| CAMPUS | From the Latin meaning "field", university grounds and buildings; or, the academic world (6) |
| GRIME | Soot or dirt ingrained in a surface especially of buildings or the skin |
| CAMPS | From the Latin meaning "field", outdoor spaces for bivouacs/tents (5) |
| STOREY | A floor/level of a building; or, the surname of the dramatist/novelist who wrote This Sporting Life (6) |
| STEREOBETE | From "to walk", a masonry foundation of a stone building; or, the substructure of an ancient Greek or Roman temple (10) |
| HEATING | System supplying warmth to a building; or, the warmth provided (7) |
| STANDS | They are found at sports grounds and in the streets (6) |
| SKYWAY | How to travel between tall buildings or is it what planes use? (6) |
| ESTATE | Grounds and tenancies of a very large property (6) |
| ACADEMIA | The academic world. |
| ACADEME | The academic world |
| CAMP | Meaning "field, level ground", word originally for an open area for military exercises, later a site for the huts and tents of soldiers or travellers (4) |
| CAMPUSES | Grounds and buildings of colleges (8) |
| IVORYTOWER | Secluded academic world just the place for a haul of elephant tusks? (5,5) |
| MODELLING | Hobby or pastime of making dioramas or miniature aeroplanes, boats, buildings or railways, for example; or, a branch of sculpture (9) |
| OBSERVATORIES | Buildings or lookout stations equipped with telescopes for stargazing; or, spying-places and viewpoints generally (13) |
| ZUGZWANG | Start zig-zagging around premier university ground and fret about game blockade (8) |
| AGRO | Combining form meaning field or soil |
| BUILTUP | Description of an area densely covered by buildings; or, according to the Highway Code, an area where the speed limit of a road is 30 mph (5-2) |
| BEAMS | Timbers of buildings or ships; or, bars for performing feats of balance in women's gymnastics (5) |
