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1001 Abbreviations
How to solve cryptic charade clues, part 1.
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Put different word parts together to solve charade cryptic clues. The clues include cryptic references to the word parts and instructions for putting them together.
The simplest references to word parts are abbreviations but there are hundreds of possibilities. Use this list to identify familiar and obscure abbreviations in cryptic crosswords. Related content How to solve cryptic charade clues, part 2 - 1001 Cryptic short words How to solve cryptic charade clues, part 3 - 1001 Cryptic letter |
Minute number and whole number (6)
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A
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aberdeenshire - abd
able seaman - ab (able-bodied) academician - a account - ac accountant - ac, aca, ca ace - a acre - a across - a adult - a advertisement - ad Afghanistan - af, afg after date - ad aircraftsman - ac Alabama - al Alaska - ak Albania - al, alb Alderney - ald Algeria - dz, dza |
alternating current - ac
alto - a aluminium - al (elemental symbol) America - am, amer ampere - a Anglesey - agy Anglo-Saxon - as Angola - ago, ao angstrom - a Angus - ans annual meeting - agm answer - a, ans Antartica - aq, ata Antrim - ant arab - ar are - a area - a Argentina - ar, arg |
argon - ar (elemental symbol)
Argyllshire - arl Arizona - az Arkansas - ar Armagh - arm Armenia - am, arm army regulation - ar arrival - ar, arr arsenic - as (elemental symbol) artificial intelligence - ai associate - a Australia - au, aus Austria - at, aut average - ave, aver Avon - avn Ayrshire - ayr Azerbaijan - az, aze |
B
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bachelor - b
Bachelor of Arts - ba Bahamas - bhs, bs Bahrain - bh, bhr band of citizens - cb Banffshire - ban Bangladesh - bd, bgd Barbados - bb, brb barium - ba (elemental symbol) baron - b bass - b Bedfordshire - bdf before Christ - bc behind - b Belarus - blr, by Belgium - be, bel Belize - blz, bz Benin - ben, bj |
Berkshire - brk
Bermuda - bm, bmu Berwickshire - bew Bhutan - bt, btn billion - b birth - b bishop - b, bp black - b bloody - b Bolivia - bo, bol book - b books - bb Borders - bor born - b Botswana - bw, bwa bowled - b boy - b branch -br |
Brazil - br, bra
breadth - b Breconshire - bre bridge - br brig - br Britain - b, br British Museum - bm British Rail - br brother - br, bro Brunei - bn, brn Buckinghamshire - bkm Bulgaria - bg, bgr Burkina Faso - bf, bfa Burundi - bdi, bi business - biz Bute - but |
C
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Caernarvonshire - cae
Caithness - cai calcium - ca (elemental symbol) California - ca Cambodia - kh, khm Cambridgeshire - cam Cameroon - cm, cmr Canada - ca, can cape - c Cape Verde - cpv, cv carat - car, ct carbon - c (elemental symbol) carbon monoxide - co Cardiganshire - cgn care of - co Carlow - car Carmarthenshire - cmn caught - c Cavan - cav Cayman Islands - cym, ky cedi - c (Ghana currency) Celsius - c cent - c centigrade - c centime - c, ct central - cen Central African Republic - caf, cf |
central heating - ch
century - c Chad - tcd, td champion - ch Channel Islands - ci chapter - c, ch Cheshire - chs chief - ch child - ch Chile - chl, cl China - chn, cn chlorine - cl (elemental symbol) church - ch Church of England - ce circa - c citation - cit Civil Service - cs Clackmannanshire - clk Clare - cla clubs - c (card suit) Clwyd - cwd cobalt - co (elemental symbol) cocaine - c cold - c college - c Colombia - co, col Colorado - co |
commander - com
commanding officer - co Comoros - com, km Companion of Honour - ch company - co Connecticut - ct conservative - c, con contralto - c copper - cu (elemental symbol) copyright - c Cork - cor Cornwall - con Costa Rica - cr, cri coulomb - c county - co county council - cc court - ct credit - cr Croatia - hr, hrv (Hrvatska) crown - cr Cuba - cu, cub Cumberland - cul Cumbria - cma Cyprus - cy, cyp Czech Republic - cz, cze |
D
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damn - d
date - d daughter - d day - d days - dd death - d debit - dr deci - d (prefix) degree - deg Delaware - de Democrat - d Denbighshire - den Denmark - dk, dnk density - d depth - d |
Derbyshire - dby
