Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 27th February 2023

There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 27th February 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 6:	Poet whose compendium and life-work Leaves of Grass includes I Sing the Body Electric, Song of Myself and To Think of Time
AAcross 7:	Something bestowed as a prize, such as a cup, medal or trophy; or, a sum of money given as an official payment or compensation
AAcross 9:	A railway track; a wrinkle; a very narrow stripe; or, a rope such as a guy for a tent or a sheet for a sail
AAcross 10:	A word used to mean away from home, in bloom, not in the game, not batting or unfashionable
AAcross 11:	A boulangerie or pâtisserie; or, the collective biscuits, bread, buns and cakes made in either shop
AAcross 12:	Dialect for a shock of corn or a ridge of land; a surgical suture; or, an abdominal pain during exercise
AAcross 14:	A cloth hat traditionally worn in bed; or, a bedtime drink, such as a hot toddy
AAcross 16:	A system of government; or, a course of treatment combining diet, exercise, medication etc
AAcross 17:	A layer or sheet of grey cloud resulting in an overcast day
AAcross 21:	A newsflash or newsletter
AAcross 24:	A woman in relation to her child; one’s own mater; or, an abbess
AAcross 25:	A substitution of one thing for another; a fresh set of clothes; an alteration or modification of any kind; or, coins collectively
AAcross 27:	From the French for “neck”, a pass between mountain peaks
AAcross 28:	Lotion; a fen; a thin coat of paint; or, the break of waves on a shore
AAcross 28:	Lotion; a fen; a thin coat of paint; or, the break of waves on a shore
AAcross 29:	From the Latin for “one who shares the same brook/stream”, a competitor, equal or opponent
AAcross 30:	An umbrella-like sunshade
DDown 1:	A hill; the appearance of the sun or the moon above the horizon; an increase in height, pitch, price, salary etc; or, an angry response
DDown 2:	A drink of fresh fruit puréed with milk or yoghurt; or, a charmer
DDown 3:	A very brief time or moment; or, an informal term for coffee made quickly from freeze-dried granules
DDown 4:	A sack in which scraps/remnants of fabric, old clothes etc are kept; or, a miscellaneous or motley assortment of things
DDown 5:	A tier of oars; an often pig-shaped money box; a financial institution such as Coutts; or, a riverside
DDown 6:	A summons; or, a signalling device of a dog trainer, referee, steam locomotive, traditional kettle etc
DDown 8:	From the Sanskrit for “inaccessible”, the lion- or tiger-riding demon-buffalo-slaying Hindu goddess of valour and victory
DDown 13:	A type of textile woven with a pattern of diagonal ribs or ridges
DDown 15:	A political/religious pamphlet
DDown 18:	Acrobats; or, drinking glasses originally with rounded bottoms so as not to stand upright
DDown 19:	An implement for practical use, such as a grater, spoon or zester
DDown 20:	Fungi also called lawyer’s wigs or shaggy manes, genus Coprinus	INK-CAPS
DDown 22:	A doorkeeper; a groomsman; or, historically, an assistant teacher
DDown 23:	That which is threefold; a soprano voice; or, any high-pitched sound
DDown 26:	Shade of dark blue reminiscent of a colour of sailors’ uniforms; or, a nation’s warships collectively
DDown 28:	Painter who succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as president of the Royal Academy