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Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 3rd April 2023

There are 14 across clues and 18 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 3rd April 2023. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 4: Author whose canon of some 50 novels includes The History of Mr Polly, The Invisible Man, The Time Machine and Tono-Bungay
AAcross 6: Regular unvaried method, modus operandi or procedure; or, a fixed sequence in a comedy act, dance or other performance
AAcross 8: Fancy paper in which to conceal a present prior to bestowing itGIFT WRAP
AAcross 9: A questionnaire; a collection of data for mapping; a general view; or, an inspection of a building to determine its condition and value
AAcross 10: County where the tiny “Little Scarlet” strawberries are thought to be unique to its village Tiptree
AAcross 12: An official list of items or names; the book containing said record; an organ stop; or, the compass of a musical instrument or voice
AAcross 14: Bulls, cows, oxen and other bovine animals collectively
AAcross 16: The first in a series of events or games; a player who starts the betting or makes the first bid; or, a utensil for de-lidding a bottle or tin
AAcross 19: Meaning “lovely place” in French, a village in the New Forest, home to the Montagu family seat, Palace House, since 1538BEAULIEU
AAcross 21: Author noted for his tales about the Larkin family in five novels including The Darling Buds of May
AAcross 23: An oystercatcher-sized pied wader once extinct in the UK
AAcross 25: Outlines; biographical sketches; side views of faces/heads; or, digital identities on social media
AAcross 27: Three-pronged salmon spear
AAcross 28: A furrow for a row of vegetable seeds; a training exercise; or, a tool such as a gimlet for boring holes
DDown 1: An apartment; a deflated tyre; or, a word for a coffee without the froth characteristic of a cappuccino
DDown 2: Large mats or small carpets; travel blankets; or, horses’ cloth garments for warmth or protection
DDown 3: From the Latin for “curl”, a cloud commonly called a mare’s-tail
DDown 4: Colour of a feather used as a mark of perceived cowardice or of a flag symbolising truce or surrender
DDown 5: The genus of the shrews
DDown 6: Name of Mary Tourtel’s bear character from Nutwood who has featured in annuals since 1936
DDown 7: Contacts, goggles, spectacles, sunglasses etc collectively
DDown 11: A collection of books, golf clubs, miniature trains, tea things etc, customarily used together
DDown 13: The space between two electrodes across which a spark can travel; a break in continuity; or, a pass or way through mountains
DDown 14: Umbelliferous herb resembling a dainty version of Italian parsley
DDown 15: Hawaiian garland or necklace of feathers, flowers or shells
DDown 17: The shape of a 3-D figure when laid out or unfolded
DDown 18: From old dialect for a short coat, a word for a pullover or sweater
DDown 20: A ragamuffin or tatterdemalion; old word for a hedgehog; or, a spiny globular echinoderm of the sea
DDown 21: Word used to mean wide, having a liberal outlook, somewhat coarse or with a strong regional accent
DDown 22: A hillock; or, a series of waves
DDown 24: Bones; drams; or, items salvaged from dustbins/rubbish heaps
DDown 26: One of the forenames of The Sea, the Sea author Dame Murdoch
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