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Newsgroups: rec.puzzles.crosswords,rec.answers,news.answers Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!olivea!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!peavax.mlo.dec.com!xstacy!jlundon From: jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com (James A. Lundon) Subject: FAQ rec.puzzles.crosswords part 2/3 Message-ID: <1993Oct26.133728.21620@peavax.mlo.dec.com> Summary: This Posting Contains a List of Frequently Asked Questions about Crosswords. Keywords: FAQ Lines: 1629 Sender: usenet@peavax.mlo.dec.com (USENET News System) Reply-To: jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com (James A. Lundon) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation X-Newsreader: dxrn 6.18-6 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1993 13:37:28 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: Mon, 1 Nov 1993 00:00:00 GMT Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.puzzles.crosswords:1337 rec.answers:2728 news.answers:13947 Archive-name: crossword-faq/part2 Last-modified: 13/10/1993 Version: 2.10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for rec.puzzles.crosswords Version 2.10 Compiled and edited by James A. Lundon (jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com) (FAQ continued...) 13/ What are some of the indicators used in crossword setting and solving? Thanks to Ross Beresford (again) for this list which is also taken from the rec.puzzles archive. There are 2806 word indicators in this list and it is split into two files part2 and part3. You have been warned. The following list is derived from indicators used in a variety of crosswords: the letters in the left column are the letters being indicated; the right hand column is how these letters might be indicated in a clue. Caveat emptor: many of the entries in this list would be considered unsound in some puzzles (some of these unsound indicators are marked with a +). Entries marked * are used mostly in advanced cryptics. Corrections and additions to the list are always welcome. 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 amateur a ampere a an/ane a angstrom a answer a ante a are (metric) a articles - English 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 road a strings (violin) a un a unit a violin string a vitamin a year aa motoring organisation ab able seaman ab hand ab rating ab sailor/salt/seaman ab tar abbe priest (Fr.) abe Lincoln abel first victim abel murder victim abel second child abel third man able can able expert abo native ac account ac accountant ac aircraftsman ac alternating current ac before Christ ac bill ac current aca accountant acas peacemakers acc account acc bill ace card ace champion ace expert ace one ace pilot ace service ace winner act decree act performance actor tree ad Christian era ad advertisement ad after date ad before the day ad contemporary ad in the modern age ad in the year of our Lord ad modern times ad notice ad now ad nowadays ad our time/era ad period ad present day ad promotion ad puff ad this era ad today adam first character adam first person adam number one add sum add tot aden port admin management admin running ado business ado difficulty ado fuss ado row ado trouble ae aged ae poet aet aged ag silver aga Muslim leader age (long) time age mature age period agent spy agm annual meeting agm meeting agm yearly meeting ai capital ai first class ai good ai high class ai main road ai sloth ail trouble ain own (Scot.) air appearance air display air song aire river ait island al Alabama al Alan al Albania al Albert al Capone al aluminium al gangster al one pound ala Alabama ala after the style of ala in the style of ala to the (Fr.) ala wings alas Alaska alb one pound ale beer aleph Hebrew letter all completely all everybody all everything alp mountain alp peak alph river alpha Greek letter alpha beginning alpha first character alpha first letter am America am American am I am am admitting am boasting am half day am hymns am in the morning am morning am self-confessed amen final word amen last word amer American ammo missiles amos bookmaker amp one member an I an articles - English an before an if (old word) an one * an un ana tales ane I ane one ane one ankh life symbol anne princess anon now ans answer ans brief reply ans collection ans short answer ant if it (old word) ant six-footer ant social worker