead - d, dec (deceased), ex
• Deceased - d, dec, ex
• Decoration - vc (Victoria Cross), gc (George Cross)
• Degree - deg, c (Celsius or Centigrade), f (Fahrenheit), ba (Bachelor of Arts), ma (Master_of_Arts).
• Detective inspector - di
• Deutschmark - dm
• Direction - n, e, s, w (and other compass bearings)
• Disc - o (the letter O is round, like a disc), ep (extended play record), lp (long play record), cd (compact disc)
• Doctor of Divinity - dd
• Doctor - doc, bm (Bachelor of Medicine), mb (Medicinae Baccalaureus), md (Medicinae Doctor), mo (medical officer), gp (General Practitioner), dr
• Drip - iv (intravenous drip)
• Drug - c (cocaine), e, x (both short for ecstasy) or h (heroin)
• Dry - tt (teetotal)
• Duck - o (from the cricket score of 0)

Victoria Cross medal, ribbon, and bar. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known by the street names ecstasy or XTC (for more names see the full list), is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family, whose primary effect is believed to be the stimulation of secretion as well as inhibition of re-uptake of large amounts... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...

Clues beginning with E

• East - e
• East Germany - gdr (German Democratic Republic)
• Ecstasy - e or x (slang names for the drug)
• Editor - ed
• Egg - o (the letter O loosely resembles the shape of an egg)
• Electricity - ac (alternating current), dc (direct current)
• Eleven - ii (II looks similar to 11), or xi (Roman numerals)
• Engineer - ce (civil engineer) or re (Royal Engineer)
• English - e
• Escape - esc
• Estimated time of arrival - eta
• Europe - eu (European Union), ec (European Community)
• Exercise - pe (physical education), pt (physical training)
• Extra - w (from the extra runs in cricket for a wide ball)
• Extra large - xl
• Extra terrestrial - et

The system of Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. ...

Clues beginning with F

• Fahrenheit - f
• Father - da, fr, pa
• Female - f
• Fighter plane - mig (type of plane)
• Firm - co (company)
• Fifty - l (Roman numeral)
• Five - v (Roman numeral)
• Fleet - rn (Royal Navy)
• Flying bomb - vi (looks like V1)
• Football association - fa
• A follower - b (The letter that follows a in the alphabet)
• Football club - fc
• For example - eg (short for the Latin exempli gratia)
• Former - ex
• France - f
• Frenchman - m (Monsieur)

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... The term V1 can refer to: The V-1 flying bomb, the first modern cruise missile, developed by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War Decision speed, where an aircraft pilot must opt to abort the take-off or continue the run for lift-off at V2 speed. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ...

Clues beginning with G

• Gas - o (oxygen), n (nitrogen), cs (tear gas)
• German submarine - U (U-boat)
• Germany - ger, d (Deutschland)
• Gold - au (chemical symbol), or (in heraldry)
• Good - pi (pious)
• Graduate - ba, ma (university degrees)
• Gram - g
• Grand prix - gp
• Grand - g, m (Roman numeral for 1000), k (kilo-)
• Gunners - ra (Royal Artillery)

A gas is one of the four major phases of matter (after solid and liquid, and followed by plasma, that subsequently appear as a solid material is subjected to increasingly higher temperatures. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ...

Clues beginning with H

• Hectare - ha
• Helium - 'he
• Heroin - h
• Hire purchase - hp
• Holy man - st (saint)
• Home counties - se (South-east of England)
• Horse - g, gg (slang)
• Hospital - h
• Hour - h
• Houses of Parliament - hp
• Hundred - c (Roman numeral)

A hectare (symbol ha) is a unit of area, equal to 10,000 square metres, commonly used for measuring land area. ... General Name, Symbol, Number helium, He, 2 Chemical series noble gases Group, Period, Block 18, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 4. ... The phrase Home Counties is used to designate the group of English counties which border or surround London. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ...

Clues beginning with I

• Iceland - is (country code)
• Inch - in
• Information technology - it
• Iron - fe (chemical symbol)
• Intelligence - iq
• Ireland - ire
• Irish Republican Army - ira

General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ...

Clues beginning with J

• Jack - j, tar, ab (sailor)
• Jet - mig (type of plane)
• Jolly - rm (Royal Marine)
• Judge - j
• Junior - jr

His/Her Majestys Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the Royal Navys Light Infantry, the United Kingdoms amphibious force and specialists in Arctic and Mountain Warfare. ...

