Interesting ways to indicate letters in cryptic charade clues include:

• indirect abbreviations e.g. today - ad
• symbolic representations e.g. ten - io, x
• associations e.g. turn - u
• cryptic definitions e.g. thirty seconds - min. 

​This list includes brief explanations. Some notes refer to other reference lists on this site, e.g. gramograms, alphabets, Roman numerals, homophones.  

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How to solve cryptic charade clues, part 1 - 1001 Abbreviations
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A

a - i 
about - c, ca (circa) 
about turn - u 
abstainer - tt (teetotaller) 
academic  - ma, prof 
academy - ra, rada (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
acceptable - ok, u (upper class)
ace - i 
​acid - lsd
across -  x 
actor - tree (Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree)
actuary - aia, fia (Associate or Fellow of Institute of Actuaries)
advertisement - pr 
aeroplane - mig (Soviet military aircraft) 
after lunch - pm
afternoon - pm (post meridiem)
afterthought - ps (post script)
against - v (versus)
​aged - ae, aet (Latin aetatis) 
agent - rep (representative) 
airline - ba (British Airways) 
alcoholic state - dt (delirium tremens)
alien - et (extra-terrestial) 
​allow - ok
alpha - a (phonetic alphabet)
alright - ok
always - eer (ever)

​amateur's department - diy (do it yourself)
ambassador - he (His Excellency)
America - us, usa 
American detective - fed 
American lawyer - da (district attorney)
American railway - el (elevated)
American soldier - gi (government issue)
an - i 
ancient times - bc (before Christ)
and others-  et al (Latin et alii)
and rest - et al (Latin et alii)
angle - l (symbolic L) 
appeal - sos (distress signal)
apprentice - l (learner) 
approval - ok 
approximately - c, ca (circa)
archbishop - ebor (York: Latin eboracum)
archdeacon - ven (venerable) 
are - r (gramogram)
arithmetic - r (the three 'r's) 
army - ta (Territorial Army)
around - c, ca, o (circa, symbolic)
​Aussie PM - arvo
autobiography - cv (curriculum vitae)
award - ch, obe, om (Companion of Honour, Order of the British Empire, Order of Merit)

B

Bach's works - s (Schmieder catalogue)
beady - bd (gramogram)
bearing - e, n, s, w 
bee - b (gramogram)
bees - bb, bs (gramogram) 
before Christ - ac (Latin ante Christum) 
before food - ac (Latin ante cibum)
​before lunch - am (ante meridiem)
before the day - ad (Latin ante diem)
beginner - l (learner) 
bend - s, u 
beware - kv (Latin cave)
bible - av (authorised version)
​big - os (oversize) 
big banger - tnt 
big guns - ra (Royal Artillery) 
big noise - vip (very important person) 
​big paper - ao

bill - ac (account)
​bishop - odo, rr (Odo Earl of Kent, Right Reverend)
​blob - o 
boat - e, q, u 
body - x 
bomb - a, h (atom, hydrogen)
Bond's boss-  m 
bone - os, t 
book - lib, tome, vol (Latin liber)
books - nt, ot (new and old testaments) 
born - n, nat (Latin natus)
bravo - b (phonetic alphabet)
bridge opponents - ne, nw, se, sw 
bridge partners - ew, ns 
bridge players - e, n, s, w (card game)
brief reply - ans (answer) 
business - co (company)
butler - rab (Richard Austen Butler, British politician)

