A phonetic crossword Here are the 26 letters of the alphabet, with their pronunciation shown in phonetic symbols.

In this crossword, all the answers are abbreviations, like GB (for Great Britain). The clues are the abbreviations written in phonetic symbols.

A lell B Ihi:1

C lsi: I D Idi:1

E li:1 F lefl

P Ipi:! Q Iklu:1

R lo:rl

S lesl

T Iti:l

U /iu:/ V Ivi:1

Across

1 Id3i:/hi:l 4 Ivi :hll/pi:1

6 lo:r/cl/cfl

8 Icrn/pi:1 11 Ihi :Ihi :/si:1

13 iju:/cs/cil

14 Ics/cfl

15/Ju/cliju:1

17/u:r/cs/vi:/pi

Down

1G S

13

:1

2]3 3 4

6 7 8 9

10 11 12

14 15 16

17

G Id3i:1

H ICltJI

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J /d3cII

K Ikcll

L IclI M/cml

N Icnl o IJul

W IdAhli u:1

X Icks/ y Iwall

Z Izcdl

2 Ihi :/u: rl

3 lellell 10 iju:lcs/es/u:rl ~an 11 Ihi:/ell

5 li:lsi:l 12/si:/al/ell or, in the 7 lef/hi:/all 13/ju:lef/Jui

9 Ipi:/ti:/Jul 16/ju:/cnl united States, Izi:1

Here are the complete forms of the abbreviations in the crossword. For each one, write the correct number and Across or Down.

British Airways Please turn over British Broadcasting Royal Air Force Corporation Please reply (from the

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British Rail French: Repondez s'il Central Intelligence vous plait) Agency Science fiction European Community Unidentified Flying ~~~------~~~--~--------~

Federal Bureau of Object Investigation United Nations

Great Britain 1 Across United States of _[ Los An eles America

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Member of Parliament Union of Soviet ~------------------~--------~

Organization of __ S_oc_i_a_lis_t_R __ e-<.p_u_b_li_c_s __ --+ ___ .. _________ _

African Unity Very important person