Single Letter Markers in Barred Puzzles

Single letter markers, such as ‘accepted’ for A and ‘hotel’ for H, translate directly to a single letter in the cryptic wordplay of a clue.

Example for barred puzzle

Markers for a specific letter can be shown by selecting that letter from the A-Z boxes above the list.
Markers shown as ‘All’ are suitable for use in any barred crossword as they draw directly on Chambers. Those shown as ‘Some’ are more often found in blocked puzzles and may not be allowed in all barred puzzles.
Selecting ‘All’ or ‘Some’ from the ‘Validity in barred puzzles’ dropdown will show only the indicators in the selected category.

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Letter	Marker	Alternative marker	Alternative marker	Validity in barred puzzles	Explanation
A	about			All	Abbreviation
A	absent			All	Abbreviation
A	absolute			All	Abbreviation
A	Academician			All	Abbreviation
A	Academy			All	Abbreviation
A	acceleration			All	Abbreviation
A	accepted			All	Abbreviation
A	ace			All	Abbreviation
A	acre	acres		All	Abbreviation
A	acreage			All	Abbreviation
A	acting			All	Abbreviation
A	active			All	Abbreviation
A	adjective			All	Abbreviation
A	adult			All	Abbreviation
A	advance			All	Abbreviation
A	advanced			All	Abbreviation
A	afternoon			All	Abbreviation
A	alpha			All	IRSA
A	alto			All	Abbreviation
A	amateur			All	Abbreviation
A	America			All	Abbreviation
A	American			All	Abbreviation
A	ammeter			All	Abbreviation
A	amp	amps		Some	Symbol
A	ampere			All	Symbol
A	angstrom			All	Symbol
A	anonymous			All	Abbreviation
A	answer			All	Abbreviation
A	anterior			All	Abbreviation
A	are			All	Abbreviation
A	area			All	Abbreviation
A	article			All	Association
A	Associate			All	Abbreviation
A	Athletic			All	Abbreviation
A	atomic			All	Abbreviation
A	atomic weight			All	Symbol
A	Australia			All	Abbreviation
A	Australian			All	Abbreviation
A	Austria			All	IVR
A	before			All	Abbreviation
A	first-class	first-rate	top grade	All	Association
A	honour			Some	Association
A	one			All	Association
A	per			All	Association
A	year	in the year		All	Abbreviation
B	Bachelor			All	Abbreviation
B	Baron			All	Abbreviation
B	barrel	barrels		All	Abbreviation
B	bass			All	Abbreviation
B	bee			All	Name of letter
B	Belgium			All	IVR
B	billion			All	Abbreviation
B	bishop			All	Abbreviation
B	black			All	Abbreviation
B	book			All	Abbreviation
B	born			All	Abbreviation
B	boron			All	Symbol
B	bowled			All	Abbreviation
B	bravo			All	IRSA
B	breadth			All	Abbreviation
B	Britain			All	Abbreviation
B	British			All	Abbreviation
B	bye			Some	Abbreviation
B	second-class	second-rate		All	Association
C	$100	one hundred dollars		All	Abbreviation
C	100	hundred	one hundred	All	Roman numeral
C	about			All	Abbreviation
C	calorie			All	Symbol
C	canine			All	Abbreviation
C	capacitance			All	Symbol
C	cape			All	Abbreviation
C	caput			All	Abbreviation
C	carat			All	Abbreviation
C	carbon			All	Symbol
C	Catholic			All	Abbreviation
C	caught	caught by		All	Abbreviation
C	cent	cents		All	Abbreviation
C	centigrade			Some	Symbol
C	centimes			All	Abbreviation
C	century			All	Abbreviation
C	chapter			All	Abbreviation
C	Charlie			All	IRSA
C	cloudy			All	Abbreviation
C	clubs			All	Abbreviation
C	cocaine			All	Abbreviation
C	cold			All	Abbreviation
C	college			All	Abbreviation
C	Coloured			All	Abbreviation
C	colt			All	Abbreviation
C	Command Paper			All	Abbreviation
C	common time			All	Abbreviation
C	compliance			All	Symbol
C	Conservative			All	Abbreviation
C	constant			All	Abbreviation
C	contralto			All	Abbreviation
C	Corps			All	Abbreviation
C	coulomb			All	Symbol
C	Cuba			All	Abbreviation
C	cubic			All	Abbreviation
C	kilocalorie			All	Symbol
C	programming language			All	Association
