Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 8th May 2023

There are 14 across clues and 18 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 8th May 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Author of stories based on his character Father Brown, who he describes as having “a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling”
AAcross 9:	Genus of succulents including a liliaceous plant with juice used in a number of skincare products such as aftersun gel
AAcross 10:	From the Old French for “shell”, a slice of breaded fried veal or poultry similar to schnitzel
AAcross 11:	A place for the manufacture of baked/fired slabs of clay used for covering floors or walls
AAcross 12:	A mass of tree trunks blocking a river; or, any figurative congestion causing a deadlock or standstill	LOG JAM
AAcross 14:	An assortment of sweets from which a personal selection can be made at a self-service counter	PICK N MIX
AAcross 17:	From the Latin for “town”, an Eton townie as opposed to a colleger
AAcross 20:	A simile- or metaphor-like literary device consisting of a comparison between things in order to explain or clarify an idea
AAcross 22:	A greeting or gesture of congratulation whereby two people briefly connect knuckles	FIST BUMP
AAcross 23:	A drum of belongings, a ream of paper, a sheaf of corn, a wad of cash or other collection of loosely gathered or bound things
AAcross 25:	Craniums, such as those depicted above crossed thigh bones on Jolly Roger flags
AAcross 28:	Entertainments or exhibitions performed to music by figure skaters on frozen rinks	ICE SHOWS
AAcross 30:	A stream or flow of particles; a ray of light; a rafter; or, a radiant smile
AAcross 31:	Word used to describe an individual who worships snakes
DDown 1:	Short or informal word for a form of bodywork or therapy based on exercise, hot stones, massage, ultrasound and other techniques
DDown 2:	Containing both the highest and the lowest points on Earth, the largest of the world’s continents
DDown 3:	The act or process of improving or correcting an institution, practice, system etc; or, the betterment of a behaviour by giving up a vice
DDown 4:	Word for an endeavour to summit a mountain or to surpass a record; or, an effort or try generally
DDown 5:	Any of a multitude of midge- or mosquito-like flies forming clouds or swarms; or, a pipsqueak
DDown 6:	A summons; a short social visit; a square-dance direction; or, a signal or series of notes sounded by bugle
DDown 7:	An act of embarking a ship/aircraft; or, the arrangement by which pupils reside at school during term-time
DDown 13:	An anatomical articulation; the hinge of a book cover; or, a large piece of meat for roasting
DDown 15:	A swindle; or, a disadvantage
DDown 16:	Director of films including Dunkirk, Interstellar and The Prestige	NOLAN
DDown 18:	Thorns; groups of hedgehogs; or, the spines of said animals
DDown 19:	Babylonian god of the sky
DDown 21:	Word meaning honest or honourable; or, a vertical piano
DDown 23:	Welsh town in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park	BRECON
DDown 24:	A solicitor; dialect for a bramble or the stem of a brier; or, a burbot
DDown 26:	Offspring of a ewe and a ram
DDown 27:	Powdery smut in chimneys, used to make lampblack
DDown 29:	Word, thought related to “hocus-pocus”, for a deceptive trick