| COSTOF | Means of existence (4,2) |
| LIVING | Means of existence (6) |
| ANICCA | Buddhist tenet of fleeting change or "impermanence" - one of the three marks of existence with dukkha "suffering" and anatta "non-self" (6) |
| DEMISE | Termination of existence |
| TALBOT | He's been hounded out of existence! (6) |
| ASEITY | Form of existence like God's without origin |
| BEHAVE | Imperatives of existence and ownership make us act well |
| ORIGIN | Alternative inside sign in the first stage of existence (6) |
| NLEAST | Div. that, in its first year of existence, produced a World Series champ |
| THEODICY | Vindication of divine providence in view of existence of evil (8) |
| ONTOLOGY | Study of the nature of existence |
| SYMPTOM | A sign of existence of something |
| COSTOFLIVING | List of coving comes under the price of existence (4,2,6) |
| LIFECYCLE | Series of changes through time of existence (4,5) |
| ONTOLOGICAL | Confused, I go on to call about study of the nature of existence (11) |
| EMMA | character described as "handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence" |
| LIFE | Word, related to the German for "body", for one's course of existence; fauna and flora collectively; a painting of a real, rather than imaginary, model; or, a biography (4) |
| INNER | The life of ___ peace is the easiest type of existence per Norman Vincent Peale |
| PHILOSOPHICAL | Relating to the study of the meaning of existence (13) |
| REALNESS | Reduce amount of study after daughter leaves, adopting new state of existence |
