| EXHUMATION | Disinterment of old philosopher from the East, some say |
| SUMACH | Philosopher from the east with hot spice (6) |
| XENOPHOBIA | Mystery man loses the head with old philosopher from 1 down with a hatred of foreigners (10) |
| EINSTEIN | Philosopher from the nervous nineties (8) |
| MASAI | From the East, some of Asia's American Africans |
| TITAN | From the East some man, a titled figure of great importance (5) |
| THEMAGI | Wise men from the East, some of them aging badly (3,4) |
| ORFE | From the East, some edible frozen fish |
| PLATONIC | Group of soldiers, none the less, in charge of old philosopher |
| KNIGHTSERRANT | Those with principles of old philosopher admitting periods in the dark wrong |
| ARISTOCRATIC | Posh cultivated air of old philosopher given time inside |
| SOCRATES | Indeed, Conservative has high opinion of old philosopher |
| DIOGENES | Greek philosopher from Sinope, in modern-day Turkey, a proponent of the ideological school of Cynicism (8) |
| NEGEV | Barren part of Middle East some have generously backed (5) |
| LOCKE | Philosopher from Yale, do you say? (5) |
| JEANPAULSARTRE | Philosopher from East eluding Japanese ruler at ground (4-4,6) |
| ARISTIPPUS | Philosopher from Prussia upset about a load of rubbish |
| ENTWINE | Went running in east - some climbers do it (7) |
| PRYOR | One of US comedian Richard ____'s best-known characters was Mudbone, a wino philosopher from Tupelo, Mississippi |
| PLATO | Philosopher from Los Angeles in opt-out |
