| EPISTEMIC | Relating to the theory of knowledge |
| EPISTEMOLOGIST | Gloomiest spite affected student of the theory of knowledge (14) |
| DARWINIAN | Relating to the theory of the origin of the species (9) |
| ACOUSTIC | Relating to the theory of sound (8) |
| BACONIAN | Relating to the theory that this philosopher (1561-1626) |
| EPISTEMOLOGICAL | Record first demonstrations, limitless and sensible, relating to theory of knowledge (15) |
| EPISTEMOLOGY | Theory of knowledge is - gee! - simply too complicated! (12) |
| ACOUSTICAL | Related to the theory of sound (10) |
| BETHE | Hans ___, German-American physicist awarded a Nobel Prize in 1967 'for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions' (5) |
| HOLISM | Alcohol is maligned somewhat according to the theory (6) |
| LAPLACE | French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827). |
| DARWINITE | Advocate of the theory of the origin of species (alt. sp.); Wide train (anag.) (9) |
| ALBERTI | Italian architect, humanist, artist, and cryptographer whose De pictura (On Painting) was the first account of the theory of linear perspective during the Renaissance (7) |
| EDDIE | The Theory of Everything star who plays Newt Scamander in the fantasy film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, ___Redmayne (5) |
| WATSON | Emily -; actress in The Book Thief, The Theory of Everything, The Happy Prince and the television miniseries Chernobyl (6) |
| SCOPES | John T ___, central figure in a 1925 trial related to the teaching of the theory of evolution |
| EMCEE | Part of the theory of relativity, for the radio presenter |
| STEPHENHAWKING | ALS-stricken English physicist who's the subject of "The Theory of Everything": 2 wds. |
| ANTONINARTAUD | French dramatist who originated the theory of the Theatre of Cruelty (7,6) |
| SODDY | Chemist who developed the theory of isotopes and assisted William Ramsay in the discovery of helium (5) |