| WHATISOTTAWA | Our game show host earned a degree in philosophy in 1961 from the university of this capital city |
| FALLINGINLOVE | Can't Help ___ Elvis Presley's song from 1961 from the album Blue Hawaii which has been recorded by many other artists including Bob Dylan: 3 wds. |
| WHATISCHEERS | Sitcom our game show host guested on in 1990 -- and no, he's never been in Cliff Clavin's kitchen |
| WHOISALEXTREBEK | Our game show host; he died at age 80 on Nov. 8, after hosting more than 8,000 episodes of "Jeopardy!" |
| BROWN | University where 12-Across earned a degree in English Literature in 2014 |
| GRADUATED | Earned a degree that was marked to take on board university admission troubles for starters (9) |
| PALERMO | Santa Rosalia, who saved the city from the Black Death, is the patron saint of this capital of Sicil |
| OSLO | The 19th century polar research ship Fram is exhibited in a museum in this capital city (4) |
| KABUL | The strategic importance of this capital and largest city in Afghanistan is due to its location on t |
| ANDREABOCELLI | Opera singer with a law degree from the University of Pisa: 2 wds. |
| WELLINGTON | This capital city of New Zealand is known as the Windy City |
| BELGRADE | The mausoleum of former Yugoslav leader Tito is in this capital city (8) |
| CANTAB | Post-nominal suffix, letters or abbreviation indicating a degree from the university that competes against Oxford in Varsity matches (6) |
| ELON | Post-nominal suffix indicating a degree from the university that shares a historic rivalry with Cambridge (4) |
| OXON | Post-nominal suffix indicating a degree from the university that shares a historic rivalry with Cambridge (4) |
| OTIS | Football player Sistrunk who was said to have graduated from the "University of Mars" |
| BOGOTA | Got into a long fur in this capital city (6) |
| BUDAPEST | Escape artist Harry Houdini was born in this capital city in 1874 (8) |
| DUBLIN | The sports stadium Croke Park is in this capital city (6) |
| NORMANMAILER | Post office patron from the University of Oklahoma? |