C	see			All	Abbreviation
C	speed of light	top speed		All	Symbol
C	ton			Some	Abbreviation
D	500	five hundred		All	Roman numeral
D	date			All	Abbreviation
D	daughter			All	Abbreviation
D	day			All	Abbreviation
D	dead			All	Abbreviation
D	Dee			All	Name of letter
D	degree			All	Abbreviation
D	delete			All	Abbreviation
D	delta			All	IRSA
D	Democrat			All	Abbreviation
D	Democratic			All	Abbreviation
D	density			All	Symbol
D	Department			All	Abbreviation
D	departs			All	Abbreviation
D	depth			All	Abbreviation
D	deserted			All	Abbreviation
D	deuterium			All	Symbol
D	diameter			All	Abbreviation
D	diamonds			All	Abbreviation
D	died			All	Abbreviation
D	dimension			All	Abbreviation
D	dinar			All	Abbreviation
D	Director			All	Abbreviation
D	duke			All	Abbreviation
D	Dutch			All	Abbreviation
D	Germany			All	IVR
D	God			All	Abbreviation
D	Lord			All	Abbreviation
D	old penny	old pence		All	Abbreviation
E	base	log base		All	Symbol
E	Earl			All	Abbreviation
E	earth			All	Abbreviation
E	East			All	Abbreviation
E	Eastern			All	Abbreviation
E	eccentricity			All	Symbol
E	echo			All	IRSA
E	Ecstasy	drug		All	Abbreviation
E	electromotive force			All	Symbol
E	electron			All	Abbreviation
E	electronic			All	Abbreviation
E	energy			All	Symbol
E	English			All	Abbreviation
E	European			All	Abbreviation
E	irrational			All	Association
E	point			Some	Association
E	Spain			All	IVR
F	Fahrenheit			All	Abbreviation
F	faraday			All	Abbreviation
F	farthing			All	Abbreviation
F	fathom	fathoms		All	Abbreviation
F	fellow			All	Abbreviation
F	female			All	Abbreviation
F	feminine			All	Abbreviation
F	fighter plane			All	Abbreviation
F	fine			All	Abbreviation
F	fluorine			All	Symbol
F	folio			All	Abbreviation
F	following			All	Abbreviation
F	foot			All	Abbreviation
F	force			All	Symbol
F	forte	loud(ly)		All	Abbreviation
F	foxtrot			All	IRSA
F	franc	francs		All	Abbreviation
F	France			All	IVR
F	frequency			All	Symbol
F	furlong	furlongs		All	Abbreviation
G	Gabon			All	IVG
G	gallon	gallons		All	Abbreviation
G	gauss			All	Abbreviation
G	gee			All	Name of letter
G	German			All	Abbreviation
G	golf			All	IRSA
G	good			All	Abbreviation
G	gourde			All	Abbreviation
G	Government			All	Abbreviation
G	gram	grams		All	Symbol
G	grand			All	Abbreviation
G	gravity			All	Abbreviation
H	hard			All	Abbreviation
H	hearts			All	Abbreviation
H	height			All	Abbreviation
H	henry			All	Symbol
H	heroin			All	Abbreviation
H	hospital			All	Abbreviation
H	hot			All	Abbreviation
H	hotel			All	IRSA
H	hour			All	Abbreviation
H	Hungary			All	IVR
H	husband			All	Abbreviation
H	hydrant			All	Abbreviation
H	hydrogen			All	Symbol
I	current			All	Symbol
I	first			Some	Roman numeral
I	first person	ego	self	All	Association
I	independence			All	Abbreviation
I	independent			All	Abbreviation
I	India			All	IRSA
I	institute			All	Abbreviation
I	international			All	Abbreviation
I	iodine			All	Symbol
I	island			All	Abbreviation
I	isle			All	Abbreviation
I	Italy			All	IVR
I	one			All	Roman numeral
I	paper	newspaper		All	Association
I	setter	this writer		All	Association
I	yes	indeed		All	Association
J	honour			Some	Association
J	jack			All	Abbreviation
J	Japan			All	IVR
J	jay			All	Name of letter
J	joint			All	Abbreviation
J	joule			All	Symbol
J	Journal			All	Abbreviation
J	Judge			All	Abbreviation
J	Juliet			All	IRSA
J	Justice			All	Abbreviation
K	1000	thousand	one thousand	All	Abbreviation
K	Cambodia			All	IVR
K	carat			All	Symbol
K	honour			Some	Association
K	kelvin			All	Symbol
K	kilo			All	IRSA
K	kilobyte	kilobytes		All	Symbol
K	kilometre	kilometres		All	Symbol
K	king			All	Abbreviation
K	knight			All	Abbreviation
K	krona			All	Abbreviation
K	krone			All	Abbreviation
K	kwacha			All	Abbreviation
K	potassium			All	Symbol