C

cagey - kg 
Capek's play - rur (Rossum's Universal Robots)
capital authority - gla (Greater London Authority)
Capone - al 
car - rr (Rolls Royce) 
car test - mot (Ministry of Transport)
cart - t (tea)
castle - r (rook)
​Catholic dignitary - dom
cave - kv (Latin gramogram)
cavity - o (symbolic) 
cayenne - kn (gramogram) 
celebrity - vip (very important person) 
celt - p, q (classes of Celtic languages)
censor - cato (Roman Cato the Elder)
certainly - ok 
charge - ac (account)
​Charlie - c (phonetic alphabet) 
chemist - mps (Member Pharmaceutical Society)
Christ - x 
Christian era - ad (anno Domini)
Christmas period - dec (December) 
chromosome - x, y 
church - ce, rc (Church of England, Roman Catholic)
​cipher - o (zero)
circle - o (symbolic)

circuit - o (symbolic)
circular letter - o (symbolic) 
cleric - dd (Doctor of Divinity)
commander - cinc, co, oc 
commercial - ad (advertisement)
companion - ch (Companion of Honour)
complex number - c 
conservative - lib, tory
conspirator - oates (Titus Oates)
contemporary - ad 
continent - eur 
copper - d, p (penny) 
corner - l (symbolic L)
Cornwall - sw (UK county location)
corporal - nco (non-commissioned officer)
corporation - tum
correct - ok 
counter - geiger, gm (Geiger-Muller)
​crack - c (cocaine)
credit notes - ious (gramogram)
cricket team - xi (Roman numerals)
cross - t, x (symbolic)
crown - er, hm, k, q 
cue - q (gramogram)
current - ac, dc (alternating and direct current)
cutie - qt (gramogram)

D

day - fri, mon, sat, sun, thu, tue, v, wed 
dead - ob, obit 
dead-end - ct (court) 
debts - ious (gramogram) 
Debussy's works - l (Lesure catalogue)
decisive blow - ko (knockout) 
dee - d (gramogram)
degree - ba, ma (bachelor of arts, master of arts) 
delta - d (phonetic alphabet)
detective - pi (private investigator) 
detectives - cid (criminal investigation department)
Devon - sw (UK county location)
dial - o (symbolic)
died - ob, obit 
dime - ioc (ten cents)
​direction - e, l, n, r, s, w 

disc - o (symbolic)
divine - dd (Doctor of Divinity)
doctor - bm, dd, gp, mb, md, mo 
doll - qp (gramogram)
dollar - s 
Dorothy's dog - toto (Wizard of Oz)
double - di (prefix) 
doughboy - gi (US soldier)
drowned valley - ria 
drug - c, e, h, k (ketamine), lsd 
dry - tt (teetotal) 
duck - o (nil in cricket)
duck's eggs - oo (symbolic)
Durham area - ne (UK county location)
Dvorak's works - b (Burghauser catalogue)

E

each year - pa (per annum) 
early morning - iam (1 am) 
ease - ee, es (gramograms) 
ecclesiastical title - ven (venerable)
echo - e (phonetic alphabet)
educated man - ma (master of arts) 
educational establishment - u (university)
effect - a (alienation: theatre)
egg - o (symbolic)
eighty - r (old Roman numerals) 
eighty thousand - r (see Roman numerals) 
el - l (gramogram)
elevated railway - l (gramogram el) 
eleven - ii, o (symbolic, old Roman numerals)
eleven thousand - o (see Roman numerals) 
ell - l (gramogram)
ells - ll, ls (gramograms)
em - m (gramogram)
empty - mt (gramogram) o (symbolic)
ems - mm, ms (gramograms)
en - n (gramogram)
engineer - re (Royal Engineers)

engineers - ice, reme (Institute of Civil Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)
ens - nn, ns (gramograms)
envy - nv (gramogram)
epsilon - e (Greek alphabet)
era - ad (anno Domini)
essay - sa (gramogram)
Essen - sn (gramogram)
eta - h (Greek alphabet) 
evening - pm (post meridiem)
every - ea (each)
ewe - u (gramogram)
ewes - us, uu (gramograms)
ex - x (gramogram)
examination - a, o (levels in UK)
excel - xl (gramogram)
excellency - he (His Excellency)
exercise - pe (physical exercise)
exists - iss 
exotic - et (extra-terrestial)
explosive - he, tnt (high explosive)
eye - ay, aye, i (homophones, gramogram)
eyes - ii, is (gramograms)