ant soldier ant worker ape copy ape primate aq water ar arrive/arrival ar year of reign ara academician ara artist ara painter arab horse arc curve argo old ship aria song arm gun arm limb arm member arr arrive/arrival art contrivance art craft art cunning art painting art skill as Anglo-Saxon as ayes as ays as like as one's as specifically as when ash remains ash tree asia continent aside one fifteen asis existing state asp snake ass donkey asti wine ate goddess ate mischief athena goddess ation at one on atoll bikini au gold au to the (Fr.) aus Australia aux to the (Fr.) av bible av lived so long ave average ave greeting ave hail ave road ave way aver average avon county ay I ay agreement ay always ay ever ay yes aye I aye I say aye agreement aye always aye ever aye yes az Azed az scope, plenty of b Bach b Beethoven b Belgium b Brahms b Britain b British b a follower b bachelor b baron b bedbug b bee b bel b beta b beth b bishop b black b blood group b bloody b book * b born b boron b bowled b boy b breadth b inferior b key + b magnetic flux b note + b paper b second b second class b second letter b three hundred b three thousand b vitamin ba Bachelor of Arts ba airline ba bachelor ba barium ba degree ba graduate ba scholar bac airline bacon philosopher ban curse ban outlaw ban prohibition bar Inn bar lawyers bar prevent bar save barb horse bat fly-by-night bb bees bb books bb very black bc ancient times bc before Christ bc period bd beady bd bound bd cleric bd theologian be exist be live bea airline bear speculator bed in bed bee buzzer bee group of workers bee six-footer bee social worker bee worker bef Gort's men bess queen beta Greek letter beth Hebrew letter bi double bi two (double) bird prison bis two (twice) bit chewed bit piece biz business bk book bl British company bl lawman bl lawyer blue Conservative bm British Museum bm doctor bo American man boa snake board directors bob old shilling bp bishop br Britain br British br British Rail br bank rate br branch br bridge br brig br brother br brown * br lines/landline br railway(s) br trains br transport bra female support(er) bra support bra undergarment brass money brat child bren gun brer rabbit bridal old wedding bro brother bs bees bst summer time bull American policeman bull gold bus transport c Celsius/centigrade c Charles c Conservative c Cuba c about (approx.) c approx(imately) c around c cape c caput c carbon c caught c cedi c cent/centime c centi- c century c chapter c circa c club c cold c complex number c copyright c coulomb c electrical capacity c hundred c hundred thousand c key + c lot c many c note + c roughly c sea c see c speed of light c spring c tap c vitamin ca about (approx.) ca accountant ca approx(imately) ca calcium ca roughly cab transport cade conspirator cain first murderer cain killer cain murderer cal California cam river can able to + can is able to can prison can vessel cantuar archbishop cap chapter cap international car carat car transport carnation motor race cart transport cat jazz fan cato censor cattle neat cave warning cb Seabee (Amer.) cc county council cc seas cc small measure cc small quantity cc two hundred cd diplomat cd seedy ce Church of England ce church ce engineers ce this (Fr.) cent money cet this (Fr.) ch China ch Companion of Honour ch Switzerland ch award ch central heating ch champion ch chapter ch chief ch child ch church ch companion ch honour ch order cha tea chai gypsy woman chair president chal gypsy char daily che guerrilla che revolutionary cher dear (Fr.) chere dear (Fr.) chi Greek letter ci Channel Islands ci hundred and one cia secret service cia spies cid captain cid chief cid detectives cid police cid spanish hero cinc commander cl chlorine cl class cl clause cl gas - chlorine cl hundred and fifty co Colombia co business co care of co cobalt co commander co commanding officer co company co county co firm co gas - carbon monoxide co house co objector co officer cod fish cod swimmer col neck col pass cole old king colon stop com commander comb hairdresser composer scorer con Conservative con against con party con politician con study con swindle con trick cooler prison core decentralise corn naval commander cot bed cot house cow lower cow neat cr credit cr crown cr king cs Civil Service cs Czechoslovakia cs hundreds cs seas ct Connecticut ct carat ct caught ct cent/centime ct court ct small weight ct weight cu copper