| REMORSECODE | Shorthand for the contrite? |
| HUMBLEPIE | Poor tart eaten by the contrite (6,3) |
| BREXIT | Which word has been coined as shorthand for the UK leaving the EU? (6) |
| THEGREAT | Shorthand for the contest between the British and Russian empires over 19 (3,5,4) |
| GAME | Shorthand for the contest between the British and Russian empires over 19 (3,5,4) |
| SDGS | Shorthand for the UN's 17 development goals (4) |
| OMG | Shorthand for the shocked |
| OMFG | Shorthand for the shocked |
| RAISINA | Area of New Delhi used as shorthand for the Indian government (7,4) |
| HILL | Area of New Delhi used as shorthand for the Indian government (7,4) |
| MADISONAVENUE | *New York City street used as shorthand for the ad industry |
| WINTER | Journalists' shorthand for the period from November 1978 to February 1979 in UK (6,2,10) |
| DISCONTENT | Journalists' shorthand for the period from November 1978 to February 1979 in UK (6,2,10) |
| OF | Journalists' shorthand for the period from November 1978 to February 1979 in UK (6,2,10) |
| IDEM | Latin word, shorthand for 'the same (as previously mentioned)' (4) |
| ROTFL | Text shorthand for the phrase formed by the first word of 17-, 22-, 41-, 52- and 64-Across |
| CAMINO | Spanish 16-across - shorthand for the famed Santiago trek (6) |
| STENO | Shorthand for shorthand |
| IBID | Editor's shorthand for 'from the same source' (4) |
| TLDR | Internet shorthand for "Here's the short version" |
