2-Letter Words Starting with A

Superior title (wordplay)

Top Trappist, maybe

Superior monk (wordplay)

Cancel the heist!

Cancel the mission!

Cancel the plan!

Round (twelve of them?)

It's concerning a few rounds, maybe

Running errands, say

Go out of the pool for, say (wordplay)

Get a pound pooch say

Become a mother maybe

Abroad - not very far (wordplay)

Like skullduggery perhaps

Like Sherlock Holmes' game (wordplay)

Apportion (to someone)

Give out scores on radio (wordplay)

Award (share, task)

Calling for a lookup (wordplay)

On a paraglider, say

A look with feet in the air (wordplay)

Gradual payoff (abbreviation)

Spiritless, old style

Loan payment sched

Left on a river (wordplay)

Left on the boat (wordplay)

Left on board (wordplay)

Talk of sorts

Some gangsterfilm dialogue say

Talk of sorts.

Course for Angus, say (wordplay)

Berkshire racecourse - coast (anagram)

Place for one of a northern race

Electrical-potential unit

Electromagnetic unit

Grab by the shirt, say

Buttonhole in a corner, perhaps

Approach and threaten (someone)

To raid (anagram)

Clever commercial rubbish grabs one

Road mended with it becomes neat

How 2 down is maybe of use to the angler

Bobbing along (wordplay)

In an inner tube, perhaps

One hundred of these in a shekel

Silver and gold changed to coins in Israel

Aliya

Missed by that much!

This doesn't count, in a saying

A dissolute kidnaps maiden? Not quite!

Add up (to)

How much for a horse (wordplay)

Quantity or steed (wordplay)

Nation misspelt as 'Grease' (wordplay)

Oil up (wordplay)

Smear (with oil)

A past tense of Greek verbs

Lover deprived of maiden becomes tense

Tense of Greek verb.

Scram, old style

Begone, as coined by Shakespeare.

'Begone,' to Shakespeare

Begone variable

Put in piles, say

Make classified (wordplay)

Place into categories

Wading bird - octave (anagram)

Shorebird - octave (anagram)

Slender-beaked shore bird

Web-footed shore bird Var.

Doctor to save winger

Web-footed shore bird variable

Abye

Story of Dracula, say

Story that might be current (wordplay)

Record of receipts and expenditure

Stuntman wrestling a cobra - it's tense!

Latex-clad swinger (wordplay)

Circus performer (wordplay)

Square matrix, in math

Coming to grief at Dijon assisting officer

A satellite for air-traffic control

Saying it's a mere pretence is an insult

Insult fellow wearing a disguise

Act of disrespect

Under review, Fat Tom's sternest

Nearest the stern

Farthest back, in the main

One in a struggle

Competitor or contestant

One struggling past isn't mobile

Everglades transport

Bayou craft

Everglades vessel

Kennedy perhaps left after broadcast

Place to take off (wordplay)

Fly in the fizzy red wine (wordplay)

A kind of mail

Portion of musical I quoted

Portion of a larger whole

Known fraction of a whole

A saxophone player, perhaps

Certain saxophone player

Cannonball Adderly, by trade

In the midst of

In the company of

In a group of

Ovid, for one

Casanova, for one

Lover of love (NY)

Voting "no" on Colorado Amendment 64, say

Voting 'no' on Colorado Amendment 64, say

An organism produced by reproduction

Assign (to a job)

Assign job to (someone)

Determine (a time/place)

IFruit tree (nonverbal)

Rip coat (anagram)

Fruit from a tropic (wordplay)

Democritus, for one

Mott is a philosopher in physics

Investigator of molecular problems.

An aquatic plant

Unnatural boast about strangling old relative

Discordant

Discordant, archaically

A light transmitting lens

An animal having rootless teeth

A type of jet engine

Balloonist, say, in bar with tipsy aunt

Pilot - Eton aura (anagram)

Balloon man (wordplay)

Balloon or dirigible

Balloon or blimp

Any lighter-than-air craft.

