2-Letter Words Ending in K

James got a split in what Jerry built

Cheap joke on Russian plane backfired

Of ornament, showy but worthless

Gee! I have to return this

*Repay in kind

Return (something)

Reb, informally

Extreme traffic congestion (4,4)

Severe traffic jam

Traffic jam at intersections

A {valise=n}

Part of a hand weapon

Shooter in part or in quantity (wordplay)

Hardly great literature

Penny-a-line toil.

Dull stuff written to order

A lock of hair

Graduate as a footballer (wordplay)

Fractionally, not a full one!

Person in a rush (wordplay)

Choose specially for kind chap

Carefully select worker and tool

Choose carefully - and manually

Book anything but easy going (wordplay)

But is such a book easy-going (wordplay)

Book with a stiff cover

A woody plant

Sea biscuit (or Seabiscuit's sire)

Ship's biscuit

Sailor's fare.

Temporary place for a bowler

Kind of girl

Night club service.

Headgear devised by an English general

Psychologist Ellis

Needle setting, perhaps

Needle's spot, perhaps

Rick, you might lose the point here!

Hold first 5 in pack

Top player in rugby pack getting a grip

Principal to bar wrestling technique

Seize a vehicle en route

Refrain - restrain - retain

Restrain Spooner's intrepid horse

Sufferer from lumbago may restrain from action

Like that kid at Camp Grenada (wordplay)

I shock me (anagram)

Nostalgic setter's one into wine

Camelford's replacement (wordplay)

Whale or bridge (wordplay)

Whale - kind of bridge

Glare in sky caused by light reflected from distant frozen water

Bright appearance in sky caused by reflection from distant frozen water

Pilot's manual control

Video game accessory

(Plane's) control column

""A Russian folk dance, also KAZATSKI, KAZATSKY""

Retaliate with the foot

Punt with second payoff

Refund, snide style.

Storage for a sleeping bag (wordplay)

Hiker's purchase

Traveller's or soldier's bag

Bridal gown fringe

Wedding-dress trim

Tatting, for example

A lark, in Scotland

Poetry in a heap of fruit (wordplay)

A sort of Irish haiku (wordplay)

Port and soft drink with twist as chaser

Ancient cannon-firing device

Pole holding a lighted slow match, once used to fire a cannon

Mouth paint (wordplay)

Drawer of Cupid's bow (wordplay)

Collar stain (wordplay)

""A tree with its lower branches trimmed, also LOPSTICK""

""A tree with its lower branches trimmed, also LOBSTICK""

Curl worn by 17th century courtiers

Like a teen with a crush, perhaps

Pining for one's sweetheart

Nauseatingly infatuated (wordplay)

Stray animal without an owner's brand

James Garner TV western

One who ignores the party line

One million dollars

The male moorfowl

Behind-the-times politicompany

Extreme conservative: Colloq.

Extreme conservative Colloq.

""A soft boot worn by Eskimos, also MUKLUK, MUCLUC""

A trinket

One that is not black

Inn stock (anagram)

Like some pans

Like easy-to-clean pans

Parts of OTB

Kind of betting

Before: pret-a-porter / after: on a tangent

To get the better of by trickery

Do too well

Burn, perhaps

Leave for a long time in the oven to burn head off crust for chef

To adorn extravagantly

Too {sick=adj}

Useful accessory for camping

Traveler's bag

Hiker's burden.

Handout that typically brings a smile

Well-earned handout

American wage packet

Fighting opponent (wordplay)

War protester of the '60s

'60s war protester

Pipe to a waterwheel

Sluice

Keysmith's tool

Decide on bar to steal from

Housebreaker's tool

Weller his servant (Dickens)

'The - Papers' (Dickens novel)

Dickensian (with papers)

To hunt for wild boar

A fabric design

A small annoyance or sting

Mortal wound, to a balloon

Insignificant wound

Hearing what you just recorded

Review TV show and quietly relax

Listen to a recording

Reinvest

Pit or hollow (originally in the skin)

Small pitted scar

Scar left by skin swelling

Make campaign stops

Wise for Kay in the past saying he's prudent

Verify before proceeding

Boarding pass designation, or hint to either word in each starred entry

""A conceited dandy, also COXCOMB, PRINCOX""

Retreat, withdraw

Strain on part of the body leading to retreat

A type of mechanism

To attack again

Newer (university)

Type of university

Ruddy good fellow, university type

African antelope with a whistling call

African antelope with inward curving horns

After a break, players struggling for the ball again made a hit

Decorative braid in even zigzag form

Zigzag ribbon used for clothing trim

Dress trimming

Duck with a circular marking

Kind of pheasant.

