| ACADEMIA | Collective term for the scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research (8) |
| ANAXIMANDER | Pre-Socratic philosopher whose work laid the foundation for the scientific method |
| METHODOLOGY | Get holy mood for the scientific way to investigate (11) |
| UNIVERSE | For higher education and poetry about the cosmos (8) |
| UNITEDWESTAND | Edward West after higher education and before 19 20 (6,2,5) |
| ACADEMIC | Term for a person who is engaged in tertiary education and research |
| UNESCO | Acronym for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (1,1,1,1,1,1) |
| GRACES | The Three ____ , collective term for the Royal Liver, the Cunard and the Port of Liverpool Buildings (6) |
| SMITHSONIAN | Group of museums, education and research centre in Washington DC, nicknamed the 'nation's attic' (11) |
| NEUSTON | Collective term for the minute organisms living on the surface of water (7) |
| INSTITUTE | Set up organisation for education and research |
| VENICE | It is an island city that was once the centre of a maritime republic. It was the greatest seaport in late medieval Europe and the continent's commercial and cultural link to Asia. In Much Ado About No |
| LONDON | Capital of the United Kingdom, is a global financial and cultural hub known for landmarks like the Tower of London, Big Ben, and its historic role in the British Empire. (6) |
| FORTRAN | A high-level computer programming language developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications |
| PERIANTH | Collective term for the outer parts of a flower (8) |
| SILICONFEN | Collective term for the high-tech businesses around Cambridge (7,3) |
| IMAX | Corporation that received an Oscar for scientific and technical achievement in 1997 |
| ARBORATUM | A place where trees and shrubs are planted for their scientific and educational values |
| ETON | Academic site of the Tony Little Centre for Innovation and Research in Learning |
| ERASMUS | The EU programme for mobility in higher education (7) |
