Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 17th July 2023

There are 20 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 17th July 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	English dramatist whose works include The Enchanted Cottage, The Schoolmistress, The Second Mrs Tanqueray and Sweet Lavender	PINERO
AAcross 9:	The finished border of the raw edge of a piece of cloth that has been doubled under and sewn down
AAcross 10:	From the Latin for “duck”, a genus of fowl that includes the common teal, mallard and northern pintail
AAcross 11:	A column of soldiers, crocodile of schoolchildren, queue of traffic, row of chessboard squares or other line-like formation; or, a dossier
AAcross 12:	Single circuit of a racetrack; or, the gremial area of a seated person, where a toy dog may sit or rest
AAcross 13:	Bird with a fanned tail and a vocalisation called a “gobble”
AAcross 14:	One’s aim; the finishing point of a journey or race; or, a netted target in football, hockey or other sport
AAcross 15:	A charity bazaar; a gala; a market; a pleasure ground; or, a trade show
AAcross 16:	A ship’s company; or, a gang
AAcross 18:	A pot with a perforated lid for dredging/sprinkling flour or sugar; or, a container in which to mix cocktails
AAcross 19:	A short coat; or, a potato’s skin
AAcross 22:	A jab with a finger; or, a goad
AAcross 24:	Sheila Hancock’s husband, who played Kavanagh QC and Morse
AAcross 25:	Novelist and scientist who wrote the Strangers and Brothers books
AAcross 28:	A broker, croupier or trader
AAcross 29:	A time or stage of life; or, an era
AAcross 30:	From “footprint”, a shoemaker or cobbler’s model of a foot
AAcross 31:	One’s torso; or, a leotard-like garment worn to cover said trunk
AAcross 32:	The male of the domestic cat
AAcross 33:	A ship or lorry for transporting liquids, such as milk or oil, in bulk
DDown 1:	The action of hydraulicking; a building’s system of tubework; or, cloth-covered cord as a trimming for clothes or cushions etc
DDown 2:	Brown sugar in large crystals used to add crunch to cheesecake bases, crumbles and shortbread biscuits; or, a variety of dark Guyanese rum
DDown 3:	A young chicken, pheasant or other fowl being raised for food; or, a fine corded silk, also called paduasoy
DDown 4:	Singer-songwriter whose singles include Crossroads, Fast Car and Talkin’ Bout a Revolution
DDown 5:	The capital of the Netherlands; title of a novel by Ian McEwan; or, with “Old”, a brand of mature Gouda
DDown 6:	Felted, knitted or woven cloth; the material of a building, including its roof and walls; or, the structure of something, such as society
DDown 7:	A cellar-like floor or storey of a building; an ancient foundation of rock beneath sedimentary rock; or, an underlying support
DDown 17:	From the Latin for “on the right”, word for manual skill or nimbleness; adroitness; or, right-handedness
DDown 18:	An overseer or supervisor; an inspector of something, such as buildings, land, roads or ships; a geodesist; or, a customs official
DDown 20:	Dry wood, small sticks, straw or twigs etc used for lighting a fire
DDown 21:	One of the Canaries known as “Isla Bonita”, or “Beautiful Island”	LA PALMA
DDown 23:	Hold-ups, time lags or waits
DDown 26:	A white goods appliance, such as a twin-tub; or, a small flat ring that acts as a spacer or a seal
DDown 27:	Distance or extent downwards; intensity of colour; complexity of thought; or, profoundness