| KIERKEGAARD | Soren ____ is considered a founder of existentialism |
| HALPERN | Jazz musician Steven who is considered a founder of New Age music |
| HUNTER | Type of pocket watch with a hinged lid; a brand of wellington boot; or, Scottish anatomist considered a founder of scientific surgery (6) |
| MOONSTONE | The ____ is considered to be the first full length detective novel |
| LADYBIRD | One of a loveliness of scarlet- or cochineal-red beetles with black spots, named for a revered title of the Virgin Mary, for it is considered a blessed messenger or gift sent to protect gardens and fa |
| NAUSEA | Classic work of existentialism |
| MARXISTLENINIST | Revolutionary form of existentialism, rejecting originator and embracing our own ends (7-8) |
| SARTRE | French exponent of existentialism, who declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 (6) |
| DELACROIX | French painter whose Liberty Leading the People is considered a definitive image of the July Revolution of 1830 (9) |
| OWEN | Actor Wilson who is considered a member of the "Frat Pack" |
| CUCKOO | Bird whose song is considered a herald of spring (6) |
| CUBERULE | Food classification system in which a Pop-Tart is considered a calzone |
| RINSE | A sinner loses one point and is considered a wash-out |
| ROSE | Flower whose red variant is considered a symbol of true love in popular culture |
| SATIRIST | Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift is considered a foremost writer of this kind (8) |
| BORNTOBEWILD | 1968 song by US band Steppenwolf whose lyrics coin the term 'heavy metal' and which is considered a prototype of the genre (4,2,2,4) |
| MARIAMABA | Her 1979 novel "Une si longue lettre" is considered a profound depiction of womanhood in West Africa |
| UNFAITHFUL | Can never believe this type is considered a cheat (10) |
| THOUGHTOUT | If well, it is considered a lot (10) |
| PUBGOLF | Drinking game where each bar that's visited is considered a hole |