| BENTHAM | Ray embraces North, the philosopher (7) |
| TUXEDOS | From the north the wife does differing jackets |
| TATTIES | Starchy tubers up north - the ropiest, almost |
| FITTEST | "Survival of the ___", term coined by the philosopher and biologist Herbert Spencer (7) |
| PLATOON | There's no return for the philosopher in the army (7) |
| ACADEMY | Grove or garden near Athens where the philosopher Plato taught from around 387 BC (7) |
| NORBERT | Original name of a baby dragon hatched by Rubeus Hagrid in Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (7) |
| IANHART | Actor who played Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
| SAGAS | Stories from the north - the same from the south? (5) |
| HEAVEN | Haul to the north - the best place (6) |
| TRUISM | In the north the game is supported by many and is commonplace (6) |
| FELLWALKER | He perambulates up and down in the North, the ruthless pedestrian (4-6) |
| INUIT | What is an indigenous group from the far north, the correct term for Eskimo? (5) |
| MAGNETIC | ____ north, the direction in which the top end of a compass needle will point (8) |
| DOWNSTREAM | Consumes, in the north, the headless fish where it was caught? |
| CIRCLE | 66 degrees 32' north, the Arctic ... |
| IOTA | First nine letters sent north -- the ninth from Greeks (4) |
| TBAR | Up north: the pub that provides lift? |
| HEARSE | Catch empty express going north, the late conveyance? (6) |
| ESSEX | Kent area, looking north: the other county (5) |
