Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 5th June 2023

There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 5th June 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 6:	Author of The Count of Monte Cristo who was “père” of dramatist and novelist Alexandre “fils”
AAcross 7:	Word for crabs, mussels, oysters, prawns and other edible shellfish or “fruits de mer” collectively
AAcross 9:	From the Dutch for “master”, a captain, chairperson, chief, employer, governor or other leader
AAcross 10:	City in West Yorkshire, home to a cricket ground and a rugby stadium in its suburb Headingley
AAcross 11:	An amateurish, crude or unskilled painting; or, clay, mud, plaster etc as a wall covering with wattle
AAcross 12:	Part of an etna, gas cooker/jet or lamp etc that emits a flame; a censer or thurible; or, a CD-R drive
AAcross 14:	From Old French translating as “pillion-rider”, a dealer who officiates at a gaming-table
AAcross 16:	Five-times-married dramatist who wrote Look Back in Anger
AAcross 18:	Co-writer of a sketch show featuring characters including Kevin the Teenager and Tory Boy	ENFIELD
AAcross 21:	Pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith who wrote the Horatio Hornblower novels
AAcross 23:	Style of 1920s coat, originally worn when travelling in an open car; or, a cloth for polishing furniture
AAcross 24:	Rhythmic movement or sound of a clock, drum, heart/pulse etc
AAcross 26:	Final letter of the Greek alphabet; a conclusion; or, the last of a series
AAcross 27:	Name by which Sir Harold Nicolson’s wife, née Victoria Mary Sackville-West, was known
AAcross 28:	From the Spanish for “of the mountains, highlander”, a green type of chilli; or, a variety of cured ham
AAcross 29:	Stage departures; or, doors
DDown 1:	Novelist who penned London Fields, Money, Success, Time’s Arrow and the collection of short stories titled Einstein’s Monsters
DDown 2:	Old word for an inn’s stableman
DDown 3:	Word for intrinsic being, character, nature or substance; or, an extract obtained from orange blossom, peppermint, vanilla or other plant
DDown 4:	A freshwater snail or an ammonite resembling a spiral bony projection of a male sheep or tup
DDown 4:	A freshwater snail or an ammonite resembling a spiral bony projection of a male sheep or tup
DDown 5:	A pen for a flock of sheep of the same name; or, by extension, a church and its congregation
DDown 6:	Conical canvas sleeves used as floating anchors for boats; drag-parachutes; or, windsocks
DDown 8:	From the Latin for “overripe olive”, an indehiscent fruit with a stone, such as the aforesaid or a plum
DDown 13:	Boastful daughter of Tantalus who was turned into stone
DDown 15:	Memory-based card game also called concentration or pelmanism; or, boats for two sweep rowers
DDown 17:	A countrywide newspaper as opposed to a local one; a citizen; or, with definite article, a notable annual steeplechase at Aintree
DDown 19:	Son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
DDown 20:	The crown of a conifer, oak or other arboreal plant forming part of a woodland’s or forest’s canopy
DDown 22:	Portents or signs interpreted in the practice of augury
DDown 23:	Physician who was first to produce a successful daguerreotype of the Moon and the human face
DDown 25:	Graceful relative of gulls
DDown 27:	An empty space or vacuum; or, a lack of cards in a particular suit