Clues beginning with K

• Kelvin - k
• Kentucky - ky
• Key - a, b, c, d, e, f or g (musical keys)
• Kick off - ko
• Kilo - k
• King - k, r (from the Latin rex), hm (His Majesty), or hrh (His Royal Highness)
• Kiss - x (the symbol for a kiss)
• Knave - j (Jack)
• Knight - k, kt, kbe (Knight Commander of the British Empire) or kg (Knight of the Garter)
• Knock out - ko
• Knot - kt

The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero—the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder and no heat energy remains in a substance—is defined as zero kelvin (0 K). ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Four boys on the West Bank. ...

Clues beginning with L

• Labour - lab
• Lake - l or la
• Large number - c, d, m (Roman numerals) or k (kilo-)
• Last month - ult (ultimo)
• Lawrence - dh (D.H. Lawrence) or te (T.E. Lawrence)
• Lead - pb (chemical symbol)
• Learner - l
• Left - l
• Liberal l or lib
• Lieutenant - lt
• Litre - l
• Local area network - lan
• Long playing record - lp
• Long wave - lw
• Loud - f (forte), or ff (fortissimo)
• Los Angeles - la

D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, certainly one of the most controversial, English writers of the 20th century, who wrote novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, and letters. ... Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935), also known as Lawrence of Arabia, and (apparently, among his Arab allies) Aurens or El Aurens, became famous for his role as a British liaison officer during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918. ... The litre or liter (U.S. spelling, see spelling differences) is a unit of volume. ...

Clues beginning with M

• Maiden - m (cricket terminology for no runs in an over)
• Male - m
• Map-makers - os (Ordnance Survey)
• Marines - rm (Royal Marines)
• Married - m
• Master of ceremonies - mc
• Medic - doc (short for doctor), bm (Bachelor of Medicine), mb (Medicinae Baccalaureus), md (Medicinae Doctor), mo (medical officer), gp (General Practitioner), dr (short for doctor)
• Master of Arts - ma
• Master's - ma (Master of Arts degree)
• Megabyte - mb
• Member of Parliament - mp
• Messerschmitt - me
• Middle East - me
• Military Police - mp
• Ministry of Defence - mod
• Minute - m
• Model - t (Model T Ford)
• Monarch - er (Elizabeth Regina), gr (George Rex), q (queen), k (king) or r (rex/regina)
• Monsieur - m
• Morning - am
• Mother - ma
• Motorway - m or mi (looks like M1)

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. ... His/Her Majestys Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the Royal Navys Light Infantry, the United Kingdoms amphibious force and specialists in Arctic and Mountain Warfare. ... The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. ... M1 may refer to: BMW M1, a supercar British NVC community M1, Sphagnum auriculatum bog pool community HMS M1, an early submarine Korg M1, a keyboard synthesizer The Crab Nebula, also known as Messier object M1 MobileOne, a telecommunications company in Singapore money supply, which in economics is refered to...

Clues beginning with N

• National Trust - nt
• Navy - rn (Royal Navy), abs (able-bodied seamen) or tars (slang for seamen)
• Nazis - 'ss (Schutzstaffel)
• Never-never - hp (synonym for hire purchase)
• New - n
• New Testament - nt
• Nitrogen - n
• No ball - nb (cricket terminology)
• North - n
• Not applicable - na
• Note - nb (from the Latin nota bene)
• Nothing - o (the letter O looks like the number 0)

The double-Sig Rune SS insignia. ...

Clues beginning with O

• Odds - sp (starting price)
• Old - o
• Old Testament - ot
• One - a, an or i (the letter I looks like 1)
• Operating system - os
• Operation - op
• Ounce - oz (abbreviation)
• Outsized - os
• Over the top - ott
• Overdose - od
• Oxygen - o

The ounce is the name for a number of different units of mass (oz), and also of two units of fluid volume (fl oz) and of one unit of force, the ounce-force (ozf). ...

Clues beginning with P

• Page - p
• Painters - ra (Royal Academy)
• Paramilitaries - eta (Basque Nationalists), ira (Irish Republican Army), uff (Ulster Freedom Fighters), uda (Ulster Defence Association)
• Party - do
• Peacekeepers - un (United Nations)
• Physical education - pe
• Physical training - pt
• Piano - p
• Plane - mig (type of plane)
• Point - n, e, s, w (and other compass bearings)
• Pole - n (north) or s (south)
• Policeman/men - pc (Police Constable), di (Detective Inspector), met (Metropolitan Police), cid (Criminal Investigation Department)
• Politician - mp
• Posh - u (short for upper class)
• Post office - po
• Potassium - k (chemical symbol)
• Priest - rev (reverend), rr (Right Reverend), dd (Doctor of Divinity), fr (Father)
• Prime Minister - pm
• Prisoner of war - pow
• Pound - lb (weight)

This article is about the historical army of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic (1919–1922) which fought in the Irish War of Independence 1919-21, and the Irish Civil War 1922-23. ... The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is a Northern Irish Loyalist paramilitary organisation outlawed as a terrorist group in the UK and Republic of Ireland, which is perceived by its supporters as defending the unionist community from Irish nationalism. ... The UDA flag in the town center of Ahoghill, County Antrim. ... The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ... Metropolitan Police redirects here. ... The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is the branch of all British Police forces to which plain clothes detectives belong. ...

