| CONFUCIUS | Ancient philosopher who said: "To go too far is the same as not to go far enough" |
| THEODORADORNO | Frankfurt School philosopher who said, "To those who no longer have a homeland, writing becomes home" |
| EXCEED | Former class player said to go too far (6) |
| SOU | Nota same as, "not even a penny"? |
| ADAGE | "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together," e.g. |
| OVERSTEP | To serve pot is to go too far |
| OVERREACH | Ovid, half read, leads to sin then separately to go too far (9) |
| SENECA | Roman philosopher who said "Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole" |
| PASOLINI | Poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo ___, who said, "To scandalize is a right, to be scandalized is a pleasure" |
| OVERBOARD | Sounds too bored to go too far (9) |
| BEYONDTHEPALE | To go too far outside a fence is intolerable (6,3,4) |
| OVERDO | Drove around to Ohio to go too far (6) |
| OVERSTEPTHEMARK | Above stair, the symbol to go too far (8,3,4) |
| UNDERDO | Don't go far enough to translate odd rune (7) |
| NIETZSCHE | Noted for concepts including "will to power" and Ubermensch" (superman), the philosopher who said: "That which does not kill us makes us stronger" (9) |
| PLATO | Philosopher who said "Writing is the geometry of the soul" |
| MYOMANCY | Who said to follow the van shedding load? Extremely cheeky mice may show what's to come in it |
| ABOVEBOARD | Honest! Sailor missing river to go too far (5,5) |
| OUTSTEP | Square dance? That's to go too far (7) |
| OVERRUN | OR to go too far? (7) |