cu see you cue queue cure priest (Fr.) cutie pretty girl cv autobiography cy see why d (old) penny d Dee d Democrat d Deutsch d Germany d Schubert's works d copper d damn d date d daughter d day d dead/died d deci d degree d delete d delta d deserted d deuterium d diameter d diamond d differential operator d electrical flux d five hundred d four d four thousand d hundreds d key + d lot d many + d mark d note + d notice d number d strings (violin) d violin string d vitamin da American lawyer da District Attorney da agreement - foreign (Russ.) da dagger * da lawman da lawyer da yes (Russ.) dab expert dad father dad old man dail Irish house dam barrier dam mother dam restrain dame lady dan tribe das articles - German das the (Ger.) dc Washington dc Washington dc current dd cleric dd days dd divine dd doctor dd doctor of divinity dd theologian de from (Fr.) de of (Fr.) dean good man dec Christmas period dec last month decanter Tantalus' prisoner dee river deed indeed deed legal document deep in the main deep main deep sea deg degree del of the (Ital.) dela from the (Fr.) dela of the (Fr.) demi half den retreat den study der articles - German der the (Ger.) derby horse race des of the (Fr.) det detective di double di five hundred and one di princess di two (double) die articles - German die the (Ger.) dime 12.5 cents dior designer dis Hell dis Pluto dis underworld disc circle disc record disc ring dish pretty girl dit named dit reported dit said (Fr.) dit say (Fr.) diy amateur's department dk Denmark dm mark do (the) same do act do cheat do cook do ditto do note do party do work dodo double act doh note don fellow don nobleman don put on don university teacher down county dr dead reckoning dr doctor dr dram dr drawer dr healer drake bowler dt alcoholic state dt psychotic state du from the (Fr.) du of the (Fr.) dutch wife e Asian e Edward e Elizabeth e England/English e Spain e boat e bridge players e direction e east/eastern e eight e eight thousand e energy + e epsilon e eta e five e five thousand e key + e layer e logarithm base e low grade e note + e orient e oriental e point e quarter e strings (violin) e two hundred and fifty e two hundred and fifty thousand e universal set e violin string e vitamin ea East Africa ea each ea river * ea running water ea water ear listener ear organ ear spike * earp lawman eat Tanzania ebor archbishop ec London district ec city eccles Cakesville ed Edward ed editor ed journalist eden garden eden old Prime Minister eden paradise edison inventor edit censor ee ease eel fish eel swimmer eer always eer ever eer invariably eg for example eg for instance egg bomb egg cocktail egg encourage eight rowing boat ein number one (Ger.) el American railway el American railway el articles - Spanish el measure el printer's measure el small measure el the (Span.) eld old age eli priest eli prophet elia writer ell four feet ell length ell measure ely city ely city ely see em measure em printer's measure em small measure em small square em them en measure en printer's measure en small measure eng England/English ent otorhinolaryngology entry record eon age eon time ep record er Cockney girl er QE er difficulty er ever er hesitation er king er monarch er queen er royal badge era generation erasmus old scholar ere always ere before ergo so eric gradually erie lake err blunder err sin err wander erse Gaelic es French art es ease esp sixth sense esp telepathy est is (Fr.) et Egypt et alien et and (Fr.) et exotic et extraterrestrial et film eta Greek letter eta estimated time of arrival eta illegal army eta terrorists eton college eton educational establishment eton school etty artist eur continent eve first lady eve first mate eve lady eve woman ew bridge partners ew partnership ex former ex from ex late ex one time exe river eye I eye I say eye seer eyot island ezra pound f Fahrenheit f France f Friday f clef f farad f farthing f fathom f fellow f female f feminine f filly f fine f fluorine f folio f following f foot f force f forte f forty f frequency f gas - fluorine f hole f key + f loud f noisy f note + f strong f vitamin f woman fa football fa note fah note fal river fare China area (Far East) fast firm fe iron fed American detective ff folios ff followings ff fortissimo ff very loud ff very loud ff very strong ff very strong fig small illustration fir tree firm business firm company fist duke fl flourished fla Florida flower