| GREATS | The final honours examinations of the School of Literae Humaniores or of Modern Philosophy at Oxford University |
| MURDOCH | Anglo-Irish novelist who taught philosophy at Oxford for some 15 years, later winning the Booker Prize for her exploration of the human psyche in The Sea, The Sea (7) |
| TRIPOS | Stumble with zero marks in the end, at the final honours exam at Cambridge (6) |
| ANALYSES | Detailed examinations of the elements or structure of something (8) |
| AUDITS | It's for you to notice such examinations of the books (6) |
| GUSTAVKLIMT | This Austrian painter was the founder of the school of painting known as the Vienna Sezession. His painting Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912) was bought by Oprah Winfrey at a 2006 auction for $87.9 million; |
| HOGWARTS | What is the name of the school of witchcraft and wizardry in the Harry Potter stories? (8) |
| AUERBACH | Berlin-born British figurative artist of the School of London noted for impastos including Head of E.O.W. IV and Head of Leon Kossoff (8) |
| SODA | Leaders of the School of Dramatic Arts could weaken the spirit (4) |
| LATIN | Studied in classics or Literae humaniores, language in which works by Catullus, Juvenal, Manilius and Lucan are written (5) |
| RENE | See 23ac, French mathematician born in 1596 regarded as the founder of modern philosophy (4,9) |
| RENEDESCARTES | French mathematician born in 1596 regarded as the founder of modern philosophy |
| DESCARTES | See 23ac, French mathematician born in 1596 regarded as the founder of modern philosophy (4,9) |
| GRAD | Once a boxer, you could say Mickey Rourke was a ____ of the School of Hard Knocks. |
| DERRIDA | Exponent of deconstructionism who taught philosophy at the Sorbonne and wrote Of Grammatology and Writing and Difference (7) |
| ADLER | Alfred ___, Austrian psychiatrist who founded of the school of individual psychology |
| BLACK | Jack ___, star of The School of Rock (5) |
| RAPHAEL | Who painted the papal apartments in the Vatican, where the most famous of the numerous frescoes is The School of Athens (1509-1510) |
| KANT | Immanuel of modern philosophy |
| BIOPSIES | Examinations of tissue from living bodies to determine the cause or extent of diseases (8) |
