QUICK CLUES

ACROSS DOWN

1 Fishing with hook and line (7) 5 Influential person (5) 8 Obstruct debate (9) 9 Prohibit (3)

10 Limited extent of time (4) 12 Watchful (8)

14 Submissive (6)

15 Point-blank (6)

17 Sacredly obscure (8) 18 Cheerless (4)

21 Harmful (3)

22 Period of adversity (4,5) 24 Pious (5)

25 Earthly (7) 1 A useful quality (5) 2 Sticky substance (3) 3 Article (4)

4 Free of charge (6) 5 To increase in number (8) 6 One of the Pillars of Hercules (9)

7 Protracted (7) 11 Unwavering (4-5) 13 Omnipotent (8) 14 Condemnatory (7)

16 With little margin (6) 19 Domineering (5)

20 Rouse to activity (4) 23 Deranged (3)