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Pictures showing the petty officer with the right characteristics (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

portraits

'pictures' is the definition.
(portrait is a kind of picture)

'the petty officer with the right characteristics' is the wordplay.
'the petty officer' becomes 'po' (naval abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'characteristics' becomes 'traits' (I've seen this before).
'po'+'r'+'traits'='PORTRAITS'

'showing' is the link.

(Another definition for portraits that I've seen is " Paintings".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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