Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 14th August 2023

There are 18 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 14th August 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Author of jazz age novels including The Beautiful and Damned and The Great Gatsby whose wife, Zelda, was America’s first flapper
AAcross 9:	A cross/crucifix on a beam/screen above the entrance to a chancel
AAcross 10:	A break or chink between clouds; a major geological fault; a schism; or, a breach in friendly relations
AAcross 11:	Any one of the conifers in the genus Abies that share their family with cedars, larches and pines
AAcross 12:	Word meaning highly decorated; or, in the context of literary style, flowery or overembellished
AAcross 13:	— vincit amor, a Latin phrase, from Virgil’s Eclogue X, that translates as “love conquers all”	OMNIA
AAcross 15:	German composer, organ virtuoso and polyphonist; or, a Welsh term of endearment meaning “little one”
AAcross 16:	A car-free Channel Island ruled by a hereditary seigneur or dame
AAcross 19:	Word for a skilled craftsperson that also denotes a craft food or drink, such as cheese or beer
AAcross 20:	Actress born Julia Elizabeth Wells who was awarded an Oscar for her debut role as Mary Poppins
AAcross 23:	Scottish word for the leaves of a potato or turnip plant; or, a copse, small wood or thicket
AAcross 25:	A civil disorder; or, wild revelry
AAcross 26:	A variety of quartz that sparks when struck with steel
AAcross 28:	Children’s author and creator of characters including Hetty Feather and Tracy Beaker
AAcross 30:	Metal fastener for a bolt
AAcross 31:	Soft floury flattish bread buns
AAcross 33:	S-shaped moulding or “talon”
AAcross 34:	One of the dialect names for a type of drop scone
DDown 1:	A brown flightless bird of New Zealand after which the brown fuzzy-skinned Chinese gooseberry is named
DDown 2:	Raita-like Greek meze of cucumber, mint and yoghurt
DDown 3:	Town in Holland noted for blue-and-white earthenware, links with the Dutch royal family and as the birthplace of Johannes Vermeer
DDown 4:	A smooth area of closely mown grass between a tee box and a green on a golf course; or, the main navigable channel in a harbour
DDown 5:	Instrument such as a bell, castanet, cymbal, gong or rattle that produces sound from its own substance
DDown 6:	Shorts for swimming, named after theatrical breeches worn over tights; or, chests for storage or travel
DDown 7:	Either of a pair of body parts one is said to have under the table when established in a new job/situation
DDown 14:	A walk in a measured, military or stately manner; or, a piece of music composed for such a parade
DDown 17:	Associated with folklore and witchcraft, the mountain ash whose red berries are traditionally used to make jelly to accompany game
DDown 18:	Word for guardianship of saints; backing, sponsorship or support; or, regular commercial dealings
DDown 21:	A decrease in price or wages
DDown 22:	Workshop for casting metal
DDown 24:	An Anglo-Saxon kingdom; or, Thomas Hardy’s fictional world
DDown 27:	Word meaning calm, quiet or stationary; or, a photograph
DDown 29:	Priest and former assistant master at Eton whose pessimism earned him the nickname “gloomy dean”
DDown 32:	Fish named after a spear