Guardian Cryptic 26447 with Picture Quiz

(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow.  To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.)   Definitely not a write-in, in fact, one to warm up with for the Prize puzzle.  Thanks to Philistine. Definitions are underlined in the clues.

The answers defined as “… 10” or “.. presumably” are proper words whose starting letters are prefixes that denote a negative meaning, like “de-“, with such “prefixes” deleted to yield their antonyms, presumably.  Such “antonyms” could be in proper or rare usage, or just whimsies.

Across

1    Order cheap rubbish after joke backfired (6)

DIKTAT : TAT(cheap rubbish) placed after(after) reversal of(… backfired) KID(to joke;to tease).

4    Paracetamol is helping part get erect 10 (6)

MOLISH : Hidden in(… part) “Paracetamol is helping “.

Answer: From “demolish”, the opposite of “to erect”.

9    Desirable fruit (4)

PLUM : Double defn.

10    One might expect a plumber’s work to have a messy end (10)

PRESUMABLY : Anagram of(… work) A PLUMBER’S plus(to have) the last letter of(… end) “messy “.

11    Democrat available to frame up image (6)

AVATAR : Hidden in reversal of(… to frame up) “Democrat available “. The “up” works better in a down clue.

12    Had empty sleeve tailored to be tidy 10 across the pond (8)

SHEVELED : Anagram of(… tailored) [the 1st and last letters of(… empty) “Had ” + SLEEVE].

Answer: From “disheveled”, the North American(across the pond) spelling of “dishevelled”, the opposite of “tidy”.

13    Audible drivel you provided, temporarily drunk (9)

CRAPULENT : Homophone of(Audible) [“crap”(drivel;rubbish) + “you”] + LENT(provided temporarily, to be returned later).

15,16    Missing family is OK at last, with the paramedic team, getting treatment (8)

HOMESICK : Anagram of(…, getting treatment) [ IS OK + the last letters, respectively, of(at last) “with the paramedic team “].

17    Straight battle: the odds leave one standing (9)

CANDIDATE : CANDID(straight;outspoken) + “battle ” minus its 1st, 3rd and 5th letters(the odds leave).

Defn: … for election.

21    10 content of beastly noise went first (8)

GRUNTLED : GRUNT(noise made by a beastly pig) + LED(went first).

Answer: From “disgruntled”, the opposite of “being content”;”satisfied”.

22    Set up camp by an arcade game (3-3)

PAC-MAN : Anagram of(Set up) CAMP plus(by) AN.

24    De janvier, peut-être, la fille devient jeune dame (10)

DEMOISELLE : DE + MOIS(French for “month”, “janvier, peut-être” or, in English, “January perhaps”) + ELLE(“la fille”, or, in English, “the girl”).

Defn: …, or, in English, a young lady. Had to resort to an online translator – pardon my French, but my French is no effing good.

25    Impulse of the bourgeoisie (4)

URGE : Hidden in(of the) “bourgeoisie “.

26    Italian with bride can cause disturbance (6)

TUSCAN : Anagram of(… can cause) [TUSCAN
plus(with) “bride “] = “disturbance”.

27    Seal hiding place with leading Tamil Tiger, perhaps admitting revolutionary court is painful (6)

CACHET : Triple wordplay: 1st: CACHE(a hiding place;where to squirrel things) plus(with) the 1st letter of(leading) “Tamil “; 2nd: CAT(an example of which;perhaps is a tiger) containing(admitting) CHE(Guevara, the revolutionary) ; 3: ACHE(pain) in CT(abbrev. for “court”), or, in other words, to experience pain in court.

Down

1    Vilified when raised to be free (7)

DELIVER : Reversal of(… when raised, in a down clue) REVILED(vilified;maligned).

Defn: As a verb.

2    10 12 10 1,000 kept out (5)

KEMPT : M(Roman numeral for 1,000) contained in(… out) KEPT.

Answer: From “unkempt”, the opposite of “tidy”;”sheveled” presumably.

3    Offend when taking note of clothes (7)

APPAREL : APPAL(to offend;to cause repulsion) containing(when taking) RE(the syllable representing the note on the musical scale)

5    In Latin, opera works (6)

OPUSES : In Latin, the plural of “opus”(work) is “opera”.

Defn: The plural for an artistic composition, especially a musical work.

6    Nasty and nice, so soon (2,1,6)

IN A SECOND : Anagram of(Nasty) AND NICE, SO.

7    Shelley knew endless Greek (7)

HELLENE : “Shelley knew ” minus the respective 1st and last letters(endless).

8    Primarily means a national darling ending longstanding apartheid’s prior hold (6,7)

NELSON MANDELA : The 1st letters, respectively, of(Primarily) “means a national darling ending longstanding apartheid’s ” placed below(…’s prior,in a down clue) NELSON(a wrestling hold). A WIWD (wordplay intertwined with definition) clue.

14    Chef beginning to stuff little French onion, must be peeled and loaded 10 (9)

PECUNIOUS : The 1st letter of(… beginning) “Chef ” contained in(to stuff) PEU(French for a little bit) + “onion, must ” minus the respective 1st and last letters(be peeled).

Answer: From “impecunious”, the opposite of “irich”;”loaded”.

16    Skinhead, if true, got drunk to excess (7)

SURFEIT : The 1st letter of(…head ) “Skin ” + anagram of(…, got drunk) IF TRUE.

18    Soundly immersed, time flies (7)

DIPTERA : Homophone of(Soundly) “dipped”(immersed) + ERA(a period of time).

Defn: The taxonomic order of insects with a single pair of wings, that includes flies.

19    10 calm, if instructed to keep right (7)

TRAUGHT : TAUGHT(instructed) containing(to keep) R(abbrev. for “right”).

Answer: From “distraught”, the opposite of “calm”;”undisturbed emotionally”.

20    Regrettably, tea break ends up in a state (6)

ALASKA : ALAS(an expression of regret) + reversal of the last letters of(… ends up, in a down clue) “tea break“.

Defn: … in the USA.

23    10 polite and out of touch (5)

COUTH : Anagram of(out of) TOUCH.

Answer: From “uncouth”, the opposite of “polite”;”well-mannered”.

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