Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 9th January 2023

There are 18 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 9th January 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Described in a posthumous biography by Elizabeth Gaskell, novelist “Curer Bell” who penned Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette
AAcross 9:	Name of a castle on the river Dee that is the Scottish residence of the British Royal family
AAcross 10:	Fizzy drink served with a scoop of frozen cream to make a “float”
AAcross 11:	Old word for a seat or throne; or, a blockade of a fortress or town
AAcross 12:	An elongated ivory tooth of an elephant, narwhal or walrus
AAcross 13:	A stake or upright marking the start or finish of a horse race; or, a collection or delivery of mail
AAcross 15:	Opening in a wall or a ship’s deck through which food or cargo is passed; or, a door in an aircraft
AAcross 16:	A peppercorn grinder, quern or other device for crushing
AAcross 18:	Distinctive forms of pronunciation characteristic of particular speakers, regions or social classes
AAcross 19:	Long-term weather conditions in an area or country; or, by extension, the prevailing mood or trend
AAcross 22:	Forename of the heroine in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials
AAcross 24:	Large groups of cattle
AAcross 25:	Henry II’s favourite son who sealed the Magna Carta in 1215
AAcross 26:	A gin or whisky cocktail flavoured with lemon/lime juice
AAcross 28:	Buttercream, frosting or other sugary topping for glacé cakes
AAcross 30:	Word meaning “uncommon” that is also used to describe a saignant level of doneness of beef steak
AAcross 32:	General term for a painting representing a maritime scene	SEA PIECE
AAcross 33:	An announcement; a small ad; or, an information placard on a wall
DDown 1:	An ensemble of three singers or instrumentalists; or, a musical composition for such a group
DDown 2:	Author whose novel The English Patient was adapted into a film starring actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
DDown 3:	Long benches for members of a congregation or choir in a church; or, an informal word for seats
DDown 4:	General word for tangible and visible items; or, aims/purposes
DDown 5:	Growing to lengths of up to 150 feet, the largest known animals to have ever existed	BLUE WHALES
DDown 6:	The seat of a chair; foot of a bed, garden, hill or page; stamina; or, solidity/strength of character
DDown 7:	Quantities of fish or game caught; loose-fitting trousers; udders; or, carriers, shoppers, totes etc
DDown 14:	Author of adventure novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel
DDown 15:	Word for a traveller or individual who obtains free lifts in motor vehicles by means of thumbing
DDown 17:	Type of fastener on a garden gate or ledge-and-brace door
DDown 20:	The greater number; or, a group or political party with the winning margin or votes in an election
DDown 21:	Horse box or other unpowered vehicle towed by another
DDown 23:	Word used to mean brusque, precipitous, steep or sudden
DDown 27:	From the Old French meaning “hear”, the call of a town crier prior to making a proclamation
DDown 29:	Instrument such as a tam-tam
DDown 31:	Peppermint-flavoured confection in the form of a stick; or, a closed hand shape that beats scissors and loses to paper in a game