| SIKH | Believer in the Five Thieves (lust, wrath, greed, attachment and ego) |
| RASTA | Believer in the principle of "I and I," for the physical and spiritual selves |
| RUSSELL | Kurt, both Elvis and Ego The Living Planet (7) |
| DIEGO | In retrospect, id and ego were displayed by Maradona, for example (5) |
| PSYCHE | The id, superego and ego, to Freud |
| THEIST | First in support of article by a believer in the existence of one God (6) |
| DEIST | In gratitude I stayed a believer in the Almighty (5) |
| CONSONANTS | The 'string sextet' in the five theme answers |
| ONEHUNDRED | It suggests the vowel pattern in the five starred answers |
| AEIOU | Fivesome found in the five Tony winners in this puzzle |
| STUBBLE | Holding a butt and a bit bleary in the five o'clock shadow (7) |
| ETIOLOGIES | American studies of causation ___ curious lot of elitism and ego, nothing more (10) |
| POUNDAGE | Body weight up and ego shattered! (8) |
| KARDASHIAN | Female fashion icon embodying style and ego? |
| HASIDIC | Possesses id and ego (originally conceived by a Jewish mystic) (7) |
| METATARSI | Social media giant putting out mostly trash and ego — they're attached to heels |
| CONSEQUENTIALLY | As a result, and a hint to a three-letter chunk in the five long Down answers |
| NIGHT | It Happened One ___ (1934) was the first film to win Oscars in the five major categories (5) |
| SHARMA | What is common between these three Indian cricketers - (a) who scored most runs for India in the T20 World Cup 2024, (b) who took most wickets in the ODI series against South Africa women & (c) who sc |
| DION | Who scored the most runs for Zimbabwe in the five-match T20 International series against India? (4) |
