| BEADLE | A mace-bearer, especially at Oxford and Cambridge (6) |
| DONS | Members of a university's teaching staff, especially at Oxford or Cambridge (4) |
| GAUDIES | Feasts for former college members, especially at Oxford University |
| BEDELL | Old spelling of a mace-bearer in Oxford and Cambridge (6) |
| NUTMEG | Head girl is a mace-bearer (6) |
| POKER | Thought to be related to the German for "brag", the name of a card game of bluff and skill; a bugbear; a mace-bearer; a salamander for stirring a fire; or, a stiff person (5) |
| CORPUSCHRISTI | Texan city: name shared by colleges at Oxford and Cambridge (6,7) |
| EIGHTS | Oxford and Cambridge, e.g. (6) |
| CITIES | Oxford and Cambridge, say (6) |
| THAMES | River upon which the Oxford and Cambridge boat race takes place (6) |
| WOLFSON | Philanthropist and former GUS chairman whose name was used for colleges at Oxford and Cambridge (7) |
| CANONLAW | Henry VIII suspended its teaching at Oxford and Cambridge in 1535 |
| COLLEGES | Jesus fellowships at Oxford and Cambridge (8) |
| DEAN | Official responsible for discipline at Oxford and Cambridge colleges (4) |
| UNITED | Together what may be seen after Oxford and Cambridge? |
| ATARMS | Sergeant -___ (House of Commons mace bearer) (2,4) |
| MIRIAM | Oxford-born actress and Cambridge graduate, _ Margolyes (6) |
| DON | Teacher or fellow at a university such as Oxford and Cambridge (3) |
| REDBRICK | Of a university, more recent than Oxford and Cambridge (8) |
| OCTAL | Leaders of Oxford and Cambridge try and look for base |