Clues beginning with Q

• Queen - q, er (Elizabeth Regina), hm (Her Majesty), hrh (Her Royal highness)
• Quiet - p, sh
• Quietly - p (piano)

Clues beginning with R

• Railway - r, ry or br (British Rail)
• Record - ep (extended play record), lp (long playing record)
• Regina - r
• Retired - ret
• Reverend - rr (Right Reverend), dd (Doctor of Divinity), rev
• Rex - r
• Right Reverend - rr
• Right - r
• Ring - o (the letter O looks like a ring)
• River - r
• Road - rd
• Rolls Royce - rr
• Rook - r
• Royal Academy - ra
• Royal Artillery - ra
• Royal Engineers - re
• Royal Marines - rm
• Royal Navy - rn
• Run - r

Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...

Clues beginning with S

• Sailor - ab (able-bodied seaman), tar (slang)
• Saint - st
• Sappers - re (slang for the Royal Engineers)
• Say - eg (short for the Latin exempli gratia)
• Seaman - ab (able-bodied seaman)
• Secret service - ss
• Setter - i or me (meaning the setter of the crossword)
• Shilling - s
• Significant other - so
• Ship - ss (steam ship)
• Short wave - sw
• Silver - ag (chemical symbol)
• Sodium - na (chemical symbol)
• Softly - p (musical notation)
• Soldier - rm (Royal Marine), re (Royal Engineer), gi (General Infantryman)
• Son - s
• South - s
• Street - st
• Student - l (learner)
• Submarine - u (U-boat)

General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ... General Name, Symbol, Number sodium, Na, 11 Chemical series alkali metals Group, Period, Block 1, 3, s Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 22. ...

Clues beginning with T

• Tar - ab (able-bodied seaman)
• Tax - vat (Value added tax)
• Teachers - nut (National Union of Teachers)
• Team - XI (Roman numerals for eleven players in a football or cricket team)
• Teetotal - tt
• Ten - x (Roman numerals) or io (IO looks like 10)
• Territorial Army - ta
• Terrorists - eta (Basque Nationalists), ira (Irish Republican Army), uff (Ulster Freedom Fighters), uda (Ulster Defence Association)
• That is - ie (from the Latin id est)
• Theologian - dd (Doctor of Divinity)
• Thousand - g (grand), m (Roman numeral), or k (kilo-)
• Thus - ie (short for the Latin id est)
• Time - t
• Times - x (multiplication symbol)
• Toilet - wc (water closet)
• Tory - con (slang for Conservative)
• Tripod - Y (shape of a Tripod)
• Tyro - l (for learner)

Value added tax (VAT) is a type of sales tax. ... In the United Kingdom the Territorial Army is a part of the British Army composed of reserve units, or part-time soldiers. ... This article is about the historical army of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic (1919–1922) which fought in the Irish War of Independence 1919-21, and the Irish Civil War 1922-23. ... The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is a Northern Irish Loyalist paramilitary organisation outlawed as a terrorist group in the UK and Republic of Ireland, which is perceived by its supporters as defending the unionist community from Irish nationalism. ... The UDA flag in the town center of Ahoghill, County Antrim. ...

Clues beginning with U

• Ulster - ni (Northern Ireland)
• Ulster Defence Association - uda
• Ulster Freedom Fighters - uff
• United Nations - un
• Unknown - x, y or z (Mathematical variable)
• University - u

In computer science and mathematics, a variable (sometimes called a pronumeral) is a symbol denoting a quantity or symbolic representation. ...

Clues beginning with V

• Value added tax - vat
• Variable - x, y or z (Mathematical unknown)
• Versus - v or vs
• Very - v
• Volunteers - ta (Territorial Army)

In the United Kingdom the Territorial Army is a part of the British Army composed of reserve units, or part-time soldiers. ...

Clues beginning with W

• Way - rd (road), st (street), ave (avenue)
• Weight - g (gram), lb (pound)
• Wide - w (cricket)
• With - w
• Without - wo
• Work - op (operation), opus (classical music)

Clues beginning with X

Clues beginning with Y

• Yard - yd or y
• Year - y or yr

Clues beginning with Z

• Zero - o (the letter O looks like the number 0)

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