F

fairly quiet - mp (mezzo piano)
fairy queen - mab (in Romeo and Juliet)
fast car - gt (grand tourer)
fields - wc (American comedian)
fifty - a, l (Roman numerals) 
fifty pounds - ll 
fifty thousand - l (see Roman numerals) 
fifty-fifty ll (Roman numerals)
fighter - gi (US soldier)
film - et, r, u, x (title and ratings)
fine - ok 
firm - co (company)
first - ist 
first item in sale - loti (lot one)
five - a, v (Roman numerals)
five hundred - a, d, q (old Roman numerals)
five hundred thousand - a, d, q (see Roman numerals)
five thousand - a (see Roman numerals)
fleet - rn (Royal Navy)

fliers - raf (Royal Air Force)
football - afl, fa, rl, ru (codes)
footnote - ps (postscript)
for all to see - u (universal film rating)
for instance - eg (Latin exempli gratia)
​former student - ob
forty - f (old Roman numerals)
forty thousand - f (see Roman numerals)
four - iv (Roman numerals)
four hundred - g, p (old Roman numerals)
four hundred thousand - g, p (see Roman numerals)
fox - tod 
foxtrot - f (phonetic alphabet)
free - fob (free on board)
French king - sm (sa majeste)
French queen - sm (sa majeste)
Frenchman - m (monsieur)
Frenchmen - mm 
full moon - o (symbolic)

G

game - nim 
gas - cl, co, f, h, he, n, ne, o (elemental symbols)
gee - g (gramogram)
gee-gee - gg (gramogram)
German - hun 
German soldier - ss (schutzstaffel)
globe - o (symbolic)
God willing - dv (deo volente)
gold - bull 
golf - g (phonetic alphabet)
good book - nt, ot (new and old testaments)

good man - st (saint) ​
Gort's men - bef (British Expeditionary Force)
Gotham - ny (New York)
governor - he (His Excellency)
graduate - ba, ma (Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts)
grand - k (kilo)
graphite - kish (type of graphite)
guerrilla - che (Che Guevara)
gunmen - ra (Royal Artillery)
gym - pe (physical exercise)
gypsy - rom (Romani)

H

half an em - n (gramogram of en)
half century - l (Roman numeral) 
half day - am, pm 
half dozen - vi (Roman numerals) 
half minute - mo (moment) 
hand - ab, l, r (able-bodied seaman, left, right)
healer - dr (doctor)
heat - j (joule)
high class - u (upper class)
high point - max (maximum)
hill - mt (mount) 
hole - o (symbolic)
hollow - o (symbolic)
holy man - st (saint)
holy writ - nt, to (new and old testaments)
home counties - se (UK county location)

honour - ch, obe, om (Companion of Honour, Order of the British Empire, Order of Merit)
​hoop - o (symbolic)
horse - gg (gramogram gee-gee)
hospital - san 
hospital department - ent (ear, nose and throat)
hotel - h (phonetic alphabet)
house - cot (cottage)
Howard - ron (US actor/director)
hug - o (symbolic)
Humberside - ne (UK county location)
hundred - c, ic (Roman numerals)
hundred and sixty - t (old Roman numerals)
hundred and sixty thousand - t (see Roman numerals)
hundred thousand - c (see Roman numerals)
hundreds - cs, d (Roman numerals)

I

I - ay, aye, eye (homophones)
I say - ay, aye, eye (homophone and indicator)
I see - ic (gramogram)
illegal army - eta, ira, isil, plo (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna)
illiterate's signature - x 
image building - pr (public relations)
imaginary number - i (square root of -1)
in good condition - go (good order)
in the modern age - ad (anno Domini)
in the same place - ib (Latin ibidem)
in the year of our Lord - ad (anno Domini)
​indefinite number - no 

