Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 21st August 2023

There are 18 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 21st August 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 6:	Dramatist, novelist and poet who wrote Lady Windermere’s Fan during a trip to the Lake District in 1891
AAcross 7:	Spread said to be loved or hated, hence its name being used in reference to something polarising
AAcross 9:	Another name for bog myrtle; word for a strong wind but also for a gentle breeze; or, an outburst of laughter
AAcross 10:	A constrictor snake; or, a long serpent-like scarf of feathers/fur
AAcross 11:	Rare pale-yellow primulas of ancient woodlands, adopted as Suffolk’s county flowers in 2002
AAcross 12:	County with a predominantly green flag, dedicated to St Petroc
AAcross 13:	A man-eating giant of fairy tales and folklore; or, by extension, any cruel, beastly or brutish person
AAcross 14:	Seaweed sold in the form of thin dried sheets for wrapping sushi
AAcross 16:	Word for an event causing public outrage that was used as the title of a film based on the Profumo affair
AAcross 18:	A type of hassock, pillow or squab; or, something serving to deaden a blow of some kind
AAcross 21:	French word meaning “very”
AAcross 23:	A gambit, strategy or tactic; or, any doings/frolic for amusement
AAcross 24:	From “step”, a level or degree in proficiency, quality, rank etc
AAcross 27:	Sandpiper named for its brown winter plumage, Calidris alpina
AAcross 28:	A throw of a coconut, for example; or, a startled movement of a horse
AAcross 29:	A narrow country road; an urban street; or, a strip of a racetrack
AAcross 30:	From the Latin for “three tooth”, a word for a three-pronged spear
AAcross 31:	A quick swill in water to remove dirt or soap; a preparation for tinting hair; or, mouthwash
DDown 1:	A purplish form of fluorite, also known as Derbyshire spar, that is one of Britain’s rarest minerals	BLUE JOHN
DDown 2:	“Green Island” forming part of the Zanzibar archipelago, where cloves are of one of its main cash crops	PEMBA
DDown 3:	From Spanish for “arrest”, word for a stoppage on ships entering/leaving a port originally, later a prohibition on trade; or, a ban generally
DDown 4:	A botanical garden of trees
DDown 5:	Played under the chin using a horsehair bow, one of the instruments forming a string quartet or the string section of an orchestra
DDown 6:	A cetacean able to echolocate under water by means of the mass of specialised adipose tissue, or “melon”, on its forehead
DDown 8:	From the Greek for “rope”, a species of grass, also called halfa, from which a type of light canvas rope-soled shoe takes its name
DDown 15:	Known informally as a “chippy” or “chips”, a cabinetmaker, joiner, woodworker or wright
DDown 17:	A journey/way round; a lap or orbit; a perimeter; the path of an electric current; or, a motor racing track
DDown 19:	Sport in which a runner races over a series of obstacles
DDown 20:	Novelist whose books, including The Day of the Jackal, The Fourth Protocol and The Odessa File, have been adapted into films	FORSYTH
DDown 22:	Latin name of plants including clary, rosemary and sage
DDown 25:	Actor whose roles have included Louis Mountbatten, Mr Tulkinghorn and Tywin Lannister
DDown 26:	Synthetic fibre used for close-fitting sportswear, including the garb worn by so-called “Mamils”