K	velocity constant			All	Symbol
L	50	fifty		All	Roman numeral
L	inductance			All	Symbol
L	lake			All	Abbreviation
L	lambert			All	Symbol
L	large			Some	Abbreviation
L	Latin			All	Abbreviation
L	latitude			All	Abbreviation
L	league			All	Abbreviation
L	learner			All	Abbreviation
L	lecturer			All	Abbreviation
L	left			All	Abbreviation
L	length			All	Abbreviation
L	Liberal			All	Abbreviation
L	libra			All	Abbreviation
L	licentiate			All	Abbreviation
L	Lima			All	Abbreviation
L	line			All	Abbreviation
L	lira	lire		All	Abbreviation
L	litre			All	Symbol
L	loch			All	Abbreviation
L	lough			All	Abbreviation
L	luminance			All	Symbol
L	Luxembourg			All	IVR
L	pound			All	Symbol
L	student			Some	Association
M	1000	thousand	one thousand	All	Roman numeral
M	maiden			All	Abbreviation
M	male			All	Abbreviation
M	Malta			All	IVR
M	mark	marks		All	Abbreviation
M	married			All	Abbreviation
M	masculine			All	Abbreviation
M	mass			All	Symbol
M	Master			All	Abbreviation
M	medium			All	Abbreviation
M	member			All	Abbreviation
M	metre	metres		All	Abbreviation
M	mike			All	Abbreviation
M	mile	miles		All	Abbreviation
M	million	millions		All	Abbreviation
M	minute	minutes		All	Abbreviation
M	money			All	Abbreviation
M	Monsieur			All	Abbreviation
M	month	months		All	Abbreviation
M	Motorway			All	Abbreviation
M	noon			All	Abbreviation
M	spymaster			All	Abbreviation
N	indefinite number			All	Symbol
N	knight			All	Abbreviation
N	naira			All	Abbreviation
N	name			All	Abbreviation
N	national			All	Abbreviation
N	nationalist			All	Abbreviation
N	navy			All	Abbreviation
N	neuter			All	Abbreviation
N	neutron			All	Abbreviation
N	new			All	Abbreviation
N	newton			All	Abbreviation
N	nitrogen			All	Symbol
N	nominative			All	Abbreviation
N	noon			All	Abbreviation
N	Norse			All	Abbreviation
N	North			All	Abbreviation
N	Northern			All	Abbreviation
N	Norway			All	Abbreviation
N	note			All	Abbreviation
N	noun			All	Abbreviation
N	November			All	Abbreviation
N	nuclear			All	Abbreviation
N	number			All	Abbreviation
N	point			Some	Association
N	pole			All	Association
O	ball	round	circular letter	Some	Association
O	egg			All	Association
O	love	duck	blob	All	Association
O	nothing	nil	nought	All	Association
O	Ohio			All	Abbreviation
O	old			All	Abbreviation
O	ordinary			All	Abbreviation
O	Oscar			All	IRSA
O	over	overs		All	Abbreviation
O	oxygen			All	Symbol
O	unplaced			Some	Association
O	zero	zip		All	Association
P	page			All	Abbreviation
P	papa			All	IRSA
P	parking			All	Abbreviation
P	participle			All	Abbreviation
P	Pastor			All	Abbreviation
P	pawn			All	Abbreviation
P	pedal			All	Abbreviation
P	pee			All	Name of letter
P	penny	pence		All	Abbreviation
P	peseta			All	Abbreviation
P	peso			All	Abbreviation
P	phosphorus			All	Symbol
P	piano	quiet(ly)	soft(ly)	All	Abbreviation
P	Portugal			All	IVR
P	positive			All	Abbreviation
P	power			All	Abbreviation
P	pressure			All	Abbreviation
P	priest			All	Abbreviation
P	Prince			All	Abbreviation
P	provisional driver			All	Abbreviation
P	pula			All	Abbreviation
P	purl			All	Abbreviation
Q	cue			All	Abbreviation
Q	electric charge			All	Symbol
Q	honour			Some	Association
Q	Qatar			All	IVR
Q	quality			All	Abbreviation
Q	quart			All	Abbreviation
Q	quarter			All	Abbreviation
Q	quarto			All	Abbreviation
Q	Quebec			All	IRSA
Q	queen			All	Abbreviation
Q	Queensland			All	Abbreviation
Q	query			All	Abbreviation
Q	question			All	Abbreviation
Q	quetzal			All	Abbreviation
Q	quintal			All	Abbreviation
R	canine letter			All	Abbreviation
R	king			All	Abbreviation
R	queen			All	Abbreviation
R	radius			All	Abbreviation
R	rand			All	Abbreviation
R	recipe	take		All	Abbreviation
R	Rector			All	Abbreviation
R	Republican			All	Abbreviation
R	resistance			All	Abbreviation
