2-Letter Words Starting with A

Sleeping in, say

Zonked out, maybe

Propped up by pillows, perhaps

Reduced in rank

Lowered in rank

Took down more than a peg

Eased off or died down

Nullified, in law

Quashed, in law.

An offer newsman waited for

Lived up to (with "by").

Observed, with "by"

On (a ship or plane)

On (a ship/plane)

On a committee (wordplay)

Abode

On a bud (anagram)

Be rich (in)

Be plentiful, say fish in river

In England, say

Touring France, say

Une femme? Eine Frau (wordplay)

C'mon, man!

Ionesco-esque (wordplay)

Inane relative (wordplay)

Bad- mouthed, say

Rated the Guardian in 17, perhaps

Bad Sue (anagram)

Went at a leisurely gait

Took a slow walk.

Come morning, fifty in bed - no hurry

Had base (anagram)

Feeling unworthy, maybe

Confounded residue still lying about!

Abduce

Helped hide, perhaps

Cased the joint, perhaps

Covered for, maybe

A unit of capacitance

Renounced on oath

Disowned sailor Jack, awfully rude

Renounced formally

Removed by melting

Removed by melting, for example

Cut out ad about folding table

Thoroughly washed

Made a go a no-go

Scratched at NASA

Canceled a space mission

Rubbed the wrong way (wordplay)

Roughened by rubbing

Sanded, for example

Run away (with)

Bods can (anagram)

Leave hurriedly (to avoid arrest)

But date may go wrong if one's touched!

Kept in touch (wordplay)

How A bordered on playing the goat

Made an excuse

Furnished an excuse

Made an excuse for

""A synthetic amber, also AMBEROID""

""Resembling an ameba, also AMOEBOID""

In a bower

Lined with trees

Providing plenty of shade

Tribal tattoo, perhaps

Worn symbol of support

Identification worn on sleeve

Took a berth across Channel

Like earthlings, sometimes, in sci-fi

Ridiculous cut bad editor's taken

Couldn't stomach

A British mob said to be very unpopular

Disliked, and then some

Leapt onto answer - it was 'plentiful'!

Was in plentiful supply

A sprung lot of them

Condensed (as text)

Cut short - big adder (anagram)

An old bird flew into and got cut

Abscise

Rests back in a bed and let oneself down

Descended rock face

Let oneself down rockface as I bleed badly

Kept away, being dispatched into a place of rest

Kept away

Declared free (from guilt)

Let off the hook, a slob finally cracked

Sailor, cracked, released from duty

Took in gold found in berth (wordplay)

Wholly engrossed or imbued

Deep in thought.

Collected by condensation.

Condensed on a surface.

Held, as a dissolved substance

Supported by air

""A synthetic amber, also AMBROID""

Attacked guerrilla-style

Attacked from hiding

Waylaid mum returned exhausted

Like some shape shifters (wordplay)

Like simplest form of life

Having an asymmetric shape

Arabize

Pertaining to an {arbour=n}

Chalked up (to)

Credited the writer in a TV pitch

Gave credit to

Orchestrated premature finish (wordplay)

Game called off to music (wordplay)

Given up a wild record bid (wordplay)

Rejected ruling (wordplay)

Without Kitty, Jack croaked and gave up

Resigned as a royal

Aberrate

Went without

Rejected and dropped, holding back information

Gave up

Like poll taxes

Got rid of

Put an end to

Create bad upset, having released repressed emotions

A great bod sadly repudiated

Did away with

Revoked formally

Abscess

Went without saying

Tried to avoid arrest, say

Ran away to avoid legal process

Didn't vote, perhaps

Refrained from voting

Sailor getting damaged kept dry

Absterge

Made bitter perfect, judged imbibing beer's head

Put out account with wrong rebate to daughter

Made sour

Adhibit

Leader of army badly lamed, but proceeded on foot

Arborize

Gathered together in one place

Gathered to make male's beds

Came together or put together

Regarded with disgust

Couldn't take

Found repugnant

Ill-directed dart may land here, honest!

Manna from heaven?

Too proud to take lodgers, honest!

Removed, being absent-minded

Walked off with head in the clouds

Preoccupied when taken out

Abstrict

A silent speed's indicated like this

Vaguely outlined

AEROBRAKE

Like many Playboy Playmate photos

Sprayed with paint

ALPHABET a system of letters

Ambition

""AMBUSCADE A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.""

APPROBATE Approved.

ARABICIZE

ARBITRAGE Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

Settled a dispute

Top grade examining body set to right

That's ascribed to a TD about a matter of tax

Thought to be by Alfred Tennyson initially, but going in to be tested

Short-term (wordplay)

Just like the BBC

Shortened

On the surface

GROUCHY

ABSOLUTIZE

""AUTOMOBILE a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.""

Like a Disney film professor (2 words)

Contemplating truancy (wordplay)

Given to woolgathering

""ALPHABETIZE To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words. as, to alphabetize a list of words.""

""BILLBOARD A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on.""