| THEGHOSTINTHEMACHINE | Phrase coined by philosopher Gilbert Ryle, used by Arthur Koestler in a 1967 book title |
| ANTIMATTER | Scientific term first used by Arthur Schuster in two letters to Nature in 1898 (10) |
| AYER | Tutored by Gilbert Ryle, author of Language, Truth and Logic who was a Wykeham Professor and a British Humanist Association president (4) |
| POOHBAH | Composer's caught out by ursine philosopher, Gilbert character (4-3) |
| RYLE | Philosopher Gilbert ___ |
| LUCKYCOUNTRY | What phrase coined by Donald Horne, and used in the title of his 1964 book, was intended to be used |
| DOCTOR | Central character in a series of books by Hugh Lofting, played notably by Rex Harrison in a 1967 film, and by Eddie Murphy in 1998-2001; a musical version of the story is at Blackpool Winter Gardens t |
| DOLITTLE | Central character in a series of books by Hugh Lofting, played notably by Rex Harrison in a 1967 film, and by Eddie Murphy in 1998-2001; a musical version of the story is at Blackpool Winter Gardens t |
| HOODIE | "Hug-a-___", phrase coined by Labour's Home Secretary in 2006 (6) |
| ONFLEEK | Phrase coined by Kayla Lewis in a 2014 Vine to describe her eyebrows |
| DARKNESSAT | 1940 novel by Arthur Koestler (8,2,4) |
| NOON | 1940 novel by Arthur Koestler (4) |
| ESCALIER | Esprit de l'---, a phrase coined by Diderot to describe thinking of the perfect reply too late (8) |
| KINDREDSPIRIT | Phrase coined by Thomas Gray in his "Elegy" |
| ATNOON | When there's "darkness" in a classic Arthur Koestler novel |
| BLACKLIVESMATTER | Phrase coined by the social activist Alicia Garza in 2013 |
| ATOMICBOMB | Phrase coined by H.G. Wells in 1914 |
| ALTEREGO | Phrase coined by Roman orator and writer Cicero in the 1st century BC to describe his 'second self' (5,3) |
| ROCKNROLL | Phrase coined by Alan Freed |
| EVIL | "Banality of ___" (phrase coined by Hannah Arendt) |