R	rex			All	Abbreviation
R	right			All	Abbreviation
R	river			All	Abbreviation
R	Romeo			All	IRSA
R	rook			All	Abbreviation
R	ruble	rubles		All	Abbreviation
R	rule			All	Abbreviation
R	run	runs		All	Abbreviation
R	rupee	rupees		All	Abbreviation
S	bend			Some	Association
S	entropy			All	Symbol
S	point			Some	Association
S	pole			All	Association
S	Sabbath			All	Abbreviation
S	Saint			All	Abbreviation
S	schilling			All	Abbreviation
S	second	seconds		All	Abbreviation
S	section			All	Abbreviation
S	shape of console			All	Association
S	shilling			All	Abbreviation
S	siemens			All	Symbol
S	sierra			All	Abbreviation
S	singular			All	Abbreviation
S	small			Some	Abbreviation
S	society			All	Abbreviation
S	son			All	Abbreviation
S	sons			All	Abbreviation
S	soprano			All	Abbreviation
S	South			All	Abbreviation
S	Southern			All	Abbreviation
S	spades			All	Abbreviation
S	special			All	Abbreviation
S	square			All	Abbreviation
S	stokes			All	Abbreviation
S	strangeness			All	Abbreviation
S	succeeded			All	Abbreviation
S	sulphur			All	Abbreviation
S	sun			All	Abbreviation
S	Sweden			All	IVR
T	junction			Some	Association
T	surface tension			All	Symbol
T	tango			All	IRSA
T	tare			All	Abbreviation
T	tee			All	Name of letter
T	temperature			All	Abbreviation
T	tenor			All	Abbreviation
T	tense			All	Abbreviation
T	tesla			All	Abbreviation
T	Thailand			All	IVR
T	time			All	Abbreviation
T	ton	tons		All	Abbreviation
T	tonne	tonnes		Some	Abbreviation
T	transitive			All	Abbreviation
T	tritium			All	Symbol
T	troy			All	Abbreviation
U	bend			Some	Association
U	certificate			Some	Association
U	posh	upper-class	acceptable	All	Association
U	suitable for everyone			All	Association
U	turn			Some	Abbreviation
U	uniform			All	IRSA
U	unionist			All	Abbreviation
U	united			All	Abbreviation
U	universal			All	Abbreviation
U	university			All	Abbreviation
U	uranium			All	Symbol
V	5	five		All	Roman numeral
V	against			Some	Association
V	fifth			Some	Roman numeral
V	see			All	Name of letter
V	vanadium			All	Symbol
V	Vatican City			All	IVR
V	velocity			All	Abbreviation
V	verb			All	Abbreviation
V	verse			All	Abbreviation
V	verso			All	Abbreviation
V	versus			All	Abbreviation
V	very			All	Abbreviation
V	victor			All	Abbreviation
V	volt			All	Abbreviation
V	volts			Some	Abbreviation
V	volume			All	Abbreviation
W	point			Some	Association
W	tungsten			All	Symbol
W	watt			All	Abbreviation
W	watts			Some	Abbreviation
W	weak			All	Abbreviation
W	week			All	Abbreviation
W	weight			All	Abbreviation
W	Welsh			All	Abbreviation
W	West			All	Abbreviation
W	Western			All	Abbreviation
W	whiskey			All	IRSA
W	wicket			All	Abbreviation
W	wickets			Some	Abbreviation
W	wide			All	Abbreviation
W	width			All	Abbreviation
W	wife			All	Abbreviation
W	with			All	Abbreviation
W	women			All	Abbreviation
W	women’s			All	Abbreviation
W	won			All	Abbreviation
X	10	ten		All	Roman numeral
X	axis			Some	Association
X	by			All	Association
X	cross			All	Association
X	ex			All	Association
X	factor			Some	Association
X	kiss			All	Association
X	tenth			Some	Roman numeral
X	times	multiplied by		All	Association
X	unknown	variable		All	Association
X	vote			All	Association
X	wrong mark			All	Association
X	X-ray			All	IRSA
Y	axis			Some	Association
Y	unknown	variable		All	Association
Y	Yankee			All	IRSA
Y	yard			All	Abbreviation
Y	year			All	Abbreviation
Y	yen			All	Abbreviation
Y	YMCA			All	Abbreviation
Y	yttrium			All	Symbol
Y	YWCA			All	Abbreviation
Z	atomic number			All	Symbol
Z	axis			Some	Association
Z	bend			Some	Association
Z	impedance			All	Symbol
Z	unknown	variable		All	Association
Z	Zambia			All	IVR
Z	zenith			All	Abbreviation
Z	zero			All	Abbreviation
Z	Zulu			All	IRSA

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