Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 15th May 2023

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 15th May 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 6:	Berkshire-born Oscar-winning actress noted for roles including Iris in The Holiday, Myrtle/Tilly in The Dressmaker and Rose in Titanic	WINSLET
AAcross 7:	From the Latin meaning “ram”, the first sign of the zodiac
AAcross 9:	Duties, chores or tasks; informal word for robberies; occupations; or, a co-founder of Apple Inc.
AAcross 10:	The plant herb-of-grace, symbolic of regret or repentance; or, a word for a street in French
AAcross 11:	Recurrent motifs pervading works of art, literature or music
AAcross 12:	Sweeping blows; critical remarks; purloining grabs; or, acts of passing cards through e-readers or moving fingers across touch screens
AAcross 14:	With types including pelican, puffin, toucan and zebra, a place designated for pedestrians to traverse a road; or, a sea voyage
AAcross 16:	The lower halves of pyjamas or other two-piece garments
AAcross 18:	Comrades, fellows or mates; contacts on a social networking site such as Facebook; or, a sitcom often set in Central Perk coffee shop
AAcross 21:	A person habitually attending performances at the theatre	PLAY-GOER
AAcross 23:	Place for business, clerical duties etc; or, slang for a plane’s cockpit
AAcross 24:	The setting in motion of a boat, new project etc; or, an event or party celebrating this
AAcross 26:	Shetlandic word for a bay
AAcross 27:	Sound of a vehicle’s horn or of an electronic device such as a pager
AAcross 28:	Ashcan School co-founder and painter of McSorley’s Bar and Sunday, Women Drying Their Hair
AAcross 29:	Attempts; or, works produced by way of said endeavours
DDown 1:	“Emmets” said to be metaphorically in a person’s pants when said individual is agitated or fidgety
DDown 2:	Pyrotechnics for signalling at sea; trousers that widen progressively from the knees down; or, eruptions in the Sun’s chromosphere
DDown 3:	A continuous period of time or expanse of land/water; an exaggeration of the truth; or, elasticity in a fabric or garment
DDown 4:	Area of wild Devonshire upland recalled in Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles	DARTMOOR
DDown 5:	Any of a series of graduated measurements into which clothes or shoes are divided
DDown 6:	Type of book or directory listing biographical details, names, profiles etc of prominent people	WHOS WHO
DDown 8:	Word, from the Old English for “beautiful” and related to the Old Norse for “white horse”, for lustre; or, glistening or splendid attire
DDown 13:	A little pie; a burger-like cake of mince etc; or, in the US, a chocolate-covered peppermint cream
DDown 15:	Bundle of things such as arrows, paper or stalks of corn
DDown 17:	Females of the red grouse
DDown 19:	Title of a peeress used as an informal or affectionate form of address by a man to a girl/woman
DDown 20:	Screening or trailer of a film prior to its official release
DDown 22:	Cables, flexes or wires; chief roles or clues; or, tethers for dogs
DDown 23:	Something done or made etc a single time; or, a unique person	ONE-OFF
DDown 25:	A noble gas used in electric signs and fluorescent lamps
DDown 27:	A unit of nuclear cross-section named after a type of farm shed