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Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 6th February 2023

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 6th February 2023. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 6: Author who wrote about the holiday sailing adventures of a group of children in his Swallows and Amazons series of 12 booksRANSOME
AAcross 7: A right/title to something; a demand of ownership or compensation; or, an assertion of something as true
AAcross 9: A miniature whirlpool/wind
AAcross 10: A shelter for stray dogs; a level stretch between two canal locks; or, a UK monetary unit represented by the “£” sign, for libra
AAcross 11: Steel drums; skillets for frying; or, shallow vessels in which to separate gold from gravel
AAcross 12: Dense bread rolls in the form of tori; or, tennis slang for scores of 6-0 in sets, after the shape of said rings, resembling zeros
AAcross 15: French for a baby’s carrycot-like cradle of woven wicker or straw
AAcross 17: Polymath who, among many things, devised a method of calculus, independently of Newton
AAcross 19: A doctor’s pager-like device
AAcross 21: Typos, incorrect facts and other general errors or inaccuracies
AAcross 22: Person appointed to act on behalf of a superior in said senior’s absence; or, a fireman/examiner in a colliery
AAcross 24: A valise or other item of luggage; an instance; a lawsuit; or, an incident under police investigation
AAcross 25: Matter; liquor; woollen cloth; personal belongings; or, nonsense
AAcross 27: Architect who designed the façade of Buckingham Palace and of the Victoria and Albert Museum
AAcross 29: Former US president whose memoirs include Dreams from My Father and A Promised Land
AAcross 30: Arrangement of stones planted with alpines as a garden feature
DDown 1: A complex protein, such as a lyase, acting as a catalyst in a biochemical reaction
DDown 2: Word for a blow; a putsch; a masterstroke; or, a successful tactic in card game play
DDown 3: The genus of the two aquatic plants commonly called the sacred lotus and the water chinquapin
DDown 4: Description of a bun, cake etc with a sugary glaze; or, of tea, for example, chilled with frozen cubes
DDown 5: Title given to the wife of the heir apparent to the French throne
DDown 6: Known in Latin as “Rufus”, colour used to signify danger or “stop”
DDown 8: A mixture of dried fruit, spices etc, typically for baking in pastry
DDown 13: A drink of espresso diluted with hot water; or, a cocktail of Campari and vermouth with soda waterAMERICANO
DDown 14: An implement for hockey; a twig; or, a miniature skewer for impaling a cherry, cocktail sausage, olive etc
DDown 16: A three-dimensional figure; or, one of the states of matter other than gas, liquid and plasma
DDown 18: Victorian Society co-founder and poet laureate from 1972-84BETJEMAN
DDown 20: Word for the shield bearer of a knight originally, later a polite title placed after a man’s name
DDown 23: From the Latin meaning “dust”, fine particles of something such as cocoa, cosmetics, snow or talc
DDown 25: The interval between two points; or, a team of oxen
DDown 26: One’s physiognomy; the functional side of a playing card; or, an informal word for make-up
DDown 28: A type of coastal inlet between a cove and a gulf in size; or, a space in which to park one’s car
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