India - i
inexperienced driver - l (learner)
integers - z
international - un (United Nations)
intersection - t 
invariably - eer (ever)
Irish house - dail (parliament)
Irish police - ruc (Royal Ulster Constabulary)
island - iom (Isle of Man)
it - sa (sex appeal)
Italian money - l (lira)
ivy - iv (gramogram)

J

Japanese play - noh (musical drama)
jay - j (gramogram)
journalist - ed (editor)

Juliet - j (phonetic alphabet)
junction - t

K

kale - kl (gramogram)
kewpie - qp (gramogram)
king - cr, er, gr, hm, lear, r (Charles, Edward, George rex)

kiss - x (symbolic)
knave - j (jack)

L

labour - alp (Australian Labor Party)
lake - erie 
landline - br, rly, ry (British Rail)
​laptop - l
large - os (oversize)
​large bust - dd
largesse - s (homophone)
last month - dec, ult (December, Latin ultimo mense)
lawman - earp (Wyatt Earp, American western)
lawyer - bl, da (Bachelor of Laws, district attorney)
leading - noi (number one) 
least - min (minimum)
legate - he (His Excellency)
light - led (light emitting diode)
lima - l (phonetic alphabet)
Lincoln - abe (Abraham)
line - l
​liner - ss (steamship)

lines - br, rly, ry (British Rail)
Liszt's works - s (Searle catalogue)
little horse - gg (gramogram)
little way - rd, st (road, street)
little woman - w 
local - inn, ph (public house)
logarithm base - e 
London area - se (UK location)
London district - ec (eastern central)
​London's west end - L
look - v (Latin vide)
loop - o (symbolic)
lot - c, d, m, mm (Roman numerals)
loudly - f (forte) 
love - o (symbolic)
loved one - hon (honey) 
low point - min (minimum)

M

main road - mi 
man - iom (Isle of Man)
management - admin 
many - c, d, m, mm (Roman numerals)
marine - rm (Royal Marines)
​marketing - ad, pr
marshal - ney (Napoleonic commander)
master - ma (Master of Arts)
maths function - cos, log, sin, tan 
measure - ell, ft, m, yd 
medal - mc, td, vc (Military Cross, Territorial Decoration, Victoria Cross)
medals - mm 
meeting - agm 
member - mp 
memory - ram, rom (random access memory, read only memory)
Merseyside - nw (UK county location)
midday - n (noon)
​middleman  - a

mike - m (phonetic alphabet)
​miners - num (UK National Union of Mineworkers)
minister - rev (reverend)
misanthrope - timon (of Athens)
missiles - ammo (ammunition)
model - t (Ford)
modern miss - ms 
modern times - ad (anno Domini)
monarch - er, hm, q, k, r 
money - l (pound)
month - apr, aug, dec, feb, jan, jul, jun, mar, may, nov, oct, sep 
morning - am (ante meridiem)
most - max (maximum)
motoring organisation - aa (UK Automobile Association)
motorway - m, mi 
mounties - mp (mounted police)
Mozart's works - k (Kochel catalogue)
​museum - va (Victoria & Albert)

N

namely - sc, viz (Latin scilicet, videlicet)
native - abo (aborigine) 
naught - o 
navy - mn, rm, rn (merchant navy, royal marine, royal navy) 
neck - col, v 
neper - np ( logarthmic unit) 
new driver - l (learner)
New York opera - met (Metropolitan)
newspaper - ft (Financial Times)
newspaperman - ed (editor)
newton - n (unit of force)
next month - prox (Latin proximo mense)
nil - o (symbolic)
nine - ix (Roman numerals)
ninety - n, q (old Roman numerals)
ninety nine - ic (see Roman numerals)
​ninety thousand - n, q (see Roman numerals)

no-one - noi 
no way - ord (no road)
noisy - f (forte)
non-commissioned officer - corp, lc, nco, serg, sgt, sm, or (other ranks)
note -nb (Latin nota bene)
note well - nb (Latin nota bene)
nothing - o (symbolic)
nothing to America - ous 
notice - ad (advertisement)
nought - o (symbolic)
novel - she (Henry Rider Haggard)
November - n (phonetic alphabet)
novice - l (learner)
now - ad (anno Domini)
number one - i, noi 
nurse - srn (state registered nurse)

