| DESCENTOFMAN | The ..., Charles Darwin's 1871 book which applies evolutionary theory to human development (7,2,3) |
| LOOKING | "Through the ___- Glass" (1871 book by Dodgson) (7) |
| ATHLETESFOOT | "Tales of the Unexpected", book which is irritating (8,4) |
| MOROCCOBOUND | Like a book which is on its way to an African country |
| NEODARWINISM | Reform I saw in modern evolutionary theory |
| DOTHEDIRTYON | Awfully odd time, in theory, to cheat |
| THEBLINDSIDE | 2009 biographical sports drama based on a book which is about the story of Michael Lewis featuring Michael Oher of NFL: 3 wds. |
| STUARTLITTLE | Rodent born to human parents in an E.B. White children's book: 2 wds. |
| BAILIWICK | Administrative term which applies to the British Crown Dependencies of the Channel Islands (9) |
| IRONAGE | Period of human development which, in Britain, lasted from around 800 BC to 100 AD (4,3) |
| SOLAR | Adjective which applies to our sun but no other |
| NEEDSMUST | Statement of inevitability ... which applies to wine-making? (5,4) |
| SURVIVAL | The ... of the fittest (Darwinian evolutionary theory) (8) |
| THEBEAGLE | Dog at sea enabled Darwin to develop his evolutionary theory (3,6) |
| EVOLUTION | Charles Darwin's theory on the origin of the species (9) |
| DIRAC | English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984) |
| RAJ | One of five characters on "The Big Bang Theory" to appear in every episode |
| REFUTATION | The action of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false (10) |
| HDI | Composite measure by the UN assessing health, education, and income achievements to determine a country's human development status.(abbvr) (3) |
| INKER | A cartoonist, pad, printmaker, roller or tattooist who or which applies indigo, pigment, sepia, Tyrian purple or other such dye known to Roman emperors as "sacrum encaustum" (5) |
