| FORTYTWO | The answer to life, the universe and everything, according to 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) |
| FJORD | Inlet designed by Slartibartfast, according to Douglas Adams (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 |
| LEGAL | IT PHYSICALLY SUPPORTS NEARLY EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO LAW |
| FORMAL | Shape nearly everything according to established style (6) |
| FAINTLY | "as he heard the snow falling ... through the universe and ... falling" (James Joyce) |
| WACS | "My best soldiers," according to Douglas Macarthur; abbr. |
| 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") |
| MARYPICKFORD | Canadian-born actress who was a co-founder of the film studio United Artists and was married to Douglas Fairbanks (4,8) |
| UPSET | Tyson's 1990 loss to Douglas, e.g. |
| ERROLFLYNN | Successor to Douglas Fairbanks as a filmed swashbuckler |
