| THEBAN | At the time, taking a degree in Greek (6) |
| TAXYEAR | I start in spring time taking a couple of axes to part of wheat |
| UPGRADE | Raise in status at college a degree in Greek and English (7) |
| NOON | This time's taking a return, too |
| STUPID | Puts off taking a degree, at the end. It's foolish (6) |
| REVEAL | Have a good time, taking in a show ... (6) |
| DELAYS | Times, taking into account the Spanish deferrals (6) |
| BABOON | Primate has a degree in the humanities - and a good thing too (6) |
| BAKING | The ruler has a degree in bread making (6) |
| AMOEBA | Morning omissions excepted to a degree in a single cell (6) |
| BOTANY | Tony receives a degree in the science of plants (6) |
| ADJUST | Modify a degree in every respect (6) |
| ADHERE | Stick to a degree in this place (6) |
| ATONIC | A degree in music - without stress |
| IAMBIC | One with a degree in charge of verse form |
| SCHERZO | Lively movement in triple time, taking the place of a minuet in a sonata or symphony (7) |
| INCHARGE | Calling the shots a short distance over a long time, taking on leading role (2,6) |
| ALLTOLD | A Lord Lieutenant, elderly, taking time taking everything in (3,4) |
| NOTCH | A nick on a tally stick; a hole on a belt for a buckle's tongue; a degree in a scale; a level or step; or, a gorge (5) |
| RUDE | To regret taking a degree was discourteous (4) |
