| ASKANT | Sceptically, like a philosopher |
| DEEP | Like a philosopher |
| STOICAL | Forbearing, like a philosopher (7) |
| ARISTOTELIAN | Noble thinker's head's strangely alien - just like a philosopher |
| SENECAN | Like a philosopher, even in the course of scrutiny |
| NEGATIVELY | Sceptically |
| ASKANCE | (Look) suspiciously or sceptically |
| CRYPTIC | Such tricky clues can make you weep somewhat sceptically (7) |
| QUEST | Whether a knight's crusade for the Grail, a pilgrim's progress to a holy place, a philosopher's pursuit of truth, a hound's hunt for game or a computer's scan for data, it is a word, from "ask, seek", |
| JACKRUSSELL | A sailor, a philosopher, and a dog |
| PASCAL | Get a clasp from Blaise, a philosopher (6) |
| LOCKE | A philosopher; sounds like strand of hair |
| THOUGHTFORFOOD | Earned a living as a philosopher? |
| ARISTOTLE | Tries a lot to become a philosopher (9) |
| PLATO | A plot devised for a philosopher (5) |
| ESSAYER | One who writes a letter to a philosopher (7) |
| TREADMILL | Start to study a philosopher? It's a drudge (9) |
| JEANPAULSARTRE | A learner just getting excited about the old man who was a philosopher? (4-4,6) |
| PYTHAGORAS | Pray a ghost will develop into a philosopher (10) |
| GIVEUPTHEIDEA | What would an apostate do with a Bandon article developed by a philosopher? (4,2,3,4) |
