2-Letter Words Starting with A

PARTY to attend a social gathering

Upset at pianist for starters

One to pour out wine for starters

Hors d'oeuvres make Anita spit

Herod wanted to eat it first!

Introductory Italian course (wordplay)

Italian meal starter, perhaps

Hostility - hint at pay (anagram)

Feeling of deep aversion

Abhorrence of pain that varies, variable

Antiphon

For the real thing (wordplay)

Against bogus responses

Call-and-response singing

Pertaining to the land down under.

At the other end of the world

On the other side of the earth.

Do panties (anagram)

Australia and NZ (from UK)

Poles separated? There's clue in that!

Planetary extremes

Boniface VII and John XVI

Felix V and Alexander V, for example

Targeting the Fourth Estate

Antipyic

""SLEEP to be in a natural, periodic state of rest""

Corresponding figures for those characteristically against things (wordplay)

Anviltop

Colour scheme that's out of date

South African issue

former South African segregation system

Flat across the pond (wordplay)

Flat (chiefly US)

Flat (mainly US)

Isolation

A wretched cold

Having an "I don't care" attitude

In a way, call up without any interest

A present I gave you to get you moving with them

Radio epic broadcast irregularly

Not regular

Irregular

Drinks provided in wild parties

Drinks before meals

Drinks before food

Openings at a photo studio (wordplay)

Openings for super rate of exchange

Super tear damaged perforations

Apetaly

He loves me ... he loves me not ... now nothing's left!

Creature with claw nearly has the Guardian not flowering (wordplay)

Aphanite

Resembling aphanite; having a very finegrained structure.

Aphasiac

Aphelion

Plural or third person singular

Term for the dropping of an initial letter, as in 'possum'

Loss of a sound at the start of a word, as "opossum" to "possum"

Loss of a sound at the start of a word, as 'opossum' to 'possum'

Aphidian

Apholate

Aphorise

Aphorise

Short, pithy and instructive sayings

Gnomologist's output

Terse truths

Saw people (wordplay)

Aphorize

Speaks tersely

Aphylly

Apiarian

They work with buzzers

A pair of 1 acrosses sits here

Sounds as if they may be keepers

APICULATE

Apimania

Mocking demeanor

""Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; said of a lens.""

Writings of dubious authorship

Secret things books left out

Writings not considered genuine

Same as Apodeictic. Apodeictic.

""The protein component of an enzyme, to which the coenzyme attaches to form an active enzyme.""

Apogamy

Of or pertaining to apogamy.

Apologia

Formal defenses

Some backpedaling attempts

Expressions of regret.

Argument enders, at times

Say sorry, mea culpa

Make a sorry speech (wordplay)

Express regret (for action)

One who defends a policy

Defender of something controversial

One defending most of rationale in a job

Say you're sorry

Eat humble pie

Tell me you're sorry

Fable of a game with visitors 2 short

APOMICT an organism produced by reproduction

Apophyge

""Pl. apophyses (-s z ) Anatomy A natural swelling, projection, or outgrowth of an organ or part, such as the process of a vertebra.""

A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.

Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio

Those who have lost faith

People who have renounced former beliefs

Pauline perhaps relating to preachers

Relating to the Pope

Unholy topic also concerning Pope

Apothece

""Pl. apothecia (-s - , -sh - ) A disk-shaped or cup-shaped ascocarp of some lichens and the fungi Ascomycetes.""

Apothegm

Become boring copying out: awful

Very bad mimicry about to become tedious

A reverend gentleman worn out? Gee, that's awful!

Perquisites.

Horse, maybe, in system

Soldier in appropriate American gear

Gear, as put out for soldier to wear

Decked out

Geared up

""Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.""

Retrial seekers

Attractive bowlers (wordplay)

Sporting drama (wordplay)

Attractive fielders (wordplay)

Seeming not to be 23 across

Showing one's face

Becoming publicly available

Peas in pears for peace

Offspring of Munich.

Pacifying people

Settling down

Satisfying vegetables served in a sound container

How a priest may be a bit slack just to pacify one

Try again to meet this person's request!

Man in court.

One takes a case to a higher court for review

This kind of court hears appeals

Like a review panel

Sort of court

Appellee

Appellor

E.g. insect's leg, feeler

One of an octopod's octad

An attached part

""Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. as, a seal appendant to a paper.""

Adding, a footnote perhaps

Adding or hanging on to something

A priestly death, one may add

Belong, relate (to)

Relate to an unusual pet pirana

Not the way 8 down would relate to

Appestat

A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.

Strong desire

An early form of fuel (wordplay)

Cook prepares it right away, perhaps

Hors d'oeuvre

Hors d'oeuvres whet them

Urges dad to return with small spades

They get taken to dinner

Eats before dinner (wordplay)

Clams on the half shell, perhaps

Hors d'oeuvre

Acknowledged in a handy manner!

Didn't let a good turn go unrewarded

Cheered a dud Apple developed

One who applauds.

Applause

How upsetting for Grany Smith!

One not to upset (wordplay)

Place trap to upset this!

Money earned by singer Fiona (wordplay)

Brandy distilled from hard cider

Distilled cider, a type of brandy

Washing machine or toaster, say

Machine (for use in the home)

Gift for a housewife.

I go for it!

Job-seeking insect?

