Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 28th August 2023

There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 28th August 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Actor who played the part of Sergeant Howie in the 1973 cult movie The Wicker Man
AAcross 9:	One of the hand’s digits used in the counting practice of dactylonomy; or, something thus shaped, such as a shortbread biscuit or a goujon
AAcross 10:	Ostentatious clothing, jewellery and other such frippery; or, a furnace or hearth for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron
AAcross 11:	Word, from the name of a dramatic poet regarded as the founder of Greek tragedy, for an actor
AAcross 12:	Author of a series of novels based on the adventures of Viscount Greystoke, aka Tarzan
AAcross 15:	County with a town known in Roman Britain as Camulodunum
AAcross 18:	From the Sanskrit for “assembly, gathering”, word for an Indian fair
AAcross 19:	From the Greek for “raise up, lift”, the human body’s main artery
AAcross 20:	A corm or tuber of taro; or, another word for taro itself
AAcross 22:	Author whose autobiographical works were adapted into the 1990 film An Angel at My Table
AAcross 24:	Electronic toys or devices, such as Tamagotchis, that simulate the behaviour and needs of animals
AAcross 26:	Word for an unchanging circumstance or situation; or, in mathematics, a non-varying value
AAcross 29:	A collision, such as a meteor hitting the Earth’s surface; or, another word for consequences
AAcross 31:	From an Italian word for “frozen”, Italian-style ice cream, authentically served with a paddle or spade
AAcross 32:	Word, from the Greek for “many-tongued”, for a multilinguist; or, a book written in many languages
DDown 1:	From the Latin meaning “alone”, a word for absence of company; or, a lonely or uninhabited place
DDown 2:	An ancient axe- or mattock-like tool for cutting, dressing and shaping timber by hand
DDown 3:	A type of revolving tray or turntable on a table top, spun to evenly distribute condiments and food between diners	LAZY SUSAN
DDown 4:	Horizontal passage/stulm into a mine, as opposed to a vertical shaft
DDown 5:	A proposal of marriage; a bid or tender; an attempt or essay; or, a specially reduced price
DDown 6:	An archaic or dialect word for a hill-crest, hillock or protuberance
DDown 7:	French term for the grape variety used to make a particular wine	CEPAGE
DDown 13:	A kingdom/royal domain; or, a field or sphere of study or action
DDown 14:	Portly actor nicknamed “Babe”, who made some 100 comedies with his bumbling sidekick, Stan Laurel
DDown 16:	One of a flock of ovine ruminants imagined jumping a fence, in an attempt to fall asleep
DDown 17:	Poet Laureate, from 1930-67, who wrote Salt-Water Ballads and children’s novels including The Box of Delights and The Midnight Folk
DDown 21:	A device for sensing or finding buried treasure, carbon monoxide or smoke, for example
DDown 23:	Largest Dodecanese island
DDown 25:	The Jungle Book character whose name means “bear” in Hindi
DDown 27:	Cleanser, often in the form of a bar; or, smooth words and flattery
DDown 28:	A strip of some kind for marking a finish line, measuring, sticking etc
DDown 30:	Slang for orange segments; or, animals with litters called farrows