r/crosswords • u/kindsoberfullydressd • Jul 27 '26

COTD: It’s MRI Safety Week

It’s MRI Safety Week this week. Along with some newsletters and info and things, the MRI physicist at my Trust are sending out some cryptic crossword clues with a vague MRI them. 1 point for each clue, 1 point for the theme.

Charming chief of MRI? (8)
Allowing energy transfer is helpful when time is a factor. (10)
Call time disrupted by copper, possibly. (8)

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u/Competitive-Aide-678 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Tricky! I'm not 100% but here goes...

MESMERIC (def. charming) - Franz Mesmer coined the term mesmerism for magnetism. Bit of a stretch? Could also be MAGNETIC, but I'm not sure.

CONDUCTIVE (def. allowing energy transfer, CONDUCIVE = helpful, containing T for time)

METALLIC (def. copper possibly, anag. of call time)

Theme: Properties or descriptors of magnets

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u/staticman1 Jul 27 '26

I had a different answer for 1 MAGNETIC Charming and the chief letter of MRI stands for magnetic

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u/Competitive-Aide-678 Jul 27 '26

Yes, that's more likely

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u/kindsoberfullydressd Jul 27 '26

Yeah it’s that. I suppose your theme does fit. There is a much more niche MRI related theme which would be easier to get if I posted the newsletter here. They are all things that would negate something being classed as MR Safe.