discountcas.blogg.se - Quick look over the shoulder crossword

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

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

The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue.

Conventional abbreviations for US cities and states: for example, " New York" can indicate NY and " California" CA or CAL.

ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and Romeo R.

Country codes: " Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH.

The days of the week e.g., TH for Thursday.

The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol e.g., W for tungsten.

Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI."current": AC (for "alternating current") less commonly, DC (for "direct current") or even I (the symbol used in physics and electronics).Any conventional abbreviations found in a standard dictionary, such as:.Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution.