| ANTONIOGRAMSCI | Italian political thinker imprisoned by Mussolini whose writings include his Prison Notebooks (7,7) |
| ANTONIO | Italian political thinker Gramsci |
| GRAMSCI | Antonio ___, co-founder of the Italian Communist Party; imprisoned by Mussolini in 1926 (7) |
| ADORNO | Theodor, Frankfurt-born philosopher whose writings include 1966's Negative Dialectics (6) |
| SAKI | Pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, author whose writings include Beasts and Super-Beasts and the story Tobermory (4) |
| TITIAN | Italian painter whose works include his 1562 self portrait at the Museo del Prado (6) |
| PIGALLE | Jean-Baptiste ---, French sculptor whose works include his 1744 marble Mercury Attaching his Wings (7) |
| MEANING | Man's Search For ___ self-help book written by Viktor Frankl which chronicles his prison experiences and his psychotherapeutic method |
| DAVIDBECKHAM | Soccer great whose tattoos include his jersey number, a guardian angel, and ten roses: 2 wds. |
| ALEISTERCROWLEY | English occultist whose magical writings include The Book of the Law |
| ALAISTER | English occultist whose magical writings include The Book of the Law (8,7) |
| CROWLEY | English occultist whose magical writings include The Book of the Law (8,7) |
| ECKHART | Johannes. Dominican theologian and mystic whose writings were condemned by Pope John XXII (7) |
| DITALIA | Italian political party led by Giorgia Meloni (8,7) |
| FRATELLI | Italian political party led by Giorgia Meloni (8,7) |
| MACHIAVELLI | Italian political philosopher, best-known for a book published five years after his death |
| HOMERJSIMPSON | Cartoon character who says "D'oh!" -- be sure to include his middle initial! (3 wds.) |
| BURKE | Edmund ___, Anglo-Irish politician and political thinker born in 1729 |
| AMOS | Prophet of the 8c B.C. whose writings form one book of the Old Testament (4) |
| CONFUCIUS | Chinese philosopher whose writings are the basis of a religion |
