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1 result for HERCULE from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Jan 19, 2002	25D	Mythological hero with "douze travaux"	Gilbert H. Ludwig	Shortz

6 results for HERCULE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sun Nov 19, 1978	122A	Poirot	Maura B. Jacobson	Maleska
Thu Aug 27, 1953	5D	Agatha Christie's M. Poirot.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jan 5, 1953	19A	Agatha's sleuth.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Sun Jun 22, 1952	18D	Agatha Christie's detective.	Alice Cook	Farrar
Sat Nov 18, 1950	16A	Agatha Christie's Detective Poirot.	Elizabeth Patterson	Farrar
Sun Apr 29, 1945	56D	Mons. Poirot, detective.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar

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