Financial Times 15165 with Picture Quiz

(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow.  To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.)   Thanks to Sayang for a not-too-difficult puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues.

Across

1,4    Our melodic dish cooked with salt (6,8)

SODIUM CHLORIDE : Anagram of(… cooked) OUR MELODIC DISH.

9    Did not start credible sanction (6)

ENABLE : “tenable”(credible;viable) minus its 1st letter(Did not start …).

10    Tease apprentice, maniac for snack food (8)

HAZELNUT : HAZE(in N. American usage, to subject newcomers to ridicule or abuse, a cruel version of the British ragging or teasing) + L(plate displayed by a learner or apprentice driver) + NUT(a maniac;one who is mentally disturbed).

12    Flunkey returned spoils (4)

LOOT : Reversal of(… returned) TOOL(a flunkey;a pawn).

13    Beat with stick initially (5)

BASTE : Anagram of(Beat) [BEAT plus(with) the 1st letter of(… initially) “stick ” ].

Through the process of elimination, I think this is the answer, in which case, “beat” is definition, anagram indicator and fodder all at once. But I’m not sure.

14    J.B. Ranson stocking some roughage (4)

BRAN : Hidden in(… stocking) “B. Ranson “.

17    Military tribunal punished matriculator (5,7)

COURT MARTIAL : Anagram of(punished) MATRICULATOR.

20    Transit stop is area with car and van being damaged (12)

CARAVANSERAI : Anagram of(… being damaged) [IS AREA plus(with) CAR plus(and) VAN].

Defn: … for caravans along trade routes in central and western Asia.

23    The burden old star rejected (4)

ONUS : O(abbrev. for “old”) + reversal of(… rejected) SUN(the star in our planetary system).

24    At the end of day, to stare and gape is awkward (5)

GAWKY : The last letter of(the end of) “day ” placed after(At) GAWK(to stare and gape).

25    First person to be upset during party protest (4)

DEMO : Reversal of(… to be upset) ME(first person pronoun) contained in(during) DO(a party;a social function).

28    More than half reached the age of consent (8)

MAJORITY : Double defn.

I think there is a slight discrepancy between the 2nd definition and answer. The former commonly refers to the age at which one is considered legally competent to consent to sexual acts, whereas the age of majority is the age at which one is legally an adult and is no longer the responsibility of one’s parents or guardians. Of course, there could be some legal jurisdictions where the 2 coincide.

29    Look at husband in admonition to grow up (6)

BEHOLD : H(abbrev. for “husband”) contained in(in) [BE OLD!](possibly said as an admonition to grow up).

30,31 Heckling pack or sneerers at this part of Hyde Park (8,6)

SPEAKERS CORNER : Anagram of(Heckling) PACK OR SNEERERS.

Defn: … where one might find speakers and their hacklers and sneerers.

Down

1,21 This sleuth, he’ll shock Morse electrifyingly (8,6)

SHERLOCK HOLMES : Anagram of(… electrifyingly) HE’LL SHOCK MORSE.

2    The stuff of a play (8)

DIALOGUE : Cryptic defn: That which is the essential part;stuff of a dramatic play.

3    Horrible fruit caught (4)

UGLY : Homophone of(… caught, aurally) “ugli”(a citrus fruit from the Caribbean).

5    Vital malfunctions disrupted hackers at Tate endlessly (5,7)

HEART ATTACKS : Anagram of(disrupted) [ HACKERS AT + “Tate” minus its last letter(endlessly) ].

6    No Turkish man will toe the line (4)

OBEY : O(letter representing 0;nothing;no) + BEY(a title of address for a Turkish man, corresponding to “Mr.”).

7    Pay no attention to soldier upset about having to accept a negative answer (6)

IGNORE : [ Reversal of(… upset) GI(a US soldier) + RE(about;with reference to) ] containing(having to accept) NO(a negative answer).

8,19 Denigrator dies from alimentary ailment (6,8)

EATING DISORDER : Anagram of(… from?) DENIGRATOR DIES.

11    Totally bonkers as Alice discovered (3,2,1,6)

MAD AS A HATTER : Cryptic defn: … in Wonderland.

15    Reference book a sailor returned (5)

ATLAS : A + reversal of(… returned) SALT(a sailor … especially a seasoned one).

16    Light wood used in herbal salon (5)

BALSA : Hidden in(in) “herbal salon“.

18    Not a slave delivered without charge up-front (8)

FREEBORN : BORN(delivered from a mother’s womb) placed below(… up-front) FREE(without charge).

19    See 8 down

21    See 1 down

22    Base evacuated to accommodate Jack in a French extreme jumping sport (6)

BUNJEE : “Base ” minus its inner letters(evacuated) containing(to accommodate) [ J(abbrev. for “Jack” in a pack of playing cards) contained in(in) UNE(French for “a”) ].

I can only find “bungee” or “bungy”, not “bunjee” in the references (though there could be one out there that I haven’t found).

26    Streaker getting arse kicked violently during trip (4)

TREK : Anagram of(… violently) [ “Streaker ” minus(getting … kicked) “arse ” ].

27    Star lover whose lamp went out tragically (4)

HERO : Double defn: 2nd: In Greek mythology, the priestess lover of Leander, the latter losing his way and drowning in a storm when the lamp she lit to guide him was blown out by the wind.

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