O

objector - co (conscientious objector)
odds - sp (starting price)
offensive - tet (Vietnam war)
officer - co, lt (commanding officer, lieutenant)
ogee - og (gramogram)
oh - o (gramogram)
ohs - oo, os (gramogram)
old Bob - s (shilling)
old contemptibles - bef (British Expeditionary Force)
old Irish magistrate - rm (resident magistrate)
old king - cole, lud 
old penny - d (Latin denarius)
old pound - l (Latin libra)
old Prime Minister - eden, pitt
old scholar - erasmus (of Rotterdam)
old shilling - s (Latin solidus)
old way of dating - auc (Latin ab urbe condita)
​on - re
on the wagon - tt (teetotal)
on view to all - u (universal film rating)
​one - i (symbolic)

one answer - ians 
one hundred and fifty - y (old Roman numerals)
one hundred and fifty thousand - y (see Roman numerals)
one member - amp, imp (a member of parliament)
one pound - al, alb, il, ilb, l 
one's - is
​online connector - isp (internet service provider)
opposing - v (versus)
orb - o (symbolic)
orchestra - lso (London Symphony Orchestra)
order - ch, obe, om (Companion of Honour, Officer of the British Empire, Order of Merit)
orient - e (east)
Oscar - o (phonetic alphabet)
our era - ad (anno Domini)
our islands - gb (Great Britain)
our time - ad (anno Domini)
overhead railway - l (gramogram el: elevated)
owe - o (gramogram)
owes - oo, os (gramograms)
own Scottish - ain

P

painter - ra (Royal Academy [of Arts])
papa - p (phonetic alphabet)
paper - a, b, ms (ab sizes, manuscript)
papers -  id, mss (identification, manuscripts) 
paragon - s, st (saint)
part of Bible - nt, ot (new and old testaments)
partnership - ew, ns (in game of bridge)
party - alp, con, dem, lab, nat, tory (politics)
pass - col 
PC network - lan (local area network)
pea - p (gramogram)
peace - sh
peacekeepers - un (United Nations)
peas - pp, ps (gramograms)
pee - p (gramogram)
pees - pp, ps (gramograms)
pellet - o (symbolic)
period - ac, ad, bc (ante Christum, anno Domini, before Christ)
personal problem - bo (body odour)
personnel department - hr (human resources)
photo - pic
please answer - rsvp (French repondez s'il vous plait)
plotter's street - cato 
PM's address - ten, x (Downing St)
​poet - ae (George William Russell)

​point - e, n, s, w 
pole - n, np, s, sp 
police - cid, met (criminal investigation department, metropolitan police)
policeman - mp, pc (metropolitan police, police constable)
politician - con, lab, lib, mp, nat, rep, tory 
pope - hh (His Holiness)
port - l (left)
posh - u (upper class)
​pothead - p
power - ac, dc (alternating and direct current) 
present - ad (anno Domini)
priest - fr, rev (father, reverend)
princess - di 
printer's measure - em, en, dpi
private - gi (US soldier) 
private eye - pi
​profanity - eff
promises to pay - ious (gramogram)
promotion - ad (advertisement) 
psychic - esp (extra sensory perception)
psychotic state - dt (Latin delirium tremens)
publicity - ad, pr (advertisement, public relations)
puff - ad (advertisement)
pupil - l (learner)

Q

quarter - e, n, ne, nw, s, se, sw, w 
Quebec - q (phonetic alphabet)
queen - er, hm, mab, r 

queue - q (gramogram)
​quid - l
quietly - p (piano)

