The Universe’s Favorite Number

2. A quantity representing the power to which a fixed number (the base) must be raised to produce a given number.
4. Going against what common sense or gut feeling would suggest.
5. A disproportionate weight in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
7. Having or showing great knowledge or insight.
8. To invent or concoct something, typically with deceitful intent.
14. Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
15. A decisive and revealing test of something's nature. (The clue must avoid the full phrase "litmus test").
18. Relating to the application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of crime.
19. Present, appearing, or found everywhere.

1. Any of the numerals from 0 to 9.
3. In a way that is impossible to disentangle or separate.
5. The last name of the physicist who rigorously tested and popularized the law of first digits.
6. Not clearly visible or attracting attention; not conspicuous.
9. A warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations.
10. The rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time or in a given sample.
11. Not readily relinquishing a position, principle, or course of action; determined.
12. Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
13. Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge.
16. A regular and intelligible form or sequence discernible in the way in which something happens or is done.
17. An official inspection of an individual's or organization's accounts.