| LEARNT | Got a Cambridge education |
| TAB | A small flap or strip; a loop for drawing a stage curtain; the drape itself; a cigarette; an insignia on a staff officer's collar; an Oxonian's name for a Cambridge student; or, in the US, a restauran |
| CHUM | From old-school 17th-century Oxford University slang for a roommate or "chamber-fellow", a word for a close buddy, mate or pal, in contrast to a Cambridge "crony"; or, shark bait (4) |
| ABOLTFROMTHEBLUE | A dash by a Cambridge sprinter that's unexpected |
| CHARIOTS | Film featuring a famous race round a Cambridge courtyard (8,2,4) |
| OFFIRE | Film featuring a famous race round a Cambridge courtyard (8, 2, 4) |
| LUCYCAVENDISH | Pioneer of women's education after whom a Cambridge college is named (4,9) |
| CUBA | Island for a Cambridge graduate (4) |
| APOSTLES | The Twelve - or a Cambridge society (8) |
| ACADEME | Deemed a Cambridge house this, on reflection |
| GMAJOR | Key of Vaughan Williams's "A Cambridge Mass" |
| MITCHUM | Associate at a Cambridge sch.? |
| OPTIMA | Models in work a Cambridge university rejected (6) |
| TRIPOS | Name for a Cambridge University undergraduate course |
| ONHIRE | Available, as a Cambridge cab |
| CLAD | Dressed to be a Cambridge boy (4) |
| CAIUS | Part of the name of a Cambridge college (5) |
| CLARE | Which county of the Republic of Ireland is also the name of a Cambridge college? (5) |
| FLIP | - - - van der Merwe, former Springbok lock who won a Cambridge Blue (4) |
| MIT | ___ Mystery Hunt (annual puzzle event at a Cambridge university) |
