| BIGHOUSE | Nickname for the football stadium at the University of Michigan |
| LEH | An open football stadium at 11,000 feet came up at Spituk here last year. (3) |
| SKIJUMPER | Norway's Stein Gruben, this type of athlete, flew 70 meters carrying the lit torch into Lillehammer's stadium at the 1994 Winter Games |
| INKSTAND | Headless jink in the football stadium is for the benefit of old writer (8) |
| ASHE | Arthur, U.S. former tennis player after whom the main stadium at the U.S. Open is named (4) |
| HAVEONESFEETONTHEGROUND | Be sensible and take a personal payment to name the football stadium |
| GERALDFORD | 38th US president (1974-1977) who was on the varsity football team at the University of Michigan: 2 wds. |
| SASHA | Obama daughter who's a student at the University of Michigan |
| ANNARBOR | City in Michigan on the Huron which houses the University of Michigan (3,5) |
| ARBOR | Ann ---, city on the Huron, site of the university of Michigan (5) |
| ANN | Seat of the University of Michigan, US (3,5) |
| KELVIN | Surname of the professor at the University of Glasgow who gave his name to a unit of temperature (6) |
| LENTTERM | January to March at the University of Cambridge and the LSE, for example |
| LYNDON | Johnson that's the subject of a museum at the University of Texas |
| BLAIR | Selma ___ Hellboy actress who was studied psychology from the University of Michigan |
| PETERHIGGS | Former professor at the University of Edinburgh, who proposed the existence of a 'God particle' (5,5) |
| STEPHEN | In 2009, which physicist hosted a cocktail party at the University of Cambridge for time travellers, buying in balloons, champagne and nibbles, and sending out invitations the following day? (7,7) |
| HAWKING | In 2009, which physicist hosted a cocktail party at the University of Cambridge for time travellers, buying in balloons, champagne and nibbles, and sending out invitations the following day? (7,7) |
| MARIECURIE | Scientist who was the first female professor at the University of Paris: 2 wds. |
| RAGINCAJUNS | Athletes at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
