| TAUTOLOGIC | Like a lazy, indolent slacker, say, given no slack over branch of philosophy |
| LIMB | I'm overwhelmed by counsel coming back over branch (4) |
| CLIMB | Get over branch hanging behind Charlie (5) |
| TIGHT | Stretch out with no slack of a rope, fabric, etc (5) |
| NEOPLATONIC | Like a branch of philosophy misrepresented in a plot once |
| TAUT | Having no slack, like a rope |
| AESTHETICS | Branch of philosophy concerned with the study of beauty and other matters of taste, especially in relation to the nature of art (10) |
| RESTRAIN | Ascertain, with difficulty, like a branch of philosophy (9) |
| METAPHYSICS | Encountered a lot of medicines mentioned in this branch of philosophy |
| LOPE | Run like a lazy horse |
| IDLEST | Most like a lazy person (6) |
| IDLE | Like a lazy layabout |
| LOAFS | Lounges like a lazy cat |
| VEGA | Small serving of carrots, say, given to a big star (4) |
| CATALOGUE | Queen, say, given a diary, it's said, and list of names |
| LOLLIPOP | Money, say, given by father for a sweet on a stick (8) |
| ANTACID | Queen's servant, say, given a bunch of coppers for stomach remedy |
| LOGIC | I met my first girlfriend at a top college in mid-Wales and we fell in love -- I was studying a branch of philosophy (5) |
| EPISTEMOLOGICAL | College post ___ I aim to work within a branch of philosophy (15) |
| IDEOLOGY | Branch of philosophy or psychology dealing with the origin and nature of ideas (8) |
