Financial Times 14692 with Picture Quiz

(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow.  To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.)  Perhaps a tad more difficult than the Jason puzzles I’ve blogged before.  Thanks to Jason.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. (I’m having intermittent Internet connection so I hope this goes through in time.)

Across

1    Gentle guy who nicks whisky finally? It doesn’t get to print (4,4)

SOFT COPY : SOFT(gentle) + COP(a policeman;one who makes an arrest;nicks) + the last letter of(… finally) “whisky “.

Defn: …, but is stored electronically.

5    Harpy is grabbing good food for Jock (6)

HAGGIS : [ HAG(harpy;a cruel ugly woman, alternatively, a demon, in Greek mythology) + ] contained in(grabbing) G(abbrev. for “good”).

Defn: …, the archetypal Scotsman.

9    One trying former African leader and ruler (8)

EXAMINER : EX-(prefix indicating former;once) + AMIN(Idi, once leader/dictator of Uganda) + ER(abbrev. from Latin for Queen Elizabeth).

Defn: …;testing your knowledge or a state of affairs through interrogation, observation, etc.

10    PC that is right for office equipment (6)

COPIER : COP(informal term for a PC;a police constable – long before the computer) + I.E.(abbrev. from Latin for “that is”) + R(abbrev. for “right”). Nice surface.

12    Immediately before parking and returning (9)

PRECEDING : P(abbrev. for “parking”) plus(and) RECEDING(returning;falling back;ebbing).

13    Putting name in where you write could be a bore (5)

GRIND : N(abbrev. for “name”) contained in(Putting … in) GRID(the network where you, the solvers, write the answers in).

14    Succeed with good fan (4)

WING : WIN(to succeed in getting) plus(with) G(abbrev. for “good”).

Answer: An object shaped to cause a current of air, as those on a bird, or a hand-held fan.

16    Incident is found in lyric poem (7)

EPISODE : IS contained in(found in) EPODE(a lyric poem).

19    Eg, a recital moved (7)

ARTICLE : Anagram of(… moved) RECITAL.

Defn: …, or “the” or “an” in grammar.

21    Writer finding time for himself, say (4)

POET : POE(Edgar Allan, American author, poet, etc) plus(finding) T(abbrev. for “time”).

Defn: An answer of which;say, is the writer, Poe himself. The clue also works with the defn. and wordplay switching roles.

24    Support British expert (5)

BRACE : BR(abbrev. for “British”) + ACE(an expert).

25    Wife, say, with elegance with whom you studied (9)

CLASSMATE : MATE(an example of which;say, is a wife) placed after(with;possessing) CLASS(elegance, as in “that girl has got class”).

27    Covering German’s informal game (6)

RUGGER : RUG(a piece of fabric used to cover) + GER(abbrev. for “Germany”).

Answer: An informal term for the ball game of rugby.

28    Supplement could be amazing drug (8)

MAGAZINE : Anagram of(could be) [AMAZING + E(abbrev. for the drug, “Ecstasy”) ].

Defn: A supplementary publication that comes with, say, your Sunday papers.

29    Copper to think highly of clergyman (6)

CURATE : CU(chemical symbol for the element, copper) + RATE(to think highly of).

30    Calm about a dead romantic song (8)

SERENADE : SERENE(calm;peaceful) containing(about) [A + D(abbrev. for “dead”) ].

Down

1    Dwarf mole finding shelter inside (6)

SLEEPY : SPY(an example of which is the mole who has infiltrated an enemy’s government or intelligence organisation) containing(finding … inside) LEE(shelter from the wind).

Defn: …, one of seven co-habiting with Snow White.

2    Marked agent gets round litigation (6)

FLAWED : FED(short for a federal law enforcement agent in the USA) containing(gets round) LAW(litigation, as in “they brought the dispute to law”).

Defn: … with a defect.

3    A herb from Switzerland I have (5)

CHIVE : CH(the international code for Switzerland) + I’VE(contraction of “I have”).

4    Looking closely at making a noble? (7)

PEERING : Cryptic defn: Whimsically, making someone a peer;a nobleman could be termed “peer-ing”.

6    This is next to a hypotenuse! (9)

ALONGSIDE : A + LONG SIDE(or longest side, of a right-angled triangle;the hypotenuse).

7    Place for rushing or riding excitedly (8)

GRIDIRON : Anagram of(.. excitedly) OR RIDING.

Defn: Field of play in American football, with a lot of rushing and tackling.

8    Office equipment is quiet and more revolutionary (8)

SHREDDER : SH(interjection urging for quiet) plus(and) REDDER(more red;revolutionary, leftist or radical).

11    Alternatively long-armed giant (4)

OGRE : The 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th letters of(Alternatively) “long-armed “.

15    Harsh line accepted by popular union (9)

INCLEMENT : L(abbrev. for “line”) contained in(accepted by) [ IN(popular;in fashion) + CEMENT(union – I’m not sure of “cement” as a synonym for “union”. The former is the substance that serves to bind or unite, or, as a verb, the act of doing so; whereas the latter is the result of binding together, and cannot be used as a verb.) ].

Defn: …, such as is the weather.

17    Vicious insult about King in command (8)

BARBARIC : BARB(insult) +A(abbrev. for “about”? – I presume this is an alternative to the Latin-based “c” or “ca”. Or there’s a typo?) + R(abbrev. for “Rex”, Latin for “king”) + I.C.(abbrev. for “in charge of”;in command).

18    US commando on street is an unknown bloke (8)

STRANGER : RANGER(a US commando) placed after(on, doesn’t quite work for a down clue?) ST(abbrev. for “street”).

20    Some see a cheat in every individual (4)

EACH : Hidden in(Some) “see a cheat “.

21    Helping with the introduction of California’s humour (7)

PLACATE : PLATE(a helping of food, as in “a plate of noodles”) containing(with the introduction of) CA(abbrev. for the US state of California).

Defn: … as a verb.

22    An island sheep upset a place to lie up (6)

MARINA : Reversal of(… upset, in a down clue) [AN + I(abbrev. for “island”) + RAM(a male sheep) ].

Defn: … your pleasure boat.

23    Welsh tranforming green energy (6)

RENEGE : Anagram of(tranforming) [GREEN + E(abbrev. for “energy” in physics) ].

Defn: To fail to fulfil an obligation;promise.

26    Most unfavourably comment on small behind (5)

SLATE : S(abbrev. for “small”) + LATE(behind;past the time due).

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The following pictures have unidentified links to the puzzle.  (Pic6 – apart from the obvious RUGGER).

 

     

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