Plant with trees

Plant trees over a wide area

Would, by the sound of it, plant

Plant used as an astringent

North American perennial

NA perennial

Religious worker holds arduous job

Solitary worker holds menial job

Miscreant surrounds house of hermit

Like gear that quells mobs

Like some armored vehicles

Serving to quell violent protests

Franklin, for one

User of short, pithy sentences.

I put in short pieces on a page

Tree surgeon

Pruning expert

Tree expert

The Ancient Mariner (wordplay)

Heracles, for one

Gold-rush figure in 1849

Too big for one's britches

Feeling so much better!

Feeling much better (wordplay)

Switched on, star is lighter (wordplay)

One with a burning passion (wordplay)

Flaming guy (wordplay)

Like small talk (wordplay)

Onager treading insect?

Onager treading insect (wordplay)

Detroit lobby leader (wordplay)

Henry Ford, for example (wordplay)

Detroit lobby leader?

Ground hot and barren? Horrible!

Detestable/tenants' motto (wordplay)

Bad breath or not, initially offensive

""One that {absorbs=v}, also ABSORBATE, ABSORBENT, ABSORBER""

Bob ran set (anagram)

Spongy clue for boars (wordplay)

Like paper towels

Harmonious

Consonant.

Touch of color, perhaps

Decoration for naval personnel in a spot

Mend a torn dress with decoration

Most skilful at concealing steroid misuse

Like charcoal filter

Capable of deflecting moisture

Capable of producing a film about bears? Don't!

Last to be following the majority

Right at the back, yet wanting the lion's share

""A graft of tissue obtained from a donor of the same species as, but with a different genetic make-up from, the recipient, as a tissue transplant between two humans. Also called homograft .""

Does this imply sharecropping (wordplay)

Share beds here (wordplay)

Tell man to make beds!

One who seeks similarities

Explainer, of a sort

Debater who uses comparisons

A holder of the skeleton key (wordplay)

Bridie's dissector

One studying bodily structure

One who defends a policy

Defender of something controversial

One defending most of rationale in a job

""The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.""

Missile base or plant

Starch-yielding plant

Take a bow to such starch underground

A nut roast served for one on rocket

One making use of space (wordplay)

One making good use of space (wordplay)

ATONAL lacking tonality

Reparation (for a wrong)

Reparation agreed, paid around November

Satisfaction of a sort

A tissue or organ grafted into a new position in or on the body of the same individual.

Unthinking state (figurative)

High-level stand-in chauffeur (wordplay)

Robot flier (wordplay)

A believer in spontaneous generation

Perfect in quality or nature; complete.

A distraught sob by musician who dislikes Fifty Shades of Grey (wordplay)

Bookkeeper, maybe chartered

Someone doing a balancing act (wordplay)

Relation without a tan in summer

Not yet achieved adultery (wordplay)

Youth benefit stops rising

Minor trouble with the French cologne

""The study of the upper atmosphere, especially of regions of ionized gas.""

Specialist on soil and planting.

Land expert on a rig most awkwardly

Expert in soil management

Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma). (Nepeta Glechoma).

C.S. Lewis, for one

John Bunyan, for one

Legislator (wordplay)

(Medicine / Dentistry) a type of cell involved in forming dental enamel [from ( en ) amel + -o- + -blast ]

A colorless plastid that forms starch granules and occurs in cells of plant storage tissue.

Noted cast I reassembled for storyteller

Raconteur.

Storyteller

Consecration ceremony

Ritual naming

Consecration of a healing cream (wordplay)

Antonym of ally

Enemy destroying 1 nation

Not against roughing up an opponent

Upperclass man (wordplay)

Effendi, for one

One of the upper crust

""Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.""

Smashing on mattress, showing variety!

Classification of chocolates (wordplay)

No smart set would make such a selection

""The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord.""