Bird with a distinctive circular marking

A natural mass of rock

Tamper with an odometer (4,4)

One method of price control

Return to a lower level

Defamatory falsehood published for political effect

Fold bed that's part of hiker's gear

Trekker's luggage

Hiker often carries one on back

A type of player in football

Fruit and fish on quay (or second fish)

Small fish and fruit

Fruit salad to begin with, then fish

Imitation stone (wordplay)

Plant fake diamond, possibly (wordplay)

Startle ram inside damaging plant

The bird (female and liberal) to avoid

Large colourful water-bird

Bird in detention put in to copy a mammal (wordplay)

""To cover with a thin varnish, also SHELLAC""

Sleuth in the deerstalker hat

Detective's moniker

Mycroft Holmes's brother

""A waterproof boot, also SHOEPAC""

... to be loyal (wordplay)

Robin, for example

Close associate in team given boot

A sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests

Type of tuna

Black - - , small spotted tuna

Sister ship of the Nautilus.

Game where you hit certain face cards

Raucous card game

Card game.

A type of football player

Football pass.

Sudden recovery

Recover quickly

An accumulation of packed snow

Not a hardcover book

Book vulnerable defender

Don't crow so much - turn it off!

Don't crow so much - shut it off!

Don't crow any more - just shut it off

A subdivision of a block

A subordinate clerk

Sag on a nag

Lardosis, informally

Saggy horse

Lack a bit (anagram)

Announcer's autocue (wordplay)

Shadow returned – traffic jam!

Slender North American larch

Wood of the American or black larch

Larch tree

Repetitive clicking sound

Course signalling second course

Bookies' semaphore

Time's a-wastin'!

Hurry it up!

Noises made to pass the time (wordplay)

A part of a gun

An igneous rock

""A weasel, also WHITRICK, WHITRET, WHITTRET""

Airport breeze indicator

Indicator of air movement at airport

Blow hit cone

He lines up behind an end

Snipe-like bird

Snipe's kin

Bird of sandpiper family

Spooner's smashing balls on the table, requiring a bar of soap

Lord Chancellor's office cooks law up

Symbol of Lord Chancellor's office

Chancellor's seat in the House of Lords

Baby's biscuit

Dry, crisp bread

Literally, "twice-baked"

Ship area behind the bridge house

Later, adorn part of ship

Dress following of stern queen in area behind bridge

Angler's catch in the Atlantic

Like much prejudice called out by One People's Project

CRACK to {fracture=v}

Fuel additive in tank, I conk out

Like some gasolines

High-octane

SHOCK to outrage feelings

STICK to support with slender pieces of wood

Money earned by singer Fiona (wordplay)

Brandy distilled from hard cider

Distilled cider, a type of brandy

Wondering at a vehicle we collided with

Lost for words as we crashed lorry

Ace you and I hit is impressed

BLOCK to {obstruct=v}

Beat a retreat (wordplay)

Retrace one's steps

Return to support course

Area of authority

Jurisdiction of a bailiff

Area of expertise

Standard set by a substitute (wordplay)

Standard score from judges (wordplay)

Don't let Harmon play (wordplay)

Right sort of hat for one who rules the roost

""The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse. Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse.""

Great deal (wordplay)

Knave of Clubs (wordplay)

Gambler's game, perhaps

Medical obstruction (wordplay)

Hit on ice

Could be physical obstruction

Buffer (wordplay)

Oxford shiner

Pump polisher

Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.

Dangerously rash and injurious

Very quick kiss on holiday

This speed is recklessly dangerous

Between back walls, stack and line up masonry

*Close pitch: shower tool

*Close pitch shower tool

Turn on US president (wife getting chop)

Hit by the 43rd president (wordplay)

Work to clear scrub, ambush (US, Aus)

English word

Nomad's street in Phoenix (wordplay)

Hump dais (wordplay)

Nomad's street in Phoenix?

Tax return credit.

Tax law provision affecting prior years

Famous racehorse.

Inferior inexpensive card

Seller of inferior goods

Seller of shoddy goods

Bill payer's need

It needs balancing

It must be carefully balanced

*Symbol for 'O.K.'

*Symbol for "O.K."

Approval indicator

In the plural, they're oriental cutlery

You can't eat with one

Cuts off credit to Chinese food raiser

The source of springtime (wordplay)

The wind of springtime (wordplay)

That goes for springtime

Creation of automobile bodies

English word

Plant with ears

Fall field sight.

Field of Dreams plant

""A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the carb tree.""

