# This list is a reformatted and slightly updated version of one # compiled by Ross Beresford and posted to rec.puzzles.crosswords in # 1992. That post can be found here: # # http://groups.google.com/group/rec.puzzles.crosswords/msg/09ddc2e84abbe18a # # I'm maintaining this list in a git repository that can be found on # github: # # https://github.com/mhl/cryptic-crossword-indicators-and-abbreviations/ # # Please let me know if you think something should be added to this list. # # Those words marked with * are generally only found in advanced cryptic # crosswords and those marked with + are regarded as unsound by some. # a: Austria a: I a: academician a: accepted a: ace a: acre a: active a: adult a: advanced a: afternoon a: aleph a: alpha a: alto a: amateur a: ampere a: an a: ane a: angstrom a: answer a: ante a: are a: articles a: associate a: atomic a: ay a: aye a: before a: blood group a: bomb a: effect a: examination a: fifty a: film a: first character a: first class a: first letter a: five hundred a: five thousand a: good a: high class a: it a: key + a: level a: midday a: note + a: one * a: paper a: per a: road a: 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