| FORTYTWO | The answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything," per Douglas Adams |
| ANSWER | - to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything; number 42 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (6) |
| SCIFI | Some terrific stuff in retrospect: like Life, the Universe and Everything? (3-2) |
| RECREATION | Play about Life, The Universe and Everything (10) |
| DOUGLASADAMS | Author of Life, the Universe and Everything (7,5) |
| COSMOS | The universe and everything |
| ALECBALDWIN | It's Complicated actor who narrated the scientific documentaries Journey to the Edge of the Universe and Frozen Planet: 2 wds. |
| LAZER | Major ---, electronic band that has released the albums Free The Universe and Peace Is The Mission ( |
| ALMAGEST | A work on astronomy, compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD, containing a description of the geocentric system of the universe and a star catalogue |
| FAINTLY | "as he heard the snow falling ... through the universe and ... falling" (James Joyce) |
| BAKERSTREET | Where "you'll drink the night away and forget about everything," per Gerry Rafferty (1978) |
| COX | Presenter of numerous BBC science programmes including Wonders of the Universe and Forces of Nature. (3) |
| WORLD | The universe and all that exists |
| DNA | "You do it 'cause you love it like nothing else in the universe / And **** it, it's embedded in your ___" (lyric in Watsky's "Fireworks") |
| BENNETT | Actor, author and playwright who wrote the screenplay to the film based on his life The Lady in the Van (7) |
| KENDAL | Voice of Hunca Munca in the series The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends who starred in The Good Life, The Camomile Lawn and Rosemary & Thyme (6) |
| UNIVERSE | Douglas Adams' sci-fi comedy, Life, The ... And Everything |
| WINDEX | Household cleaning product that cures everything, per Gus Portokalos |
| DICKENS | Author of a series of Christmas novels including The Battle of Life, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth (7) |
| IMAGE | It's everything, per Andre Agassi |
