| THEOSOPHY | The "divine wisdom" of Madame Blavatsky |
| THEOSOPHIST | A follower of Madame Blavatsky |
| ELEMENTAL | "These ____s are the principal agents of disembodied but never visible spirits" (Madame Blavatsky, in Isis Unveiled, 1877) |
| BOUCHER | French artist in the Rococo style whose paintings include Charms of Country Life, A Summer Pastoral, The Rising of the Sun, The Billet-Doux, The Dovecote and several portraits of Madame de Pompadour ( |
| LION | 'The wrath of the ___ is the wisdom of God' (William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell (1790-3) (4) |
| AREPARTANDPARCELOF | "Hackney-coaches ____ the law of the land; they were settled by the Legislature; plated and numbered by the wisdom of Parliament" (Dickens, in Sketches by Boz) |
| THEOSOPH | Believer in divine wisdom hopes to fake death at the end |
| ATHENA | Divine wisdom subsequently dividing adults (6) |
| THEOSOPHER | One with divine wisdom others hope to confute (10) |
| PROVERBS | Old Testament book containing the wisdom of 'the son of David, king of Israel' (8) |
| SHEBA | According to the Bible, the Queen of what tested the wisdom of Solomon? (5) |
| PROVERB | "The wisdom of many and the wit of one": Russell |
| SAGE | Possessor of the wisdom of the ages? (4) |
| ANCIENTBRAIN | Source of the wisdom of the ages? |
| ECHO | The reflection of Madame Cholet (4) |
| THEOSOPHISTS | Those such as Helena Blavatsky |
| ORR | Mary whose short story "The Wisdom of Eve" was the basis of "All About Eve" |
| SARGENT | Artist who painted Portrait of Madame X and Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (7) |
| FRENCHTEACHER | Classy type of Madame could teach you a thing or two in a manner of speaking (6,7) |
| JEREMY | Piven of "Wisdom of the Crowd" |
