| GROWUP | Set to acquire first of wisdom, and mature |
| CRYSTALSETS | Dancing classes try to acquire first of three old radios (7,4) |
| RUNGS | Manages to acquire first of gold bars |
| FORSHORT | Quartet, we hear, type to acquire first of handles as an abbreviation? (3,5) |
| COPRA | Source of oil artist needs to acquire first |
| PATTERN | Parent is staggered to acquire first piece of this decorative design (7) |
| NABU | (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools. |
| ASSETS | Fools acquire first of these properties (6) |
| BISTRO | Rob managed to acquire first restaurant (6) |
| THOTH | Egyptian god of the moon and of wisdom and learning, usually depicted as a man with the head of an ibis (5) |
| MINERVA | Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare - and an old cultivar of the subject of this week's Miscellany! (7) |
| AKELA | From the name of a wolf in stories by Rudyard Kipling, a symbol of wisdom and leadership in the Cubs division of the Scouting movement (5) |
| PALLAS | She is the goddess of wisdom and of war, handicraft, and practical reason. The ancient Romans connected her with Minerva. In Titus Andronicus (act 4, scene 1), Marcus Andronicus says, "Apollo, ___, Jo |
| ODIN | Norse god of wisdom and poetry (4) |
| ATHENA | Goddess of wisdom and warfare in Greek mythology (6) |
| GANESH | Hindu god of wisdom and success (6) |
| USAGE | You meet the man of wisdom and take up the practice |
| GANAPATI | Elephant-headed Hindu god of wisdom and prophecy (8) |
| ATHENE | Goddess of wisdom and arts (6) |
| OWL | Bird seen as a symbol of wisdom and good luck (3) |
