| CANTAB | Abbreviation for one of the Oxbridge universities |
| COLONY | *Each circled pair is an abbreviation for one; all 13 are arranged in the roughly north-to-south order in which their representatives (except for John Hancock) signed the Declaration of Independence |
| COLLEGE | Any one of the constituent academic communities or institutions into which Oxbridge and other universities are separated (7) |
| POLL | Word for the head originally, later a counting of heads or votes; the scalp or pate; a hornless animal; a hammerhead's striking face; a pet parrot; or, an Oxbridge passman (4) |
| AUDITALE | An account of Rhodesia's 1965 establishment? One produced by Brewer for Oxbridge students |
| TUFT | A bunch of feathers or threads; a clump of trees; a goatee beard; a grassy tussock; or, the historical gold tassel on an Oxbridge nobleman's cap, hence a titled undergraduate (4) |
| INOCULATE | Lunatic fringes of Oxbridge cast ready for travel abroad? (9) |
| QUAD | As dead as the heart of an Oxbridge college (4) |
| CAMBRIDGE | One half of Oxbridge (9) |
| HALL | The principal room in a medieval castle; a manor-house; a lobby or vestibule; or, an Oxbridge dining room, hence the dinner itself |
| SUMMERTIMEBLUES | Number of Oxbridge cricketers? (10,5) |
| BLUES | Second class lavatories, we hear, for Oxbridge sports (5) |
| DIVERSITY | Is this a 27 meaning of "Oxbridge"? (9) |
| CAMBRIC | Oxbridge feature with building item (mainly the fabric) (7) |
| COMMONROOM | Scope for working-class entry to this Oxbridge facility? (6,4) |
| STJOHNSWORT | Hypericum has no end of value at Oxbridge colleges |
| UNIFORM | After Oxbridge, say, made everything look the same (7) |
| OARSMAN | A ransom put together for Oxbridge blue, perhaps (7) |
| BLUE | 'Colour' awarded for sporting excellence at Oxbridge (4) |
| BLUEBOTTLE | Oxbridge sportsman with courage of a fly (10) |
