Telegraph Herculis Answers - Monday, 11th September 2023

There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Herculis crossword on Monday, 11th September 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 6:	Author of Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code and other novels in the series featuring the symbolist character Robert Langdon
AAcross 7:	A French phrase used to denote a telegram or message is written in ordinary language, rather than in cipher/code	EN CLAIR
AAcross 9:	The body’s spine; by extension, a chief support or mainstay; or, courage, stamina or strength
AAcross 10:	A sweet fortified wine named after its Andalusian city of origin
AAcross 11:	A bond, union or state of sticking fast; or, attachment/commitment to a cause, belief, party or person
AAcross 14:	A fulcrum, pin or shaft on which something turns; or, a central person or thing, essential to the success or progress of any undertaking
AAcross 17:	A cliff or steep rugged rock face; or, shelly sandstone of East Anglia
AAcross 19:	A young or newly hatched hen or other bird/fowl; a term of endearment for a tot; or, an Indian blind/screen of strung bamboo
AAcross 20:	One of the cilia around an eyelid; the end of a whip; a swipe with such a scourge; or, a stroke of satire
AAcross 21:	Episcopal hat, reflected in the shape of a chessboard’s bishop
AAcross 22:	A leading article written by a newspaper’s chief; or, the parts of a publication not for advertising
AAcross 25:	Path of travel; a channel for water ; a curriculum; or, regular procedure
AAcross 27:	The state of being a young dog; or, a group or litter of such whelps
AAcross 29:	Avoidance of a duty, tax, question etc; or, a prevaricating excuse
AAcross 30:	From French for “shaved close”, a historical type of ship, cut down by reducing the number of decks
DDown 1:	From Old English for “light shoe”, a word for either of a pair of knitted or woven half-hose for one’s feet
DDown 2:	From the Latin for “not harming”, a word for blamelessness, guilelessness or simplicity; or, freedom from criminal/legal guilt
DDown 3:	From “net”, a word for part of an astrolabe; or, a network or plexus of blood vessels or nerve cells
DDown 4:	Word originally for a highway robber, later for a rascal, scallywag or a mischievous youngster
DDown 5:	Descent by gravity; a cascade of water; or, in the US, the autumn
DDown 6:	A mark made with a hot iron, hence a mark of ownership by means of a logo or tradename
DDown 8:	Administrative divisions, areas or districts of countries; portions of space; parts of bodies around organs; or, spheres of interest
DDown 12:	A garden tool for neatening and trimming the borders of a lawn
DDown 13:	Pen name of a novelist whose character Jack Reacher is portrayed by Tom Cruise in two movies
DDown 15:	Pulley that guides or controls the tension of a moving belt, but transmits no power; or, a loafer
DDown 16:	Area for riding wheeled boards over half-pipes and other ramps
DDown 18:	Another word for a rootstock
DDown 23:	A sun-dried brick; or, a house constructed from such bricks
DDown 24:	A sum deducted from a bank account; or, an entry on the left-hand column of an accounts ledger
DDown 26:	Traditional Moroccan house	RIAD
DDown 27:	A liquid measure; or, a metonym for a glass of beer or bottle of milk
DDown 28:	Japanese citrus fruit with a lemon/grapefruit-like flavour