Monday Ft 14963

[HenHen]

3d - wrath possibly shown by head (4) - C?P?
14ac- fifty caught in a bit of a fiddle (4) - ?L?T
Help appreciated, with explanations.
Thanks
Henhen

[Captain2]

Cape

[dannyk13]

3d.Cape ( Cape Wrath is a headland)

[Captain2]

14 Can only think of 'P-l-ot' ( as in to plot a misdemeanour = a fiddle) but could be very wide of the mark :-)

[HenHen]

Thanks guys. Any ideas about 14ac?

[dannyk13]

14a.Glut -l(fifty) inside gut( string part of fiddle)?

[Captain2]

Better than mine danny but can't see the definition

[dannyk13]

Nor me ,bad clue I think.

[Mamyalynne]

Prefer Plot, if only for the definition.

Bit can be used two ways, a little or a lot - so maybe pot=bit works?

[dannyk13]

I would go with that except for the two words "of a" before the word fiddle.

[Mamyalynne]

yes, agreed.

[dannyk13]

Afraid I'm stumped for a good parsing.

[HenHen]

Thanks all. I'll go with plot and see if it's right in 2 weeks time!!

[Captain2]

Hopefully HenHen will report back when the answer is published.

[dannyk13]

Fingers crossed

[Captain2]

Two weeks! Blimey that's a long time - slow movers at the FT?

[Mamyalynne]

Monday's is a prize one, hence the wait.

[BigMac]

Not sure this helps, but a previous crossword (Telegraph, I think) had this clue:
Excess shown by fifty caught in a bit of a fiddle (4)

Giving the answer 'glut'.

Wonder if the full clue was not printed in the FT?

[dannyk13]

That is possible and would justify my earlier post at 13..05.

[Captain2]

That makes a lot more sense BigMac, thank you

[sandyRoe]

did fiddle strings used to be made of gut?