| DESCENTOFMAN | The --- --- ---, 1871 book by Charles Darwin applying evolutionary theory to human evolution (7,2,3) |
| SPECIES | 1859 book by Charles Darwin, On The Origin of ... |
| LOOKING | "Through the ___- Glass" (1871 book by Dodgson) (7) |
| BATTKEOFLIFE | The ___: A Love Story; the fourth in order of the five Christmas books by Charles Dickens (6,2,4) |
| OLDUVAIGORGE | Site in N Tanzania famous for its fossil evidence of early human evolution (7,5) |
| NEODARWINISM | Reform I saw in modern evolutionary theory |
| DOTHEDIRTYON | Awfully odd time, in theory, to cheat |
| STUARTLITTLE | Rodent born to human parents in an E.B. White children's book: 2 wds. |
| CHIMES | The ___, 1844 Christmas book by Charles Dickens featuring the character Toby Veck (6) |
| ELMOSFIRE | Electrical weather phenomenon St ..., noted by Charles Darwin as pointing the masts of the HMS Beagl |
| ORIGIN | On the ___ of Species, work on evolution by Charles Darwin published in 1859 (6) |
| MAN | "The ... ...", 1848 Christmas book by Charles Dickens (7,3) |
| HAUNTED | "The ... ...", 1848 Christmas book by Charles Dickens (7,3) |
| THECHIMES | Christmas book by Charles Dickens featuring the character Toby Veck (3.6) |
| ALICE | The heroine of two books by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, written under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll (5) |
| THEBEAGLE | Dog at sea enabled Darwin to develop his evolutionary theory (3,6) |
| UBERMENSCH | In the philosophy of Nietzsche. an ideal man who represents the goal of human evolution (10) |
| EVOLUTION | From the Latin meaning "unrolling", a process described by Charles Darwin in his theory of natural selection; or, one of a series of military manoeuvres (9) |
| MEADOWS | Hayfields such as those surveyed by Charles Darwin at his former home Down House, where he developed the theories in On the Origin of Species (7) |
| TURNIPS | What vegetable was the subject of notes made by Charles Darwin on his wedding night? (7) |