| ELIAS | English antiquary whose donation of his collection to the University of Oxford in 1677 created Britain's first public museum (5) |
| ASHMOLE | English antiquary whose donation of his collection to the University of Oxford in 1677 created Britain's first public museum (7) |
| STOW | John ___, English antiquary, whose Survey of London 1598 remains an important source on Elizabethan life and times (4) |
| ORIEL | Constituent college of the University of Oxford originally founded under the patronage of Edward II in 1326 (5) |
| BODLEIAN | Main research library of the University of Oxford, one of the oldest in Europe (8) |
| HOUSMAN | Classical scholar and poet who explores themes of life, loss, love, nostalgia and the beauty of the English countryside in his collection titled A Shropshire Lad (7) |
| KEBLE | One of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, named after a Tractarian (5) |
| BALLIOL | One of the colleges of the University of Oxford, founded 1263 (7) |
| RALPHFIENNES | Schindler's List actor who plays the Duke of Oxford in the upcoming movie The King's Man: 2 wds. |
| TESTATE | Having been willing to return the collection to the gallery (7) |
| TRINITY | One of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford (7) |
| ASHMOLEAN | Name of the University of Oxford's museum of art and archaeology (9) |
| DECAY | The ___ of Lying - An Observation 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde which is included in his collection of essays Intentions |
| FIENNES | Ralph ___, plays the Duke of Oxford in The King's Man (7) |
| SOMERVILLECOLLEGE | Constituent part of the University of Oxford converted into a military hospital during World War I whose patients included Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon |
| LARKIN | English poet whose works include Deceptions and The Old Fools, in his collections The Less Deceived and High Windows respectively (6) |
| CHARITY | Latin word for "dear" that came to mean "Christian love of one's fellows", later almsgiving or donations of food, goods or money to those in need (7) |
| ALMS | Charitable donations of money or goods to the needy, especially in former times (4) |
| ROVER | The ?, stage play by Aphra Behn subtitled The Banish'd Cavaliers which premiered in 1677 |
| DOMINUSILLUMINATIOMEA | "The Lord is my light" as the University of Oxford motto |