English word

A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.

""Either of two varieties of squash, distinguished by their tapering, recurved necks. The summer crookneck is botanically a variety of the pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) and matures early in the season. It is pale yellow in color, with warty excrescences. The winter crookneck belongs to a distinct species (Cucurbita moschata) and is smooth and often striped.summer crookneck is botanically a variety of the pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) and matures early in the season. It is pale yellow in color, with warty excrescences. The winter crookneck belongs to a distinct species (Cucurbita moschata) and is smooth and often striped.""

Pedestrian's lane.

Corner-to-corner lines

Pedestrian's lane

Blade Runner film genre

Science fiction subgenre

Altered Carbon genre

Rasta's braid

Chicken leg (for a percussionist?)

Joint offering many spirits on credit

The tibia of a dressed fowl

""Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.""

Use cattle cake, perhaps, as raw material

""A brick made of fire clay, used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys.""

Golfer's target

It has to be replaced, of course

It marks a hole

Childhood scene, perhaps

This is Us technique

Past scene re-enacted

Type of firearm.

Old-fashioned firearm

Old-fashioned gun.

CHECK to {inspect=v}

Minor Earth tremor

Tremor preceding an earthquake

Slacker at Fort Knox (wordplay)

... for a loafer (wordplay)

Loaf on the job

Part of a lamp, perhaps

Part of a desk lamp

Flexible type of desk lamp

Ne'er G for one dollar (wordplay)

Ne'er G, perhaps, for the buck instates

9 across is never G, perhaps

See chlorosis .

Grain holder, perhaps

Grain holder on a farm

Big bag for grain

A certain auto body type (5,4)

Utah senator s mid-sized car (wordplay)

Shade second car

Affirms horse on the outside had the bag

Strong bag slung over the shoulder

Hiker's burden.

A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machine

Unhappy in cardiac way (wordplay)

Sad, as a jilted lover

More than blue

Buddy s tarsal joint (wordplay)

Plant with sHOwy flowers

Floral symbol of "ambition."

Godiva's locale

E's ROH for a ride

The way the rider has returned (wordplay)

""A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings.""

Quasimodo was the ... of Notre Dame

Quasimodo was one

Quasimodo, for example

Bury forward has to fit in with the rest

Couple together in old exam jam

Engage, as crossword solutions do

Light colour for soot (wordplay)

Soot used as a pigment

Powdery form of carbon

Property seller's arrangement

Property seller's temp arrangement

Farm animals exist to breed

One source of rural income.

(Domestic) animals in general

One's taken up by the painter with a handshake

Record of Wimbledon action (wordplay)

Restaurant souvenir, maybe

Record of a World Cup game (wordplay)

Weapon child found in county town

Old-fashioned type of gun

Musket device

1's supporter savages parasite

STRUCK strike

Peak in S. W. New Hampshire, 3,186 ft

An automobile having a roof that drops off sharply to the top of the rear compartment.

Put too much into inventory

Buy more than you can sell

If you do this it's too much of a good thing

Cards taken in excess of the contract in Bridge

Obvious strain, this beyond the contract (wordplay)

Perhaps re pap for a penguin

Bound not to be hard re pap, perhaps

Maybe Sun to support publication

Kind of quilt

Quilter's hodgepodge

Made up of many different elements

Choose one of the players for the ride

One way to shoulder the job of team selection

Act as a football selector - see this in celebration after goal (wordplay)

""One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.""

One way to earn.

Method of operation in some factories.

Tut! That's fantastic English epic work

Greedy football player (wordplay)

A porcine ride (wordplay)

Ball-hogging player (wordplay)

Steal stream similar silver sham

Cheap (alloy); sham

Steal the stream with an alloy

American Gothic implement

Tool for moving hay

Farmer's tool.

Field goal attempt

Gridiron tactic using a tee

That may lead to conversion, to boot

A ladybird? Nonsense!

Flower crower? Piffle!

Pop goes the rooster? 23 down!

English word

""An American freshwater fish (Ictiobus, ∨ Carpiodes, cyprinus); called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback. Ictiobus, ∨ Carpiodes, cyprinus); called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.""

Course for dogs or cycling (wordplay)

Course of events (wordplay)

White dog the White City, perhaps

Kind of hog

Cager in Fayetteville

OR (wordplay)

(Astronautics) a system of retrorockets on a spacecraft

Cause of a detour, maybe

Highway police procedure.

Jam is for The Cars at the bar

Return to gold standard and mint, say

Source of parsnip liquor, perhaps

Vegetables for the grafter