| LOGIC | "___ is the beginning of wisdom ... not the end": Spock |
| WINTERSOLSTICE | The beginning of wisdom: Solomon briefly fills gap on shortest day (6,8) |
| EARL | Lord with a bit of wisdom, not quiet? (4) |
| SETH | Rogen of "Superbad" and "This Is the End" |
| THATSALL | With 63-Across, "The end" ... or what can be said about the novels in the clues for 25-, 38- and 52-Across |
| ONESELF | "To love ___ is the beginning of a lifelong romance": Wilde |
| MAN | "___ is, by nature, a social animal": Socrates |
| AGE | "___ is mind over matter. As long as you don't mind, it don't matter": Muhammad Ali |
| ART | "___ is a revolt against fate": Malraux |
| EVIE | Jemma Redgrave's role in "Howards End" |
| GENESIS | Possibly seeing the summit of Snowdon is the beginning of something (7) |
| CASABLANCA | 1942 film that ends with the line "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" |
| OSCARWILDE | "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." source |
| NOMADISM | No -- crazy is the beginning of mind wandering (8) |
| IDEAL | 'To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance,' wrote Oscar Wilde in his play, An ... Husb |
| PROPERSTRANGER | "Dark day, windy city / Raincoat on my shoulder..." is the beginning of what Guess Who song?: 2 wds. |
| EPICURUS | Philosopher of ancient Greece (341-270 BC) who believed that 'pleasure is the beginning and end of living happily' (8) |
| PHILOSOPHICAL | Having the wisdom not to get excited |
| OFTWOMINDS | Fellow in wisdom not to be replaced? It's undecided (2,3,5) |
| STARTHERE | "This is the beginning" |