detective - det deuterium - d Deutsch - d Devon - dev diameter - d diamonds - d (card suit) died - d director - d director general - dg district attorney - da ditto - do Djibouti - dj, dji doctor - d, dr doctor of divinity - dd |
Dominica - dm, dma
Dominican Republic - do, dom Donegal - don Dorset - dor down - d Down - dow drawer - dr Dublin - dub duke - d Dumfries & Galloway - dgy Dumfries-shire - dfs Dunbartonshire - dnb Durham - dur Dyfed - dfd |
E
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each - ea
earth - e East Lothian - eln East Riding of Yorkshire - ery East Sussex - sxe eastern - e ecstasy - e Ecuador - ec, ecu |
editor - ed
Egypt - eg, egy El Salvador - slv, sv energy - e England - e, eng Equatorial Guinea - gnq, gq Eritrea - er, eri Essex - ess |
estimated time of arrival - eta
Estonia - ee, est Ethiopia - et, eth European - e evening - eve ever - eer, er extraterrestrial - et |
F
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fahrenheit - f
farad - f farthing - f father - fr fathom - f feet - ft fellow - f female - f feminine - f Fermanagh - fer Fife - fif Fiji - fj, fji filly - f |
Finland - fi, fin
Flintshire - fln Florida - fl fluid - fl fluorine - f (elemental symbol) folio - f, fo, fol folios - ff following - f followings - ff foot - ft for example - e.g. (example gratia) force - f forced - fz |
foreign office - fo
forte - f fortissimo - ff franc - fr France - fr, fra free of charge - foc free on board - fob free on rail - for frequency - f friar - fr Friday - f, fri |
G
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Gabon - ga, gab
Galway - gal Gambia - gm, gmb gauss - g general - gen general service - gs general staff - gs genesis - gen Georgia - ga, ge, geo Germany - de, deu Ghana - gh, gha Gibraltar - gi, gib girl - g |
Glamorgan - gla
Gloucestershire - gls gold - au (elemental symbol) good - g government - g government issue - gi gram - g Grampian - gmp grand - g gravity - g great - gt Great Britain - gb Greater Manchester - gtm |
Greece - gr, grc
Greenland - gl, grl Grenada - gd, grd Guatemala - gt, gtm Guernsey - gsy guinea - g Guinea - gin, gn Guinea-Bissau - gnb, gw gulf - g gunmen - grs (gunners) Guyana - guy, gy Gwent - gnt Gwynedd - gwn |
H
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Haiti - ht, hti
Hampshire - ham hand - h hard - h Hawaii - hi headquarters - hq hearts - h (card suit) hectare - ha height - h helium - he (elemental symbol) Her Majesty - hm |
Hereford & Worcester - hwr
Herefordshire - hef heroin - h Hertfordshire - hrt high tension - ht Highland - hld hire purchase - hp His Excellency - he His Majesty - hm holy see - va (Vatican) home office - ho |
Honduras - hn, hnd
Hong Kong - hk, hkg hospital - h hot - h hour - h, hr Humberside - hum Hungary - hu, hun Huntingdonshire - hun husband - h hydrogen - h (elemental symbol) |
I
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I am - im
I had - id I have - ive I shall - ill I will - ill I would - id Iceland - is, isl Idaho - id identification - id Illinois - il |
in charge - ic
in command - ic India - i, in, ind Indiana - in Indonesia - id, idn institute - i Inverness-shire - inv iodine - i (elemental symbol) Iowa - ia Iran - ir, irn |
Iraq - iq, irq
Ireland - ie, irl Irish - i iron - fe (elemental symbol) island - i, is Isle of Man - im, iom Isle of Wight - iow Israel - il, isr Italy - it, ita Ivory Coast - ci, civ (Cote D'Ivoire) |
J
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Jamaica - jam, jm
Japan - jp, jpn |
Jordan - jo, jor
joule - j |
judge - j
justice - j |
K
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Kansas - ks
Kazakhstan - kaz, kz Kent - ken Kentucky - ky Kenya - ke, ken Kerry - ker kick off - ko |
Kildare - kid
Kilkenny - kik kilo - k kilometre - km Kincardineshire - kcd king - k Kinross-shire - krs |
Kiribati - ki, kir
Kirkcudbrightshire - kkd knight - k, kt knockout - ko krypton - kr (elemental symbol) Kuwait - kw, kwt Kyrgyzstan - kg, kgz |
L
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laboratory - lab
labour - l, lab lake - l Lanarkshire - lks Lancashire - lan Laois - lex large - l latin - l latitude - l Latvia - lv, lva lead - pb (elemental symbol) league - l learner - l Lebanon - lb, lbn left - l |
left hand - lh
