Telling tales

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Across
  1. 2. to prevent someone from leaving a place, especially a dangerous place
  2. 4. to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem
  3. 6. someone in a film or book who does unkind or illegal things
  4. 7. to say that something is true, even though there is no definite proof
  5. 9. something that you do to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else
Down
  1. 1. something that someone does
  2. 2. to tell someone that you might or you will cause them harm, especially in order to make them do something
  3. 3. a situation in which someone does not have enough money to pay for their basic needs
  4. 5. to let something become known, for example a secret or information that was previously not known
  5. 8. to stop something from happening