| SOPHIST | Thus duke, from what we hear, becomes a philosopher |
| OGRE | The rogue without you, we hear, becomes a monster.. (4) |
| BRIGHTON | From what we hear, become more sunny in this English resort |
| LAPSE | Some Scandinavians, we hear, become void |
| ARISTOTLE | Was a tailor set to become a philosopher, in the past? (9) |
| HOBBES | Pastimes I abandoned to become a philosopher (6) |
| DAZER | Duke from Transcaucasia, mostly a shocking one? |
| LOSSIER | Expunge duke from large file on person with less fidelity (7) |
| HAPPENING | He stopped short duke from adding on (9) |
| SEDUCE | Tempt Italian duke from the south-east who said 'Deuce' (6) |
| ORSINO | Duke from Twelfth Night (6) |
| 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", |
| PASCAL | Get a clasp from Blaise, a philosopher (6) |
| MILLWRIGHT | Maker of machinery a philosopher? Yes, we hear |
| JACKRUSSELL | A sailor, a philosopher, and a dog |
| GIVEUPTHEIDEA | What would an apostate do with a Bandon article developed by a philosopher? (4,2,3,4) |
| METAPHYSICIAN | What Stanley famously did for a philosopher (13) |
| ESSAYER | One who writes a letter to a philosopher (7) |
| TREADMILL | Start to study a philosopher? It's a drudge (9) |
| SPINOZA | What Australian tourist board might do with a philosopher |
