| EUREKA | College of the Redwoods locale |
| TALLEST | Descriptive of the redwood, of all trees (7) |
| GIANTSEQUOIA | Member of the redwood family |
| HARTE | Bret ___ (Author of Under the Redwoods) |
| SEQUOIA | Giant Californian coniferous tree such as the redwood (7) |
| THELONDONSCHOOL | College of the University of London that has the highest percentage of international students of all British universities (3,6,6,2,9) |
| OFECONOMICS | College of the University of London that has the highest percentage of international students of all British universities (3,6,6,2,9) |
| ORIEL | Constituent college of the University of Oxford originally founded under the patronage of Edward II in 1326 (5) |
| BALLIOL | The oldest college of the University of Oxford (7) |
| BIRKBECK | Constituent college of the University of London established in 1823 as the London Mechanics' Institute (8) |
| QUEENMARY | One of the constituent colleges of the University of London (5,4) |
| KINGS | One of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge (5) |
| KEBLE | One of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, named after a Tractarian (5) |
| TRINITY | One of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford (7) |
| JESUIT | Like the College of the Holy Cross |
| BOTANIC | Obtain novel from college of the study of plants (7) |
| SIDNEY | And 23 College of the University of Cambridge named after a 16th Century countess (6,6) |
| SUSSEX | College of the University of Cambridge named after a 16th Century countess (6,6) |
| ETON | ___ mess English dessert that originated from the famous college of the same name |
| CORPUSCHRISTI | College of the University of Cambridge established in 1352; also a city in Texas (6,7) |
