11 Cryptic Crosswords - Abbreviations

For Blaugust this year I decided to publish a series of cryptic crossword posts.
I'm aiming for one a day.

Many of our friends over the years have said that cryptic crosswords don't make sense. They certainly do play with your mind, and that is why I take delight in them.  I love the surprising discovery inside a puzzle and the challenge of twisting the usual thought patterns and making them do something different.

So here is today's offering...

It is useful to know the common abbreviations for some words.

Company is often used to indicate CO


Divine school in same building this side of the tracks (8) Advertiser Feb 2016
"Divine school" is the straight clue
"Building" is the indicator for and anagram
This follows "in same"
So take the letters INSAME and have a play with them
On the end (this side) add the abbreviation for railway track (RY)
and you have ... SEMINARY

Common  abbreviations

• Company=Co
• Railway or track =ry
• Street =st
• Avenue=Ave
• Road=Rd
• Crossing=x
• Mount =mt
• Small =s
• Large=l
• Extra large =x
• Medium =m
• Circa =CA 

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