Leicestershire - lei Leitrim - let length - l Lesotho - ls, lso liberal - l, lib Liberia - lbr, lr Libya - lby, ly licentiate - l Liechtenstein - li, lie Lieutenant - lt Limerick - lim Lincolnshire - lin line - l lira - l |
lithium - li (elemental symbol)
Lithuania - lt, ltu litre - l Londonderry - ldy long playing - lp Longford - log Los Angeles - la Lothian - ltn Louisiana - la Louth - lou lumen - l luminance - l Luxembourg - lu, lux |
M
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Macau - mac, mo
Macedonia - mk, mkd Madagascar - mdg, mg magnesium - mg (elemental symbol) maiden - m Maine - me Malawi - mw, mwi Malaysia - my, mys Maldives - mdv, mv Mali - ml, mli Malta - mlt, mt man - m manuscript - ms manuscripts - mss mare - m mark of the beast - mb marriage - m Marshall Islands - mh, mhl Martinique - mq, mtq Maryland - md masculine - m mass - m Massachusetts - ma, mass master - m |
master of arts - ma
master of ceremonies - mc Mauritania - mr, mrt Mauritius - mu, mus Mayo - may Meath - mea medium - m member - m member of parliament - mp merchant navy - mn mercury - hg (elemental symbol) Merionethshire - mer Merseyside - msy metre - m Mexico - mex, mx Michigan - mi Micronesia - fm, fsm (Federated States) Mid Glamorgan - mgm Midlothian - mln mile - m military police - mp Minnesota - mn minute - m, min Mississippi - miss, ms |
Missouri - mo
mister - mr Moldova - md, mda moment - mo Monaco - mc, mco Monaghan - mog Monday - m, mon money - m Mongolia - mn, mng Monmouthshire - mon monsieur - m Montana - mt Montenegro - me, mne Montgomeryshire - mgy month - m, mo months - mos moon - m Morayshire - mor Morocco - ma, mar mountain - mt mounted police - mp Mozambique - moz, mz Myanmar - mm, mmr |
N
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Nairn - nai
name - n name unknown - nu Namibia - na, nam national - n Nauru - nr, nru navy - n Nebraska - ne neon - ne (elemental symbol) Nepal - np, npl Netherlands - nl, nld neutral - n Nevada - nv new - n New Hampshire - nh New Jersey - nj New Mexico - nm New Orleans - no |
New Testament - nt
New York - ny New Zealand - nz, nzl Nicaragua - ni, nic nickel - ni (elemental symbol) Niger - ne, ner Nigeria - ng, nga nitrogen - n (elemental symbol) no - n no ball - nb no date - nd no good - ng non-commissioned officer - nco noon - n Norfolk - nfk Norfolk Island - nf, nfk North America - na North Carolina - nc |
North Dakota - nd
North Pole - np North Riding of Yorkshire - nry North Yorkshire - nyk north-east - ne north-west - nw Northamptonshire - nth northern - n Northern Ireland - ni Northern Mariana Islands - mnp, mp Northern Territory - nt Northumberland - nbl Norway - no, nor not dated - nd not out - no Nottinghamshire - ntt noun - n number - no |
O
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occupational therapy - ot
Offaly - off officer commanding - oc officer in charge - oic Ohio - oh okay - ok Oklahoma - ok old - o old boy - ob old English - oe old Etonian - oe |
Old Testament - ot
Oman - om, omn omicron - o (Greek alphabet) open university - ou operating system - os operation - op opposite - op opus - op ordinary seaman - os Oregon - or Orkney - oki |
ounce - oz
out of print - op outsize - os over - o over the top - ott overdose - od overseas - os Oxfordshire - oxf oxygen - o (elemental symbol) |
P
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page - p
pages - pp pair - pr Pakistan - pak, pk Palau - plw, pw Palestine - ps, pse Panama - pa, pan Papua New Guinea - pg, png Paraguay - pry, py park - p pawn - p Peebles-shire - pee Pembrokeshire - pem Pennsylvania - pa person - per |
Perth - per
Peru - pe, per Philippines - ph, phl phosphorus - p (elemental symbol) physical education - pe physical training - pt pianissimo - pp (music) piano - p (music) pint - p, pt Pitcairn - pcn, pn platinum - pt (elemental symbol) point - pt Poland - pl, pol Portugal - prt, pt post office - po |
postscript - ps
potassium - k (elemental symbol) pound - l, lb power - p Powys - pow président - p, pr, pres pressure - p priest - pr prime minister - pm prince - p, pr public relations - pr public relations officer - pro Puerto Rico - pr, pri |
Q
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Qatar - qa, qat
quality - q quart - qt, qu |
Quebec - q (phonetic alphabet)
queen - q, qu Queensland - qld |
query - q
question - q, qu quiet - qt |
R