bloomer flu illness fo Foreign Office fo folio fob free on board foc free of charge fol folio fool dessert foot infantry for free on rail force police fore warning four rowing boat fr French fr father fr fragment fr franc fr frequently ft feet ft foot ft measure fz forced g Gauss g George g Germany g agent g clef g four hundred g gamma g gamut g gee g girl g gram(me) g grand (Amer.) g gravity g guinea g gulf g key + g man g midnight g note + g strings (violin) g suit g thousand g thousand g violin string g weight g-man American detective ga Georgia gab gift gad tribe gael Gaelic gal girl gar fish gat gun gate old goat gb Great Britain gb our islands gee horse gee little horse geiger counter gel jelly gen Genesis gen general gen information gen low down gent fellow george pilot gg Gee-gee gg horse gg little horse gi American soldier gi doughboy gi fighter gi government issue gi private gi serving man gi soldier gladiator old fighter glc capital authority gm counter go bargain go energy go in good condition go ready go success go traffic signal go work gotham New York gp doctor gr Greece gr Greek gr King George gr grain gr grammar gr gramme gr grouse gr king gr small weight gr weight grant general grass informer grist miller's corn grs gunmen gs general service gs general staff gt fast car gt sports car gu guinea gu old fiddle gue old fiddle h Dirac's constant h Hungary h Planck's constant h bomb h gas - hydrogen h hand h hard h heart h height h henry h horse h hospital h hot h hour h house h husband h hydrant h hydrogen h tap h two hundred h two hundred thousand h vitamin ha half ditch ha laugh ha this year haha ditch haha laugh hair net lock keeper ham (poor) actor han Chinese dynasty hand worker has bears haw hedge he (high) explosive he His Excellency he ambassador he excellency he gas - helium he governor he helium he legate he male he our man he the man head point hearth hard ground hebe goddess hehe laugh hen female hen layer her female her the woman's her woman hf half hg Dad's army hg mercury hh very hard hi greeting hi hello hic here in Rome hic this (Lat.) him male hm Her Majesty hm His Majesty hm king hm queen ho house hobo tramp hock prison hol short break hp hire purchase hp never-never hr hour hs here is ht high tension hun German hun barbarian i Italy i a i an/ane i ay i aye i che i electrical current i eye i first person i imaginary number i iodine i iota i island i line i lunchtime i number one i one i one i single i square root of -1 i straight line i un i unit i upright i yours truly ia Iowa iam I am iam admitting iam afternoon iam boasting iam early morning iam self-confessed ian Scot/Scotsman ians one answer ib in the same place ib same place ibid in the same place ic I see ic hundred ic in charge ic ninety nine ice diamond(s) ice hard water iceni old people id I had id I would id fish id genius id identification id instinct id same id that (Lat.) ida princess ide fish idem said ie that is (that's) if condition if provided/providing ign gin cocktail/sling ii eleven ii eyes ii two il Israel il articles - Italian il one pound il the (Ital.) ilb one pound ill I shall/will ill Illinois ill badly ill unwell im I am im admitting im boasting im self-confessed imp little devil imp mischevious child imp one member impi soldiers in at home in batting in elected in fashionable in favoured in in fashion in not out in playing in trendy in wearing ina princess inch island ind India ine oriental ing gin cocktail/sling inn local insect six-footer intens decimally io cry of triumph io joyful cry io maiden io ten io triumphant cry ioc dime (Amer.) iom Isle of Man iom island iom man ion number one returning iota Greek letter ious credit notes ious promises to pay ip trivial sum ir Iran ira illegal army ira terrorists ire anger ire rage irl Ireland is Iceland is ayes is ays is eyes is island is one's isis goddess isis river isle man ism doctrine ism theory iss exists ist first it Italian it sex appeal it the thing iv four iv ivy iv tea-time ive I have ix nine j Jack j Japan j heat j jay j joule j judge j justice j knave j one j pen j square root of -1 ja Jamaica ja agreement - foreign (Ger.) ja yes (Ger.) jack sailor/salt/seaman je I, being French je In Paris, I jo little woman jo sweetheart job bookmaker jock Scot/Scotsman joe American soldier jolly Marine jug prison k Kay k Khmer Republic k Kirkpatrick k Koechel k Mozart's works k Scarlatti's