Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 26th June 2023

There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 26th June 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Author of adventure stories including The Coral Island and its sequel The Gorilla Hunters	BALLANTYNE
AAcross 9:	Forename of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who founded Neuralink in 2016 and acquired Twitter for some $44 billion	ELON
AAcross 10:	A profit; a win; an increase in resources; that which is achieved; or, in electronics, amplification
AAcross 11:	The spoken word for the tonic, or first degree, in sol-fa notation
AAcross 12:	Twisted/plied string or cord, often used to bind bales of hay or straw
AAcross 13:	A hidden type of digital device set up for covert surveillance	SPYCAM
AAcross 15:	Physical exertion for training or keeping fit; a written school task; a study in music; or, a military drill
AAcross 18:	Sirenian mammals, including dugongs and manatees, that are named for their habit of grazing on subaquatic grasses in herds	SEA COWS
AAcross 21:	Old Portuguese coins whose name translates as “shields”
AAcross 23:	From Italian for “sheep”, hard cheese made from ewes’ milk
AAcross 24:	Shins of human beings; the corresponding parts in other vertebrates; or, legs of stockings
AAcross 26:	Wharfs; bony tops of tails; or, from Flemish for “chicken coops, rabbit hutches, sties”, enclosures for the accused in courts of law
AAcross 28:	An animal kept as a companion; or, an indulged favourite person
AAcross 29:	Fluffy plumage, of eiders etc
AAcross 31:	Bolognese painter whose most celebrated work is his 1614 ceiling fresco Aurora, commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese	RENI
AAcross 32:	Green-skinned pepo with red flesh consisting mainly of aqua
DDown 1:	Collection of facts from which other information may be inferred; or, values input to a computer
DDown 2:	From the Greek for “bed”, a word for the teaching of medicine at the bedside originally, later a private or specialist hospital for outpatients
DDown 3:	Poetic word for a chaplet, fillet, garland or wreath for the head
DDown 4:	Trees in the soapberry family bearing scented white-fleshed fruits, or “alligator strawberries”, with a flavour reminiscent of roses
DDown 5:	Plumes or quills traditionally fitted to arrows by fletchers or used as pens; or, long tufts of hair on the fetlocks of heavy horses
DDown 6:	Any one of the guardians of peace and justice in George Lucas’s fictional Star Wars universe
DDown 7:	A measured quantity of medicine or X-rays etc administered at one time; or, a bout of something unpleasant
DDown 14:	A chessman; a coin; or, a crumb
DDown 16:	French for a vineyard or vintage
DDown 17:	US paediatrician noted for his book on baby and child care
DDown 19:	Soft call of a pigeon or dove
DDown 20:	Tools worked by two people when cutting logs into planks
DDown 22:	Market town in Northumberland, site of a statue of the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison	MORPETH
DDown 24:	From “awakening”, enlightenment sought in Zen Buddhism
DDown 25:	The patron saint of Scotland
DDown 26:	Any act or heroic exploit
DDown 27:	A fragment; a French fry; a wafer of silicon; or, a token for poker
DDown 30:	Actress, comedienne and pianist who wrote and co-starred in dinnerladies, Housewife, 49 and Pat and Margaret