| TRADEDIN | Did business of fixing a top degree in school (6,2) |
| PASSALAW | Get through college with top mark, go to American city and begin work to do business of legislature (4,1,3) |
| RECOURSE | A way of fixing a bad situation |
| STRANDED | Left in trouble in south, did business around north (8) |
| DOCTORAL | Departs a month before exam to do with top degree |
| FASTENER | A button, catch, cufflink, frog, hook-and-eye, paper clip, staple, toggle or other means of fixing (8) |
| RAWLPLUG | Means of fixing screw to wall (8) |
| SCREW | A means of fixing a prison guard |
| GLASSING | G.I.'s slang for fixing a window |
| RETAILER | Shop's person for fixing a broken toy animal might you surmise? (8) |
| RETYPING | Fixing a wrongly entered password, say (8) |
| PLUGGING | Paul's intro carrying "Fixing a Hole" (8) |
| STOPPING | Fixing a place affected externally by burn (8) |
| PATCHING | fixing a hole |
| FIRST | (a), it's a top degree (5) |
| ATFIRST | A top degree involves time initially (2,5) |
| STARRED | ____ first, a top degree with special distinction awarded by some universities (7) |
| DEALT | Did business with: a lot at a time (5) |
| DOCTORATE | Forge a note to obtain top degree (9) |
| CLASSICISTS | Type in charge of top degrees for Latin scholars (11) |
