| GOLDSMITHS | College within the University of London with former students including Lucian Freud, Damien Hirst, M |
| DETONATE | Set off to find college within a particular time |
| HARVARD | University targeted by MAGA for expelling foreign students, including the daughters of Canada's prime minister and China's leader. (7) |
| SUSAN | Reverse for students, including a society girl (5) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| CASS | The business school of City, University of London - or the mama of the Mamas and the Papas (4) |
| LSE | University of London college attracting students of economics from around the world (1,1,1) |
| QUEENHITHE | Small, ancient ward in the City of London with the city's oldest dock (10) |
| ELSE | Different term for the University of London (4) |
| CALF | The Golden ---, artwork by Damien Hirst, sold at Sotheby's for 10.3m (4) |
| ILFRACOMBE | Resort on the north Devon coast that contains Verity, a statue by Damien Hirst (10) |
| BACON | Who painted Three Studies of Lucian Freud, which was sold last year for a record $142.4m? (5) |
| NICHOLASMOORE | English poet whose 1944 collection The Glass Tower was illustrated by Lucian Freud |
| WHIPPET | Painter Lucian Freud owned what type of dog, often included in his paintings? (7) |
| APPEALING | Nice part of London with a couple of parks |
| SPECIALS | Southern friends touring part of London with extra on-board fare (8) |
| SEALINGWAX | Instrument to cover part of London with resinous substance (7,3) |
