| DOETH | "The merciful man ___ good to his own soul" (Proverbs 11:17) |
| IDOL | "Woe to the ___ shepherd that leaveth the flock!" (Ze. 11:17) |
| LENIENT | Merciful man that is associated with part of Bible |
| AGE | "And thine ___ shall be clearer than the noonday" (Job 11:17) |
| NOONDAY | "And thine age shall be clearer than the ___" (Job 11:17) |
| IFHE | "For what shall it profit a man, __ __ shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?", Mark 8:36. (2,2) |
| PROFIT | "For what shall it ... a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (Bible) |
| ANIMAL | "He who feeds a hungry ___ feeds his own soul": Charlie Chaplin (6) |
| DIMIDIUM | Half, as Horace valued Virgil’s share in his own soul (Carmina 1.3.8) |
| ALLAH | One who's called "the Merciful" and "the Compassionate" |
| DANTON | A major figure in the French Revolution, whose moderate attitude in the Reign of Terror led to his own public execution (6) |
| ACTAEON | His view of immortality led to his own mortality (7) |
| TOOLONG | So immoderately, laboriously worded that it takes forever to read, essentially screaming out for the merciful winnowing touch of a sensible editor |
| HESNO | "___ good to me dead" ("The Empire Strikes Back" line) |
| EACH | Olivia de Havilland film, "To - His Own" |
| HEEP | Dickensian character who makes frequent references to his own 'umbleness (4) |
| MANIPULATOR | Up on marital disharmony, he'll work it to his own advantage (11) |
| ITTAKESALLSORTS | Last lot* silly? Each to his own (2,5,3,5) |
| EVENTUAL | After a time leave nut to his own devices (8) |
| ASON | Chacun ___ gout (each to his own taste) |
