| FRESHERS | Informal term for students in their first year at college or university (8) |
| SOPH | It's their second year at college, I think they deserve this cool nickname |
| SYRUPY | Sentimental, say, extremely, about year at college |
| SAPLINGS | Greyhounds in their first year; or, Noel Streatfeild's novel (8) |
| LEVERETS | Young hares, especially those in their first year (8) |
| UGLINESS | Good punishment for students in America showing repulsive attribute (8) |
| ATTENDEE | Person turning up curtains for student in PM once (8) |
| VASHCHUK | Vladyslav ........ , Ukraine defender sent off against Spain in their first game of the 2006 FIFA World Cup (8) |
| LITERACY | Cater, possibly, for student in flower culture (8) |
| ESCAPADE | Pressure for student in wall-climbing stunt (8) |
| STUDENTS | People who are following courses at a college or university (8) |
| GRADUATE | Someone who has finished studies at a high school, college, or university (8) |
| LECTURER | One who teaches at a college or university (8) |
| STUDENT | ____ loan, one given to those taking courses at college or university to help pay their expenses (7) |
| MODULES | Independent units of study in a course at college or university (7) |
| ACADEMIA | College or university life (8) |
| ACADEMICS | Educators at college or university (9) |
| SENDDOWN | To expel from college or university (4,4) |
| ELEVENPLUS | An examination taken in some English regions by students in their last year of primary education |
| TEANECK | Town where the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets played home games for their first year |