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radius - r
Radnorshire - rad railway - br, rly, ry rand - r rare - r recipe - r rector - r red - r religious education - re Renfrewshire - rfw representative - rep republican - r resident magistrate - rm |
resistance - r
Reunion - re, reu Rhode Island - ri right - r right hand - rh right reverend - rr river - r road - r, rd Rolls Royce - rr Roman Catholic - rc Romania - ro, rou rook - r Roscommon - ros |
Ross and Cromarty - roc
Roxburghshire - rox royal - r royal academy - ra royal artillery - ra royal engineer - re royal marines - rm royal navy - rn rugby - ru (rugby union) run - r Russian Federation - ru, rus Rutland - rut Rwanda - rw, rwa |
S
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sabbath - s
saint - s, st Saint Lucia - lc, lca saints - ss, sts Samoa - ws, wsm San Marino - sm, smr Sark - srk Saturday - s, sat Saudi Arabia - sa, sau sea - s second - s, sec second hand - sh selenium - se (elemental symbol) self-contained - sc Selkirkshire - sel Senegal - sen, sn senior - sr Serbia - rs, srb sergeant - sgt sex appeal - sa Seychelles - sc, syc Shetland - shi shilling - s Shropshire - sal Sierra Leone - sl, sle silicon - si (elemental symbol) |
silver - ag (elemental symbol)
Singapore - sg, sgp sister - s, sis Sligo - sli Slovakia - sk, svk Slovenia - si, svn small - s society - s sodium - na (elemental symbol) Solomon Islands - sb, slb Somalia - so, som Somerset - som son - s soprano - s, sop south - s South Africa - za, zaf South America - sa South Carolina - sc South Dakota - sd South Glamorgan - sgm South Island - si south pole - sp South Sudan - ss, ssd South Yorkshire - syk south-east - se south-west - sw |
southern - s
spades - s (card suit) Spain - es, esp square - s Sri Lanka - lk, lka Staffordshire - sts steamship - ss Stirlingshire - sti stone - st Strathclyde - std street - st substitute - sub Sudan - sd, sdn Suffolk - sfk sulphur - s (elemental symbol) sun - s Sunday - s, sun Sunday school - ss Suriname - sr, sur Surrey - sry Sussex - ssx Sutherland - sut Swaziland - swz, sz Sweden - se, swe Switzerland - ch, che Syria - sy, syr |
T
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Taiwan - tw, twn
Tajikistan - tj, tjk Tanzania - tz, tza tax officer - to teetotal - tt temperature - t Tennessee - tn tenor - t Territorial Army - ta Texas - tx Thailand - th, tha |
them - em
Thursday - t, thu time - t Timor-Leste - tl, tls tin - sn (elemental symbol) Tipperary - tip titanium - ti (elemental symbol) Togo - tg, tgo ton - t Tonga - to, ton tonne - t |
Trinidad and Tobago - tt, tto
Troy - t Tuesday - t, tue tungsten - w (elemental symbol) Tunisia - tn, tun Turkey - tr, tun Turkmenistan - tkm, tm Tuvalu - tuv, tv Tyrone - tyr |
U
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Uganda - ug, uga
Ukraine - ua, ukr union - u united - u United Arab Emirates - ae, are |
United Kingdom - gb, gbr, uk
United Nations - un United States - us, usa universal - u university - u, uni |
uranium - u (elemental symbol)
Uruguay - ury, uy Utah - ut Uzbekistan - uz, uzb |
V
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vanadium - v (elemental symbol)
Vanuatu - vu, vut variance - var Vatican - v velocity - v Venezuela - ve, ven |
Vermont - vt
versus - v, vs very - v very black - bb (pencils) very hard - hh (pencils) victory - v |
vide - v
Vietnam - vn, vnm Virginia - va viscount - vis volt - v volume - v, vol |
W
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Warwickshire - war
Washington - wa Waterford - wat watt - w Wednesday - w, wed week - w weight - wt Welsh - w west - w West Glamorgan - wgm West Indies - wi West Lothian - wln |
West Midlands - wmd
West Riding of Yorkshire - wry West Sussex - sxw West Virginia - wv West Yorkshire - wyk western - w Western Sahara - eh, esh Westmeath - wem Westmoreland - wes Wexford - wex whole numbers - w wicket - w |
Wicklow - wic
width - w wife - w Wigtownshire - wig Wiltshire - wil Wisconsin - wi with - w woman - w Worcestershire - wor Wyoming - wy |
Y
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yard - y
year - y, yr Yemen - ye, yem |
yen - y
yes - y Yorkshire - yks |
young - y
your - yr yttrium - y (elemental symbol) |
Z
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Zambia - zm, zmb
zero - z |
Zimbabwe - zw, zwe
zinc - zn (elemental symbol) |