R

rabbit - brer 
radio - cb (citizens band)
rail - ry 
railway - l (line)
rate - mph (miles per hour)
rating - ab (able bodied seaman)
reading - r (the three 'r's)
real numbers - r 
record - cd, ep, lp (compact disc, extended play, long play)
relation - bro, sib, sis (brother, sibling, sister)
religion - ce, rc (Church of England, Roman Catholic)
representative - mp (member of parliament)
revolutionary - che (Che Guevara)

​ring - o (symbolic)
ring road - ord 
road - ave, st (avenue, street)
Roman and others - et al
Romeo - r (phonetic alphabet)
rontgen unit - r 
roughly - c, ca (circa)
round - o (symbolic)
royal - er, hm, k, q, r 
royal badge - er 
ruler - er, hm, k, q, r 
running - admin

S

sailor - ab, hand, jack, os, salt (able-bodied, ordinary seaman)
sailors - rn (Royal Navy)
salesman - rep 
salt - ab (able bodied seaman)
same - do (Italian ditto)
same place - ib (Latin ibidem)
sapper - re (Royal Engineers)
sauce - hp 
say - eg (Latin exempli gratia)
Scarlatti's works - k (Kirkpatrick catalogue)
scholar - ba, ma (Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts)
Schubert's works - d (Deutsch catalogue)
science centre - lab 
Scot - mac 
scripture - nt, ot (new and old testaments)
sea - c (gramogram)
seaman - ab (able bodied)
seas - cc, cs (gramograms)
second - mo (moment)
second in command - o
second thoughts - ps (post script)
secret service - cia (US Central Intelligence Agency)
secretary - pa (personal assistant)
see - c, v (gramogram, Latin vide)
see why - cy (gramogram)
see you - cu (gramogram)
seedy - cd (gramogram)
​self help group - aa
senior officer - co (commanding officer)
sergeant - nco (non commissioned officer)
service - raf, rm, rn (Royal Air Force, Marines and Navy)
serving man - gi (US soldier)
seven - s, z (old Roman numerals)
seven thousand - s, z (see Roman numerals)
sex - f, m (female, male)
shilling - bob
ship - ss (steamship)
shirt - t 
short answer - ans 
short break - hol, vac (holiday, vacation)
short time - mo, sec, t 
side - l, r, xi, xv 
sierra - s (phonetic alphabet)
sign of love - x 
sign of the times - x (multiplication)
​silent order - sh

sir - kt (Knight Templar)
sixpence - vid, vip (Roman numeral and penny)
sixth sense - esp (extra sensory perception)
sleep - zz 
smack - h (heroin)
small change - p (penny)
small measure - cc (cubic centimetre)
small quantity - cc (cubic centimetre)
small weight - ct, gr, oz, wt (carat, gram, ounce)
smell - bo (body odour)
snow - c (cocaine)
soccer blunder - og (own goal)
socially acceptable - u (upper class)
soft - b (graphite pencil grade)
softly - p (piano)
​software program - app
soldier - gi, ney 
soldiers - men, ra, re, sas (Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Special Air Service)
sovereign - er, l 
Soviet Union - ussr 
​Spanish approval - ole
Spanish hero - cid (11th century)
specialist - ent (ear, nose and throat)
specifically - sc (Latin scilicet)
spectacles - oo (symbolic)
speed - mph (miles per hour)
speed of light - c 
spies - cia, mi 
sport - pe 
sports car - gt (grand tourer)
spot marked - x 
spymaster - m (from James Bond)
square - t 
square root of -1 - i (imaginary number)
stand-in - sub (substitute)
state - nsw, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa 
straight line - i, l (symbolic)
strongly - f (forte)
student - l (learner)
students - nus (UK National Union of Students)
stunner - ko (knockout)
suit - g (used in aviation)
suitable for children - u (universal film rating)
superior - u (upper class)

