| THEOLOGY | Study of the nature of God and religious belief (8) |
| AGNOSTIC | One believing nothing can be known of the nature of God |
| ONTOLOGY | The philosophical study of the nature of existence and being (8) |
| IDEOLOGY | Study of the nature and origin of idea (8) |
| RAGNAROK | In Scandinavian mythology, the end of the world of gods and men will be preceded by cruel winters and moral chaos. Giants and demons approaching from all points of the compass will attack the gods, wh |
| LIGNEOUS | Of the nature of wood (8) |
| MATERNAL | Of the nature of a mother (8) |
| OPERATIC | Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a musical performance (8) |
| PALATIAL | To be of the nature of a palace is to be what |
| THEOLOGIANS | People who study the nature of God, religion and religious beliefs (11) |
| PHILOSOPHY | Study of the nature of knowledge and reality |
| SCIENCE | Systematic study of the nature and behaviour of the material and physical universe (7) |
| ONTOLOGICAL | Confused, I go on to call about study of the nature of existence (11) |
| METAPHYSICS | Philosophical study of the nature of reality (11) |
| MYTHICAL | Of gods and goddesses |
| ZEUS | He was the founder of the Olympian dynasty, father of gods and men, god of the sky, and lord of Olympus, where he resides. |
| THEOLOGIAN | Academic who studies the nature of God (10) |
| WYNDHAM | And 5 Author of the novels The Apes of God and The Revenge for Love (7,5) |
| LEWIS | Author of the novels The Apes of God and The Revenge for Love |
| UNITARIAN | Person asserting the unity of God, and rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity (9) |