| NIHILIST | Philistine lacking the power and energy is frustrated by extreme sceptic |
| GREENE | 20th-century English novelist whose works include Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Potting Shed, Travels with My Aunt and the short story Went the Day Well? (6) |
| GREATNESS | Lacking energy, once sat with Greene's novel The Power And The Glory (9) |
| DASHED | The girl adopted by father is frustrated (6) |
| GLORY | The Power and the -; 1940 novel by Graham Greene (5) |
| HAMPERED | Frustrated by a foreign politician consumed by present difficulties for the start (8) |
| CLICHE | Embrace without point and energy is commonplace (6) |
| NOUSE | Despite having commonsense and energy is ineffectual (2,3) |
| ACUTE | A measure to save money and energy is severe (5) |
| NIHILISTS | Backing popular Number Ones including short record by The Extreme Sceptics (9) |
| PRAISE | Advance on The Power and the Glory (6) |
| GRAHAMGREENE | Author of 'The Power and the Glory' (6,6) |
| SNAP | German group with hits The Power and Rhythm Is a Dancer (4) |
| NINETYFIVE | "The ___ Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences" |
| STEALTHY | Like cat burglar, the last to be frustrated by Yard (8) |
| RATED | Estimated value, for instance, but was frustrated, by the end (5) |
| DEFEATED | Frustrated by fete dad organised around the centre of Leeds (8) |
| PHASE | Stage keeps absorbing power and energy? On the contrary |
| WIPER | Cleaner power and energy brought in by cable, mostly |
| DEVELOPS | Having solved the use of power and energy, in short, then builds things up (8) |
