| EDIFICATION | The enlightenment of |
| DENISDIDEROT | French writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment, chief editor of the 17-volume Encyclopedie (1745-72) |
| VOLTAIRE | Nom de plume of Francois-Marie Arouet, the dramatist and philosopher during the Enlightenment who wrote Lettres Philosophiques and Candide (8) |
| DIDEROT | French philosopher prominent during the Enlightenment who was principal editor of the Encyclopedie (7) |
| SPINOZA | Influential Dutch philosopher of the Enlightenment |
| WEST | It underwent the Enlightenment, with "the" |
| KANT | Giant of the Enlightenment |
| REASON | The Enlightenment or Age of ---- (6) |
| LAMPLIT | So getting benefit of the Enlightenment from Florence? |
| LOCKE | 17th-century English philosopher, John ___, an initiator of the Enlightenment (5) |
| AGEOFREASON | Another name for the Enlightenment (3,2,6) |
| HIGHEREDUCATION | 8 across provides work for 25 across on the course to The Enlightenment (6,9) |
| LIMB | Sue ?, author of the novels Enlightenment and Up the Garden Path (4) |
| SUNSET | The end of western enlightenment? (6) |
| BUDDHA | He found the Path of Enlightenment (6) |
| SATORI | Turns up, is protecting the workforce's hours out of enlightenment (6) |
| HEGEL | German philosopher of the late Enlightenment associated with absolute idealism (5) |
| OBSCURANTIST | Wrong subtractions standing in the way of enlightenment (12) |
| HUMBOLDT | Wilhelm von ___, Enlightenment thinker known for writing The Limits of State Action (8) |
| INCITE | Encourage enlightenment, by the sound of it (6) |