| METRICS | The theory of measurement |
| 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) |
| DARWINIAN | Relating to the theory of the origin of the species (9) |
| 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) |
| HAWKING | Scientist who was the subject of 2014 film The Theory of Everything (7) |
| RELATIVITY | Albert Einstein's model concerning time, space and the motion of objects, the theory of ... |
| FERMAT | French mathematician considered the founder of the theory of numbers (6) |
| EVERYTHING | The Theory of ___ biographical romantic drama film from 2014 based on the life of Stephen Hawking |
| REDMAYNE | See picture clue: The star of 2015 film The Theory of Everything, Eddie -------- (8) |
| EDDIEREDMAYNE | For his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything this English actor, whose films include The Danish Girl and My Week With Marilyn, won an Academy Award (5,8) |
| RAYLEIGH | 3rd Baron -; title of John William Strutt, co-discoverer of argon who wrote The Theory of Sound (8) |
| ARRHENIUS | Svante August ___, (1859-1927), Swedish chemist and physicist noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation and his model of the greenhouse effect: Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1903 (9) |
| ALBERTEINSTEIN | Originator of the theory of relativity who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics (6,8) |
| EMCEE | Part of the theory of relativity, for the radio presenter |