works k constant k kappa k kelvin k kilo k king k knight k monarch k potassium k thousand k twenty k twenty thousand k two hundred and fifty k vitamin ka double * ka genius * ka individuality key opener kg cagey kine cattle kine neat kine ox kish graphite kl kale km kilometre kn cayenne knee bender ko decisive blow ko kick off ko knock out ko stunner kr krypton kt knight kv cave (beware) kv cavy ky Kentucky l Labour l Liberal l Luxembourg l angle l apprentice l corner l el l elevated railway l ell l fifty l fifty thousand l half century l hand l inductance l inexperienced driver l la(m)bda l lake l lambert l latin l latitude l league l learner l learning l left l length l licentiate l line l lira/lire l litre l long l lumen l luminance l many + l money l new driver l novice l number plate l one pound l overhead railway l port l pound l pupil l railway l side l sovereign l student l trainee l tyro l vitamin la Los Angeles la Louisiana la articles - French la articles - Italian la articles - Spanish la look * la note la the (Fr.) la the (Ital.) la the (Span.) lab Labour lab laboratory lab party lab politician lab science centre lac aircraftsman lac hundred thousand lah note lakh hundred thousand lam beat lam pound lambda Greek letter lamed Hebrew letter lar Libya laud archbishop lay song lb one pound lb pound le articles - French le the (Fr.) lear king lee general leg limb leg member leg on leg support lei flowers lei wreath * lely artist les articles - French les the French let allow(ed) let hindrance let permit(ted) let service let with a tenant lewis gun lh left hand li fifty one lib Liberal lib book lib party lib politician limn old paint line shipping company ling fish ling swimmer lips mouthpiece lips speakers lit drunk lit loaded lit settled ll ells ll els ll fifty pounds ll fifty-fifty lner old railway lo look lo see loch lake log maths function log record los articles - Spanish loser fabulous hare lot large amount loti first item in sale lower cow lowing neat sound lp long playing lp record ls ells ls els lso orchestra lt Lieutenant lt officer lud old king lum chimney (Scot.) lv meal ticket m Bond's boss m French man m Malta m Monday m em m lot m maiden m maiden over m male m man m many + m mare m mark m married m masculine m mass m master m measure m member m meso- m meta- m meter (metre) m midday m mile m modulus m monsieur m month m moon m motorway m mu m noon m roof m small square m spymaster m thousand m vitamin ma Master of Arts ma academic ma degree ma educated man ma graduate ma master ma mother ma old woman ma scholar mab fairy queen mab queen mac Scot/Scotsman main deep main sea mal bad French mam mother man Friday man fellow man fighter man hand man husband man island man piece (chess) man soldier man worker manifesto show-ring mass Massachusetts mass service maxim gun may can mayo tree ring mb doctor mc master of ceremonies mc medal md doctor md one thousand five hundred me first person me note me number one men people men soldiers ment intended ment meant ment on purpose ment understood mer sea (Fr.) met New York opera met police mg magnesium mi main road mi motorway mi note mig aeroplane mill economist min half minute min thirty seconds ming Chinese dynasty ming china mini car miss Mississippi mm French men mm ems mm medal mn Merchant Navy mo Missouri mo doctor mo half minute mo month mo second mo short time mo time mo way of working mog cat mon Monday mon Scot/Scotsman moo low moo neat sound mos months moses lawgiver mot car test mot test moth fly-by-night mp fairly quiet mp member mp member of parliament mp military police mp mounted police mp mountie(s) mp policeman mp politician mp representative mph rate mph speed mps chemist mr mister ms ems ms handwriting ms manuscript ms paper ms text ms writing mss manuscripts mss papers mt hill mt mountain mtb torpedo boat mu Greek character mu Greek letter mum mother mum quiet mum silence mur wall (Fr.) mutt dog my gracious me -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James A. Lundon, Digital Equipment Corporation, Ballybrit, Galway, Ireland. Disclaimer: There are no numbers in my address -- really! Internet: jlundon@xstacy.enet.dec.com Easynet: XSTACY::JLUNDON Phone: 353 + 91 754715 Fax: 353 + 91 754899 "Truth is the only thing that you cannot add to without subtracting from" Esars Comic Dictionary. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------