| 10 = X | 100 = C | 1,000 = M | 5 = V |
| 50 = L | a follower = B | about = C, CE, RE | against = V (versus) |
| alien = ET | American soldier = GI | ancient city = UR | ancient times = BC |
| Anglo-Saxon = AS | Arabic = AR | artist = RA (Royal Academy) | Asian = E (Eastern) |
| at home = IN | bishop = B (chess) | Bond’s boss = M | book = B |
| bridge player = N, S, E, W | British = B, BR | Capone = AL | carbon copy = CC |
| castle = R (rook) | chapter = C or CH | chief = CH | Church of England = CE |
| civil engineer = CE | cross = X | club/s = C (cards) | Common Era = CE |
| Cyprus = CY | daughter = D | degree = D, BA, MA | diamond/s = D (cards) |
| Diana = DI | direction = N, S, E,W | doctor = DR, MB, MD, MO | dram = DR |
| duck = O (cricketing) | Elizabeth = E | English = E | exercise = PT or PE |
| exist = BE | fine = F (pencil), OK | first = IST (1st) | first class = AI (A1) |
| fish = LING, EEL, COD etc. | force = F | former partner = EX | France = F |
| gas = H (hydrogen), CO (carbon monoxide), etc. | George = G | Georgia = GA (state), GE (country) | German = G |
| gold = AU or OR (heraldry) | good = G | good man = ST (saint) | graduate = BA, MB |
| Greek character or letter = PI, NU, MU, XI, etc. | Guevara = CHE | hard = H (pencil) | heart/s = H (cards) |
| hexadecimal = HEX | honour = OBE | hour = HR | hug = O |
| husband = H | hush = SH | I am = IM (I’m) | in charge = IC |
| instant message = IM | integrated circuit = IC | judge = J | king = K or ER |
| kiss = X | last character = Z | lawyer = BL (Bachelor of Law) | letter = EF, EM, EL |
| Liberal = L | line = L (l looks like a line) | loud = F (forte) | midday = N (noon) |
| model = T (Model T Ford) | moment = MO | monsieur = M | months = MOS |
| new = N | newton = N (unit) | no good = NG | noon = N |
| note = A – G, DO, RE, MI, FA, SO, LA, TI, TE, DOH, etc. | nothing = O | ocean = O | old = O |
| old boy = OB | old city = UR | old record = EP | one = A, AN, I (1) |
| operation = OP | oriental = E (from the East) | penny = P | playing = ON (stage) |
| point = N, S, E or W | power = P | present day = AD | princess = DI |
| printer’s measure = EN, EM | private investigator = PI | physical education = PE | Public Record Office = PRO |
| quarter = N, NE, NW, E etc | queen = R, Q, or ER | queen’s honour = OBE | quiet = P (piano) |
| ring = O | resistance = R (unit) | river = R, EXE, DEE, PO, etc. | roughly = CA (circa) |
| round = O | sailor, salt = AB (able- bodied seaman) | second = S | second-class = B |
| Shakespearean king = LEAR | ship/s = SS | short time = T | single = I (1) |
| society = S | soft = P (music), B (pencil) | son = S | spade/s = S (cards) |
| square = S | teetotal/le = TT | temperature = T | thanks = TA |
| the thing = IT | times = X | top class = AI (A1) | translator = TR |
| unknown = X or Y | versus = V, VS | very black = BB (pencil) | vitamin = A, B, BI (B1), C, etc. |
| vote = X | wife = W | will = LL (contraction) | women’s supporter = BRA |
| worker = ANT, BEE | year = Y | yours truly = I, ME |
