| WOLFSON | Philanthropist and former GUS chairman whose name was used for colleges at Oxford and Cambridge (7) |
| CORPUSCHRISTI | Texan city: name shared by colleges at Oxford and Cambridge (6,7) |
| ISAAC | Forename of the GUS chairman and philanthropist who established the Wolfson Foundation in 1955 (5) |
| GUIGNOL | Bloodthirsty character in 18th- century marionette plays, whose name was used for a Paris theatre associated with horror plays (7) |
| APSCORES | 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, for some HS tests that can be used for college credit |
| APS | Tests that might be used for college credit |
| APOLLO | Greek god whose name was used for a former NASA space program |
| ALYCIDON | One of the racehorses whose name was used for a Class 55. Only a CID officer can tell you which one (8) |
| DONS | Senior members of colleges at Oxford or Cambridge (4) |
| MAO | Chairman whose figure overlooks Tiananmen Square |
| PONTIAC | Ottawa chief whose name was used by a car company |
| PROVOST | Head of a college at Oxford University other than a dean, master, president or warden (7) |
| BALLIOL | College at Oxford University founded in 1263 (7) |
| LINACRE | Postgraduate college at Oxford University founded in 1962 (7) |
| BLUECAP | Two varieties of this bird seen at the cricket match between Oxford and Cambridge ! (4-3) |
| MELINDA | _ French Gates, American philanthropist and ex-wife of Bill Gates (7) |
| RECTORS | Heads for colleges in hills beyond park |
| VARSITY | Related to Oxford and Cambridge University sports (7) |
| TRINITY | A legal term for a college at Cambridge (7) |
| ROARING | Emphatic character seen in both Oxford and Cambridge rowing |
