| DEISM | Belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe (5) |
| DEISTS | Believe in the existence of a supreme being |
| AGAINSTTHEGRAIN | Being specifically teetotal possibly out of character? |
| DEIST | Believer in a creator who doesn't intervene |
| AGNOSTIC | A person who believes that knowledge of a Supreme Being, ultimate cause, etc is impossible (8) |
| THEISM | The belief in the existence of a god or gods (6) |
| ATHEISM | Lack of belief in the existence of a God (7) |
| OORT | Dutch astronomer who first postulated the existence of a cloud in the most distant region of the solar system where long-period comets are thought to originate (4) |
| PETERHIGGS | Former professor at the University of Edinburgh, who proposed the existence of a 'God particle' (5,5) |
| ATHEIST | First of attacks on someone believing in the existence of a god by someone who doesn't (7) |
| VICEROY | Governor of a country under the authority of a supreme ruler (7) |
| MUNGU | He is a rain deity, and, among the Pygmies, he is a creator god who sometimes seems to be a first ancestor and sometimes a cultural hero. What is his name? |
| BYSTANDER | One who watches an incident but does not intervene (9) |
| ATHEISTS | Those who do not believe in the existence of a god (8) |
| REASONING | Much of the text of a Supreme Court decision |
| MILNE | A. A. ---, creator of the gang in box D (5) |
| COLE | A creator of Bod, Bric-a-Brac, Chock-A-Block, Fingerbobs, Gran, Pigeon Street and other programmes for children; or, a vegetable for slaw (4) |
| DESPOTISM | Dictatorship - belief in a supreme being - takes notice (9) |
| THEIST | Belief in a supreme being (6) |
| ENGRAM | Hypothetical change in the brain, accounting for the existence of a memory |
