Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 22nd May 2023

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 22nd May 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 6:	Author Zadie who has penned novels including The Autograph Man, NW, On Beauty and White Teeth
AAcross 7:	The US “Grand Canyon State” whence the character Sarah Velvet Brown originates in the 1978 film International Velvet
AAcross 9:	A type of clamp attached to a workbench; a behaviour considered immoral or wicked; or, a neurotic habit of a bored stabled horse
AAcross 10:	With “tick” and “tack”, the game noughts and crosses; or, one of the digits of the human foot
AAcross 11:	A shirker; a shifty dishonest person or trickster; a canvas weather screen on a ship; or, with “Jammie”, a shortcake sandwich biscuit
AAcross 12:	Physiques; main components of bikes; or, surrounds of doors, lenses, paintings or windowpanes
AAcross 14:	Champion steeplechase jockey turned author of over 40 novels	FRANCIS
AAcross 16:	Another name for pochards; or, iron rods for kindling fires
AAcross 18:	Gargoyles for rainwater; sprays ejected from geysers; or, proboscis-shaped pourers of teapots
AAcross 21:	Geometric shape at the top of an obelisk; or, one of the monumental ancient structures in Giza
AAcross 22:	A pin upon which to cook food in the en brochette manner
AAcross 23:	Word used to mean perplex or puzzle; or, an aggregation of grit
AAcross 25:	Actress who played the Duchess of Argyll in A Very British Scandal
AAcross 26:	A group of Brownies, hounds, rugby forwards, thieves or wolves
AAcross 27:	One of the poisons described in novels penned by Agatha Christie
AAcross 28:	A species of duck with down traditionally used to fill quilts
DDown 1:	A trek or walking tour wearing boots and a rucksack; a long distance; or, a sharp increase in cost/price
DDown 2:	Classic flannels or clothes worn for cricket or for tennis; household linen; or, non-coloured laundry
DDown 3:	An act of mimicry; an instance of becoming airborne; or, the spot from which one leaves the ground	TAKE-OFF
DDown 4:	One of the names for the “aeolian” musical instrument that is played by the breeze	WIND HARP
DDown 5:	Ribbed velvety cloth for trousers; a small rope; or, a nutrient- and oxygen-conveying navel-string
DDown 6:	Either of a pair of footrests or irons suspended from a saddle
DDown 8:	Rosaceous plant in the genus Geum, such as that commonly called herb bennet or colewort
DDown 13:	A builder, fabricator, producer or other constructor; or, a title ascribed to God as creator of all
DDown 15:	A rapid or waterfall; a slide into a swimming-pool; a log flume; or, an informal word for a canopy providing air resistance during a jump
DDown 17:	Actress in films including 45 Years, The Duchess, Georgy Girl and The Wings of the Dove	RAMPLING
DDown 19:	Artist noted for his paintings of his native village of Cookham
DDown 20:	A large or imposing building; or, a complex organisation
DDown 21:	Italian city with culinary specialities including prosciutto and a variety of hard cheese	PARMA
DDown 22:	Stalks of carpels, such as those of maize known collectively as silk; or, prevailing fashions
DDown 24:	Endorsement on a passport
DDown 26:	Shells of beans or peas; or, schools of dolphins or whales