2-Letter Words Starting with A

Think mink thinker-upper, for one

One doing a spot test (wordplay)

Spot checker (wordplay)

Spot checkers (wordplay)

Sellers of spots (wordplay)

Pitch specialists (wordplay)

Sew sequins on, say

Drape with tinsel, perhaps

Put studs on, perhaps

Below to poets

Below, to poets

At a lower level Poet

Notice to merge to come next (wordplay)

Be next to (something)

Be next to, say building

Adjective used substantively

Adjective in its substantive use.

Free, in "land of the free"

Member of a medical corps

Army medic

Medics' assistants

Buzz in the air (wordplay)

Buzz (off to the moon?)

Buzz off in space (wordplay)

Substance derived from starch

White of egg substance.

Protein in egg white

Egg protein

Leave (sinking ship)

Walk out on sailor and no looking back!

Leave sailor and no mistake!

Mean bod (anagram)

Ban demo (anagram)

Place for a six-pack (wordplay)

Briefly break off (a meeting, say)

Put off to later date, say meeting

Break off (meeting till later)

Ingrate for the club, as well (wordplay)

An ingrate, perhaps - metal, too

Holder of hot stuff (wordplay)

Relating to ticks, accountant has lowest emotional state in recession

Adjustment to cultural surroundings

Process of adjusting to new conditions

Conversion of a flat back into building

This, perhaps, will never be nonplussed

Summing up process (wordplay)

Increase dependency? Not Charlie!

Stick-to-it-iveness (wordplay)

Stick-to-itiveness (wordplay)

Unhappily he said no steady attachment!

The state of being {adnate=adj}

Bloodless takeover (wordplay)

Acceptance (of, eg, a report)

Choosing (of a candidate for office)

For Church living - that's right

Living for the present in church (wordplay)

A fellow keeping promises has gift of living

Terry, cricket council member (wordplay)

Town council member

City of London ward councillor

Legislative body member

City council members

City council members.

A univalent chemical radical

No danger reproducing hormone

Sex hormone replaced on gander

Male sex hormone

An {aphid=n}

Possessor of pastoral tastes.

Of idealised country life

Like a paradise

Sea squirt

A process for rejecting ham (wordplay)

Show trial (wordplay)

(To) assess (an actor)

Carrying off (of a person)

Taking badly (wordplay)

Alien encounter, some claim

Push my buttons!

Musical folder (wordplay)

Welk's instrument

Monkey on one's back ("Henry V")

I did act on (anagram)

Maybe this is inhabited

The act of adducing or bringing forward.

Madison Avenue undertaking (wordplay)

Guilty plea, say

Commercial assignment (wordplay)

Commercial speech (wordplay)

Love a fair helping of bother (wordplay)

Allowance of fuss and of love (wordplay)

Very high regard

Sycophant's specialty

High praise for an adult I love to tease

ADVECT to transport by the flow of a fluid

""A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance.""

Earthworm or leech

It's to do with worms that lady confused Daniel

Earthworm.

CODON a triplet of basic DNA components

I came, I saw, I conquered, for example

Acid in boat (anagram)

Edward VIII's action of 1936

Regal resignation

Play from a novel, for instance

Film version, e.g

TV version of a book

The act of joining; the thing joined or added.

""The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.""

Scotch maid to share esteem (wordplay)

One may be lost in it

Maid out helping gains approval

Warning poster has proposal about Ulster

Cautious counsel

Tina in mood that's awkward gets a reprimand

Process facilitated by silica gel

Broadcast on Sport Aid - 'a superficial process of accumulating gas'

Commercial role being a defender

Local lady legislator

Abbr. Ald. A member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city in many jurisdictions.

Old-fashioned and then some

22 against potty principal

Coming from other side of the world

Relating to Australia/New Zealand

Roguish cleric (wordplay)

Cleric ruined chance with Dora

Ecclesiastic next below a bishop

Sorted alphabetically (like this puzzle's clues)

Unusual way to see crossword clues arranged

Rudimentary

An RA, perhaps

Member of a teaching establishment

Member of the RA

ACIDULATE To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.

Faint sketch; outline

Act of overshadowing

Shadow a non-speaking part

AGGRADE to fill (a stream bed) with sediment

""ANODIZE to give a protective coat, also ANODISE""

""Any of numerous invertebrate animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including the insects, crustaceans, arachnids, and myriapods, that are characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and a segmented body to which jointed appendages are articulated in pairs.""

Formal judgement

Civil judgment based on evidence presented

Addition of contaminant let loose in a time span

Corruption of European in indecent allowance

Noun (-tion)

Very old (before the Flood)

Very old and outmoded

Old adult in vain working without energy

DILUTION the act of {diluting=v}

Dean co-chairs shambles in one of the church provinces

Relates to clerical figure starting off in March around the sea reportedly

(Chemistry) Chem a.   oxidation by exposure to atmospheric oxygen

Adjustment by quarters, perhaps

Loan for lodgings

Compromise; living space

Official recognition (of diplomat)

Granting of recognition

(Diplomat's) official authorisation

""The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.""

Rebuke cuckoo, wild type

Censure Damian, vile type

Critical comment

Running wild isn't held in high esteem

If you're huge, you'll have this at home office

Commercial vehicle on street helping government

""DEFAMATION Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.""

DEPRESSION The act of depressing.

A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.