| CASESTUDY | Example in one's thesis, say |
| IDIOTIC | Launching into diatribe in one's thesis is completely stupid |
| QUOTED | Cited in a thesis, say |
| INSTANCES | Gives an example in one's attitudes |
| LEG | Fifty, for example, in one part of darts match (3) |
| ALCHEMISTS | Ones seeking gold in "clam thesis" |
| KENNEDY | In 1938, Churchill's speeches were published in the US as While England Slept. Whose 1939 thesis and 1949 book had the same title? (4,1,7) |
| JOHNF | In 1938, Churchill's speeches were published in the US as While England Slept. Whose 1939 thesis and 1949 book had the same title? (4,1,7) |
| ANNOTATE | Provide references, as in a thesis |
| NORTH | One of four points in dissertation or thesis (5) |
| NISSENHUTS | Nun's thesis rewritten in prefabricated buildings (6,4) |
| DEFINITEARTICLE | Black and white feature in paper is half thesis |
| REASONED | Logical conclusion to thesis, one written in study |
| TREATISE | Sit back in a tree nervously composing thesis (8) |
| ESSAY | Thesis returned in amongst history assessments (5) |
| KAGAN | Justice whose thesis was "To the Final Conflict: Socialism in New York City, 1900-1933" |
| SELLUP | Looking back, jerk mentioned in middle of thesis is to dispose of everything (4,2) |
| COLLEGE | Pass on third part of thesis to Trinity say (7) |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | A list of sources used in the preparation of a book, thesis, etc (12) |
| DOCTORIAL | Like a thesis to be cut by Oxford college, say |