Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 6th March 2023

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

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Author whose first-hand experiences on a whaling ship formed the basis of his novels including Moby-Dick and Omoo
AAcross 9:	From the Latin meaning “to plough”, a word for land that is used or is suitable for growing crops
AAcross 10:	One of a pair of long leather or webbing straps attached to either side of a horse’s bit or bridle
AAcross 11:	Small mass of butter; a gentle tap with the palm of the hand; or, the sound of light footsteps or rain
AAcross 12:	Ship commanded by William Bligh until her crew mutinied and set the aforesaid captain adrift
AAcross 13:	Flowing through towns including Amboise, Blois and Roanne, the longest river in France
AAcross 15:	Author of some 100 books including The Cinder Path and those in the Tilly Trotter trilogy	COOKSON
AAcross 17:	Any one of the abbreviations or words used to compose an SMS	TEXTISM
AAcross 18:	From the Greek for “hedgehog”, the genus of the sea urchins
AAcross 22:	A loop of rope; a metal ring lining an eyelet of the same name; or, a slang word for a young or novice skateboarder or surfer
AAcross 24:	Yellow resin with a lemony scent, used for aromatherapy/incense
AAcross 25:	Word used to describe the colour of a retriever dog with a blonde, cream or yellow coat
AAcross 27:	Type of rodent immortalised as Templeton in Charlotte’s Web
AAcross 28:	A position with the knees held close to the chest in diving, gymnastics, skiing or trampolining
AAcross 29:	Lightweight jacket-like garment named after a sheep’s woolly coat
AAcross 30:	Curator/keeper of a fish tank
DDown 1:	From the French meaning “wake up”, a signal by bugle or drum at daybreak to awaken soldiers
DDown 2:	Word for a number, such as four, six, 12 or 108, that is divisible by two without a remainder
DDown 3:	Fast sailing ships; swift sleds, horses etc; a hair trimmer; or, garden shears for shrubbery or topiary
DDown 4:	Salad plant in the daisy family, such as the bibb or butterhead, cos or romaine, iceberg or crisphead
DDown 5:	Constituting the diet of the giant panda, a tall woody grass and the world’s fastest-growing land plant
DDown 6:	Italian meat-and-tomato sauce served Bolognese-style with pappardelle or spaghetti or as a base for lasagne or moussaka	RAGU
DDown 7:	A flat part that presses the paper against the forme in a printing press; or, a roller in a typewriter
DDown 14:	Contraction of a word used to describe the opening passage of a piece of popular music
DDown 16:	Word for brightness or lustre; fine weather; old slang for a party or a fancy; or, an act of polishing
DDown 19:	Short name for the tree Aesculus hippocastanum or for one of its conkers; or, a stale old joke
DDown 20:	The total calculated expense of producing one product	UNIT COST
DDown 21:	From the Latin for “an age”, a word used to mean everlasting
DDown 22:	Search engine with a logo often altered into a special doodle
DDown 23:	A way or method; a style of art, literature, thought, writing etc; or, one’s bearing or behaviour
DDown 26:	A brave, heroic or noble exploit
DDown 28:	A word for greensward, synonymous with horse racing