| SOCRATES | Athenian philosopher whose beliefs are known through Plato and Xenophon (8) |
| HERETIC | One whose beliefs are considered wrong by most people |
| PLATO | Athenian philosopher whose works include Apology, Phaedo, Symposium and Republic (5) |
| APULEIUS | Student of Plato and author of The Golden Ass (8) |
| ANABASIS | An ascent or going up; or, a military advance, such as Cyrus the Younger's into Asia, as related by Xenophon (8) |
| PITILESS | Cruel first piece in Greek Scrabble for Plato and second son |
| ANCIENTS | Plato and Aristotle, e.g. |
| SOCRATIC | Relating to a particular Athenian philosopher |
| ADAMSON | George _, British conservationist and author, best known through the book and film Born Free (7) |
| CREATIONIST | One whose beliefs oppose theories of evolution |
| FLATEARTHER | One whose beliefs could use some rounding out? |
| PHARISEES | Group of ancient Jewish leaders whose beliefs differed from the Sadducees (9) |
| PERCEPTUAL | Relating to things known through the senses |
| SITAR | Indian stringed instrument which became well-known through the work of Ravi Shankar (5) |
| HERMOGENES | Ancient Athenian philosopher who was the son of Hipponicus and brother of Callias |
| ARISTOTLE | Ancient Athenian philosopher, pupil of Plato (9) |
| RAPHAEL | Painter whose "The School of Athens" depicts Plato and Aristotle at its vanishing point |
| PESSIMISM | Misses imp whose belief was seeing the bad side of things (9) |
| FEMINISTKILLJOY | Person whose belief in equality is seen as an impediment to others having fun |
| NOUMENON | The intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception |
