#LARGE POWER OF TEN CROSSWORD CLUE PC#

Current – AC (alternating current), DC (direct current), I (The conventional symbol for current is I, which originates from the French phrase intensité du courant), AD ( Anno Domini) or AMP ( Ampere).

#LARGE POWER OF TEN CROSSWORD CLUE PC#

Copper – P (penny), D (denarius), CU (chemical symbol), PC (police constable).

Constant – E, PI, or K (mathematical constants).

Conservationists – NT ( National Trust).

Compass point – N, E, S, W (and other bearings).

Compare – CF (abbreviation of the Latin confer).

Companion – CH ( Order of the Companions of Honour).Coin – P ( penny), D (from the Latin denarius) or C ( cent) – D or C would usually have 'old' or 'American' as well as 'coin'.City – NY ( New York), LA ( Los Angeles), or EC ( postcode for City of London).Church – CH or CE ( Church of England) or RC ( Roman Catholic).Certificate – X, U, PG, R, G (from the film certificates).Cardinal – N, E, S, W, RED (a vivid shade of red, which may get its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals).Book (or books) – B, NT ( New Testament), OT ( Old Testament), MS (Manuscript), GEN (Genesis), AV (Authorised Version of the Bible).Bishop – B or RR (Right Reverend) or DD (Doctor of Divinity).Bible – AV (King James bible Authorized version).

Australia – A, AUS or OZ (slang name for Australia).

Attorney – DA ( District Attorney) or PA (Practicing Attorney).

Army corps – REME ( Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (British army)).

America – A, AM, US or USA ( United States of America).

Alumnus – OB (old boy) or OG (old girl).

Accountant – CA ( chartered accountant).

Academic – DD ( doctor of divinity) or PROF.

Aboard – SS, or a word inside the letters SS.

However, some abbreviations may be found in other dictionaries, such as the Collins English Dictionary and Oxford English Dictionary. Most abbreviations can be found in the Chambers Dictionary as this is the dictionary primarily used by crossword setters.

'Take' for R, abbreviation of the Latin word recipe, meaning 'take'.

'Sailor' for AB, abbreviation of able seaman.

'Books' for OT or NT, as in Old Testament or New Testament.

'Bend' for S or U (as in 'S-bend' and 'U-bend').

'Beginner' or synonyms such as 'novice' or 'student' for L, as in L-plate.

'Model' for T, referring to the Model T.

More obscure clue words of this variety include:

'Say' for EG, used to mean 'for example'.

'About' for C or CA (for ' circa'), or RE.

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 e.g., ' 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.

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