| INTERCOLLEGIATE | Between colleges or universities |
| RECTOR | The head of certain colleges or universities or schools (6) |
| VACATION | An official break between terms in lawcourts or universities; or, in the US, a holiday generally (8) |
| VARSITYMATCH | Cravat Smith exchanged about close of play during game between colleges (7,5) |
| SENIORSLUMP | Phenomenon typically occurring between college acceptances and HS graduation |
| HALL | College or university's dining room or refectory; or, a large country house or manor (4) |
| FACULTY | The teaching staff of a college or universtity, or of one department (7) |
| PRECINCT | Word that first described an administrative district, later an enclosed area around a cathedral, church or college; or, an open-air, pedestrianised galleria in a town (8) |
| CAMPUS | From the Latin for "field", the grounds and buildings of a college or university; the academic world; or, a genre of novel depicting this (6) |
| BURSAR | Person in charge of the funds or other property of a college or university (6) |
| CANTEEN | A restaurant provided by a college or company for students or staff (7) |
| ALUMNI | Former students or graduates of a school, college or university (6) |
| GAPYEAR | A break taken by a student between leaving school and starting college or university (3,4) |
| ALUMNUS | Former pupil or student of a college or university (7) |
| ETON | A college or collar |
| MUDD | Claremont, CA, college, or a newscaster |
| BATES | College or actor |
| ELON | College or biblical town |
| OLIVET | Michigan college or its city |
| OBERLIN | Midwest college or its town |
