| HEIDEGGER | Martin -, German philosopher who authored 1927 work Being and Time (9) |
| LUCRETIUS | Roman poet and philosopher who authored On The Nature Of Things (9) |
| NIETZSCHE | German philosopher who wrote Thus Spake Zarathustra (9) |
| KANT | Immanuel, German philosopher who authored Critique of Pure Reason (4) |
| SPENGLER | Oswald, German philosopher who authored The Decline of the West (8) |
| AIKEN | Conrad ___, US poet who authored 1927 novel Blue Voyage (5) |
| AUDEN | Poet who wrote "For the Time Being" and "Another Time" |
| SARTRE | Jean-Paul ___, French philosopher, novelist and dramatist whose works include Being and Nothingness and Nausea |
| KIERKEGAARD | Soren ?, 19th-century Danish philosopher who authored the volumes Either/Or and Fear and Trembling |
| LUTHER | Martin, German leader of the Protestant Reformation who died in 1546 (6) |
| KAYMER | Martin ...... , German winner of the 2010 PGA Championship and 2014 US Open (6) |
| HEGEL | German philosopher who influenced Marx and Engels |
| ENGELS | Friedrich ---, German philosopher who co-authored The Communist Manifesto (6) |
| DEBEAUVOIR | Simone ___, French existentialist philosopher who authored 1949 work The Second Sex (2,8) |
| SOREN | 19th Century Danish philosopher who authored the volume Fear and Trembling (5,11) |
| PLATO | Greek philosopher who authored dialogues Laws and Republic (5) |
| IMMANUELKANT | 18th Century German philosopher who wrote the Critique Of Pure Reason (8,4) |
| HUSSERL | Edmund, German philosopher who was a founder of phenomenology (7) |
| OZEKI | Ruth ___, author of "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness" |
| YMIR | In Scandinavian mythology, who was the first created being and progenitor of the race? (4) |