| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| RINGOFTRUTH | What things that seem plausible have |
| FAKES | Things that are not what they seem. |
| essentialism | A belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence |
| ARENOT | "Things... what they seem." |
| ARENOT | " . . . things ... what they seem" |
| ARENOT | "Things ... what they seem" |
| HMSPINAFORE | Where "things are seldom what they seem." |
| END | What boring things never seem to do |