T

take note - nb (Latin nota bene)
tango - t (phonetic alphabet)
tap - c, h (cold, hot)
tar - ab (able bodied seaman)
tax - vat (value added tax)
tea - t (gramogram)
tea-time - iv (Roman numeral)
teachers - nut (UK National Union of Teachers)
team - xi, xv (Roman numerals players in cricket and football teams)
teas - ts, tt (gramograms) 
tee - t (gramogram)
teepee - tp (gramogram)
tees - ts, tt (gramograms)
telepathy - esp (extra sensory perception)
ten - io, x 
ten thousand - x (see Roman numerals)
territory - act, nt (Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory)
terrorists - eta, ira, isil, plo (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna)
tesla - t (magnetic field strength)
test - mot (UK Ministry of Transport)
text - ms, sms (manuscript, short message service)
that is - ie, sc (Latin id est, scilicet)
the pope - hh (His Holiness)
the same - do (ditto)
theologian - dd (Doctor of Divinity)
thirty days - apr, jun, sep, nov
thirty seconds - min, ute (half minute) 
this era - ad (anno Domini)

this month - inst (Latin instante mense)
​this year - ha (Latin hoc anno)
thoroughfare - st (street)
thousand - g, k, m (grand, kilo, Roman numeral)
three hundred - b (old Roman numerals)
three hundred thousand - b (see Roman numerals)
three times a day - tid (Latin ter in die)
time - mo, sec (moment, second)
times - x (multiplication symbol)
today - ad (anno Domini)
torpedo boat - mtb (motor torpedo boat)
​touching - re
tradesmen - tu (trade union)
trainee - l (learner)
training - pe, pt 
trains - br (British Rail)
transatlantic - us (United States) 
transport - br, rly, ry (British Rail)
traveller - rep, rom (representative, Romani)
trivial sum - id, ip (one penny) 
tube - u (association gramogram)
turn - u 
two - ii, pr, di (Roman numerals, pair, prefix)
two hundred - cc, h (Roman numerals)
two hundred and fifty - e, k (old Roman numerals)
two hundred and fifty thousand - e, k (see Roman numerals)
two hundred thousand - h (see Roman numerals)
Tyneside - ne (UK location)

U

u-boat - sub (submarine)
Ulster - ni (Northern Ireland) 
uniform - u (phonetic alphabet)
United Kingdom - gb (Great Britain)
unknown - x, y, z (mathematics)
unknown number - n 
unpaid - hon (honorary)

upfront - u
​upper class - u
uppish - u 
upright - i (symbolic)
use - uu (gramogram)
used - sh (second hand)

V

vacant - e (empty)
variable - x, y, z (mathematics) 
very large - os (oversize)
very loudly - ff (fortissimo)
very quietly - pp (pianissimo)
very softly - pp (pianissimo) 
very strongly - ff (fortissimo)

vessel - can, ss (steamship)
vicar - rev (reverend)
victor - v (phonetic alphabet)
victory - ve, vj (victory in Europe, victory over Japan)
viz - sc (Latin scilicet)
vote - x

W

warrant officer - rsm, wo (regimental sergeant major)
warship - sub (submarine)
Washington - dc (District of Columbia)
water - aq (chemical symbol)
watering hole - ph (public house)
way - ave, rd, st (avenue, road, street)
way of working - mo (Latin modus operandi)
web address - url (universal resource locator)
weight - ct, g, gr, lb, oz, st, ton (carat, gram, pound, ounce, stone)
well - ok 

​whiskey - w (phonetic alphabet)
​whistleblower - ref
why - y (gramogram)
wise - ys, yy (gramograms)
Wodehouse - pg (Pelham Grenville)
woman - f 
work - op (opus)
writing - ms, r (manuscript, three 'r's)
wrong - x 

X

xray - x (phonetic alphabet)

Y

yankee - y (phonetic alphabet)
year - a (annum)
yearly meeting - agm 
yew - u (gramogram)
yews - us, uu (gramograms)

you - u (gramogram)
you are - ur (gramogram)
you see - uc (gramogram)
you will say - yule (homophone and indicator)

Z

zero - o (symbolic)
zip - o (symbolic: zero)
zulu - z (phonetic alphabet)

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