Law blaming the car (wordplay)

DIY learner in car committed the deed

Do-it-yourself learner

AUTOMATISE AUTOMATE to convert to automatic control

""Government independent self-rule free from outside influence. Freedom , Politics""

The act of avouching; positive declaration.

Act of desertion

Process of giving up completely

State of desertion

The action of putting an end to (a practice)

One who procures abortion or miscarriage.

Consort pianist (wordplay)

Person who plays music for a soloist

Musician who cannot perform on his own

Termination of a meeting

Court suspension

Recess

One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.

Francis Turner Palgrave, for instance

Literary compiler

BOYCOTT to refuse to have dealings with

Radical fighter (wordplay)

Beta carotene, for one

Substance such as vitamin C or E

Word with prefix anti-

Date with a very soft salve

A very subdued application for a date

German city

Treelike

Hearing he's a scientist

""Psychology The process by which a person induces self-acceptance of an opinion, belief, or plan of action.""

Wm. Lloyd Garrison, for one.

Reformer (eg Wilberforce)

One favouring end of capital punishment

Squeeze box player

Player is into arranging following agreement

One's instrumental in making peace with Israeli supporter though not at frist

Scheme first ignored in bill for delivery

An accessory item of equipment or dress. Often used in the plural.

Article of equipment

Bill gathers another metre, making dress

Items of dress/equipment required for an activity

Rebuke hot men involved with mad sin

Had moments in suffering severe reprimand

What may be given by the man getting agitated with dim son (wordplay)

A4 report considered to be premeditated

Conceived in advance

Premeditated

A later train (wordplay)

Item added later

Something added later

""ANECDOTAL Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation. as, anecdotal conversation.""

Person associated with (-ist)

A public statement

Press release, for example

Press release, e.g

NOVELIST one who writes novels

ROYALIST a supporter of a monarch or monarchy

Person associated with (-ist)

Instant homes? Surprise! Surprise!

Surprise shots at men in melee

End of quote

""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.""

Producing miscarriage.

Supporting musical line

Dancing cancan with tempo I'm backing

Backing account, criticise one in remark

One who favors annexation.

Substance that prevents blood clotting

Blood-thinning agent

What stops clotting

COMMUNIST An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.

""FORMALIST One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion.""

""MODERNIST One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.""

One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.

""TERRORIST One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.""

Process of sharing out

Allocation

Past master (wordplay)

His work is in ruins (wordplay)

His career is in ruins (wordplay)

Hazarding a guess: doctor who puts stomach muscles in pulleys (wordplay)

Something achieved

Successful achievement

A cold kind of praise about quiet exploit

Thanks to Government we lack men with new dimension unfortunately

Inflected form of AERODYNAMIC Inflected form of AERODYNE a heavier than air aircraft

Culture vulture (wordplay)

Social scientist reading, perhaps, work held by literary collector

Collector of poems etc sees right to work retained by our student (wordplay)

CONVULSANT

""GOVERNMENT The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. as, civil, church, or family government.""

Converted Christian man to revolutionary, perhaps

Athenian held by opponent of government, such as 17

It can appear odd to Christian man, being a Republican

MONOPOLIST One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly.

*Professional for whom oils are essential

Trim paths and area requiring cultivation around old oil worker (wordplay)

Municipal subdivision of a large French city, especially Paris

""One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill. e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.""

See exobiology .

One studying composition of stars, etc

Psychiatrist so confused scientific type

Galaxy finally and stars his topic for working out

Confession; thanks

Account for information found on workers' square? Thanks!

This expression of appreciation has been given the nod

A person who is opposed to legal voluntary abortion.

COLONIALIST a believer in or advocate of colonialism{3}.

""DEVELOPMENT The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.""

FERROMAGNET

Rebel

Reason as a source of knowledge opp.

""ASSIMILATION The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another. as, the assimilation of one sound to another.""

Opponent of using live animals in research