Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 25th September 2023

There are 17 across clues and 15 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 25th September 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 6:	Surname of James Augustine Aloysius, whose A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man traces his literary alter ego, Stephen Dedalus
AAcross 7:	River flowing through both England and Wales, whose Latin name, Vaga, means “wandering”
AAcross 8:	Also called romaine, a variety of lettuce named after the Aegean island whence it originated
AAcross 10:	The branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature and principles of existence and pure being
AAcross 11:	Informal word for a business or firm; a carefully selected set of matching clothes; or, a kit for a specific task, such as first aid
AAcross 12:	Skill of living in wilderness areas, such as the Australian outback
AAcross 14:	Ray-like fish, such as Dipturus batis that is endangered, despite being called “common” or, a boot or shoe mounted on wheels or a blade
AAcross 17:	A dab or spot of ink or paint; a drop or globule generally; or, a score of zero in cricket, also called a duck
AAcross 18:	Leading Dadaist who developed the artistic technique of frottage
AAcross 19:	Points/tips of fountain pens
AAcross 21:	A morsel of leftover food; a newspaper cutting; a remnant; or, metal/waste for recycling/reusing
AAcross 23:	French for violins’ tuning pegs
AAcross 25:	Graphs; nautical maps; or, lists showing current top 10 songs
AAcross 27:	Mechanisms for deploying parachutes when skydiving
AAcross 28:	Panda puppet in a children’s series created by Harry Corbett	SOO
AAcross 29:	Limb also called a peg or a pin
AAcross 30:	Bitumen/tar; gradient; location of sound on a scale; a sports field; sales talk; or, a street vendor’s station
DDown 1:	A fear of contamination or dirt
DDown 2:	A country, organisation or person’s available equipment, materials, money or staff, drawn upon when needed; or, one’s enterprise or ability to deal with adverse situations
DDown 3:	A rhythmical motion from side to side, to and fro or back and forth; a leaning movement; rule, control or influence; or, a switch for thatching
DDown 4:	A place of distribution; a store or warehouse for arms, food, goods or other supplies; a regiment’s HQ; or, a building where buses, trains or tramcars are housed or serviced
DDown 5:	Irish dialect for a contemptible person that also means the short tail of a deer, hare or rabbit
DDown 6:	From “reed”, a narcissus with rush-like foliage; or, a yellow colour, named after said flower
DDown 9:	A geological fault; a slight change in direction, position, tendency etc; or, displacement of spectral lines
DDown 13:	A bird such as a brambling, canary, cardinal, linnet, redcap or siskin
DDown 15:	Market town in Warwickshire with a castle immortalised in Sir Walter Scott’s novel of the same name	KENILWORTH
DDown 16:	A style of tall silk topper, also known as a chimney-pot hat
DDown 20:	Extent from side to side; a piece of fabric of standard or full width; or, liberality or openness of mind
DDown 22:	Chinook-like anadromous fishes also known as silver salmon
DDown 24:	A sacred song or hymn
DDown 26:	Space for movement; or, a division of a building, such as a kitchen, library, parlour or study
DDown 27:	Torn pieces of cloth for cleaning; old tattered shabby clothes; farthings; handkerchiefs; or, tabloids