Job-seeking insect (wordplay)

Applique

Fabric decorations

Positively delighted (wordplay)

Put in position (wordplay)

Given a job to pip dean, perhaps

One assigned (to a job)

Chosen one (wordplay)

Pick, of sorts

Divide into shares

Distribute pro rata

Give it out that Father is up a bit

Evaluation - papal airs (anagram)

Opinion of pair as lap dancing

Artist is in shock from assessment

Disappear (anagram)

Told about article being valued

Phone feature put up and sized up

""(tr) to assess the worth, value, or quality of""

Vintage-vehicle valuation expert

Art expert, at times

Extoller of a news agency's virtues (wordplay)

Estimates a price for

A parish priest puts up rates

Rates a page, then cracks up

Arrest (for a crime)

Perceive or take in

Recognise and arrest

Appress

Informers

Informing a priest on the up and up

Is a priest getting up to being an informer (wordplay)

How a priest may be informing one that he is getting up

Apprizer

Apprize

Sanction

Sanction.

Yeses from bosses

Thumbs-ups

Favourable opinions

Approver

Giving the OK

Sanctioning

Is he not staying in his parish? One is not objecting to that

State of being deductive.

Kiwis

Subject of certain tests.

Strangely it updates natural abilities

Special talents

Aptness

Motorboat's tow, perhaps

Water skis alternative

Skim on layer of water

Fish of Brazil

Standard - cheap tyre (anagram)

Teachers' pay rotten? Not seen as ideal!

Jaguar follows supreme original model

Buddhism One who has attained enlightenment.

Part of a warm-up

Broken chords

Some notes coming up are provided for exercises

Centipede, e.g

Animal with a segmented body

Crab or spider

Aruspex

""A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.""

Ascocarp

One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.] Illust. of Ascus.]

Ashplant

Spear on a fork (wordplay)

It has tips for good dining.

Grasp a rag usefully wrapping vegetable

What NutraSweet is a brand of

After a dispute, subdue with sweetener

It's sweet to take me to a Greek city

ASPARTATE

ASPECT to look at

Made rough by way of an Edward

Asperate

Asperser

Asperse

It's slander, like the old Iranian said

It's cast in a derogatory manner

This may be cast like one in one

Aspersor

Snake stopped on the surface of the road

Like many driveways

It stopped the serpent when the road was covered.

""Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous.""

""Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.""

Do L shapes make lilies (wordplay)

Lily family members

Lily flowers

Asphyxia

Asphyxy

Partisans of those with high ambitions

Ambitious people

Hopefuls, wannabees

Aspirata

Containing the sound of "h."

Pronounced the letter "h"

Unlike the H in H-hour

They're pronouncedly like sea crooks

They're pronouncedly like criminals

Pronounces an initial H

Medical device removing fluid

Suction pump.

Suction pump

""A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied.""

Line near a hyperbola

Almost a sign to note near tangent

Line that a curve infinitely approaches

Pl. asynapses (-s z) The failure of homologous chromosomes to pair during meiosis.

Pl. asynapses (-s z) The failure of homologous chromosomes to pair during meiosis.

A secretary, vocal, unaffected by time

Without regard for time

Timeless ruins at Palermo

Atrophia

Wasted away as a left back at Hyde, say

Decayed from disuse

Aphrodite became emaciated

Article with prizes for degenerates

A pit horse works with withers

Falls into decline

Atropine

Atropism

Attemper

There was a trial at getting enticed

Took a shot at

Tried at being tried

Band that plays music (wordplay)

Sound evidence (wordplay)

Garage band's production, once

Sign of the self (wordplay)

Car dealer's chart (wordplay)

Hound's quarry (wordplay)

Unthinking state (figurative)

High-level stand-in chauffeur (wordplay)

Robot flier (wordplay)

Finally examined gold deposit that's misplaced

A piteous drunk, having died, examined thus (wordplay)

End-of-term examinations (wordplay)

End-of-term examinations

An A of A&E

""An organism which is autotrophic, i. e., an organism (such as most plants and certain microorganisms) which are capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances, requiring only minerals as nutrients for growth, and using carbonate or carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and simple inorganic nitrogen as a nitrogen source; the energy required is derived from photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Opposed to heterotroph. See also auxotroph.autotrophic, i. e., an organism (such as most plants and certain microorganisms) which are capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances, requiring only minerals as nutrients for growth, and using carbonate or carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and simple inorganic nitrogen as a nitrogen source; the energy required is derived from photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Opposed to heterotroph. See also auxotroph.""

Autotype

""An organism, such as a strain of bacteria, that has lost the ability to synthesize certain substances required for its growth and metabolism as the result of mutational changes.""

Axoplasm

A liquid mixture of two or more substances that retains the same composition in the vapor state as in the liquid state when distilled or partially evaporated under a certain pressure.

Abruption

Curt rudeness

Criminal rents a pub, leading to son's rude quality

Curtness

Bounty work (wordplay)

(Process of) taking in

Process of soaking up

Tending to suck up

Tending to soak up

Not bad welcome (wordplay)

Good enough but not great

Of (marginally) satisfactory quality

In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.

Occasion to give a speech

Granting admission to Powell's world

The world of Powell

In a accepted manner; admittedly.

Accipiter

Second place comic played

Criminal's associate

Helper in wrongdoing

Finish off associate in crime soundly

Coach limps off to manage

Twisted coach limps for effect

Without a chief

Growing well in an acid medium: acidophilic bacteria.

Organisms thriving in sulphuric pools or animal stomachs

Acrophobe

Window washer's problem (wordplay)

Second-story man's undoing (wordplay)

High anxiety (wordplay)

Play from a novel, for instance

Film version, e.g

TV version of a book

ADAPTIVE able to be adapted

ADAPTIVE able to be adapted

Unadept at thinking.

Empty-headed.

Muddle-minded

Adipocyte

ADOPTIVE that adopts

Process facilitated by silica gel

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

Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface; displaying adsorption.adsorption.