| MULBERRIES | Beast of burden carries Book and theologian, and I peel best fruit (10) |
| ADDICTED | Hooked on play for the educated involving theologian and I (8) |
| MUDDLED | Beast of burden carries two daughters, with another trailing in confusion |
| SKIRMISHED | Runner runs miles ___ I peel off, mildly conflicted? (10) |
| TOPBANANAS | Best fruit and nuts in hands (3,7) |
| TARADIDDLE | In Meath, investigator and theologian find the French produced pretentious nonsense (10) |
| SWEDENBORG | Emanuel ___, Swedish scientist, mystic and theologian who died in 1772 (10) |
| BONHOEFFER | Dietrich, German Lutheran pastor and theologian noted for his resistance to the Nazis (10) |
| CHERRYPICK | Take the best fruit - choice (6-4) |
| JOHNCALVIN | French theologian and major figure of the Protestant Reformation (4,6) |
| SCHWEITZER | Albert, theologian and mission doctor in equatorial Africa born in 1875 (10) |
| SLEEPLIKEALOG | Toil around lake - I peel off and go out completely (5,4,1,3) |
| EPILEPSY | I peel off and disturb the spy, making him have a fit (8) |
| APPLEPIE | I peel off from app to make dessert (5,3) |
| EATHUMBLEPIE | Grovel with each digit I peel off (3,6,3) |
| SORENKIERKEGAARD | Danish philosopher and theologian whose works include Either/Or and The Concept of Dread |
| TREES | "The _ that are slow to grow bear the best fruit": Moliere (5) |
| ATLANTIS | Titan carries books on island, a legendary one (8) |
| ROGET | Peter Mark ___, British physician, natural theologian and lexicographer best known for his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases |
| PETERMARKROGET | British physician, theologian and lexicographer best known for publishing a Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852 |
