| EMORY | Prestigious research university |
| STANFORD | Prestigious private research university in California, _ University (8) |
| YALE | Private ivy League research university it New Haven, Connecticut, _ University (4) |
| PRINCETON | _ University, private ivy League research university it New Jersey (9) |
| MIT | Research University (abbr.) |
| UNH | New England research university |
| TUFTS | Research university with a Boston campus |
| RPI | Research university in Troy New York: Abbr. |
| IMPERIAL | ___ College London, public research university (8) |
| SORBONNE | Building and research university in Paris (8) |
| SEMITE | Going around US research university spot Arab or Jew |
| WELLTIMED | Judicious US research university will put up with dope going round |
| MISFIT | Unsuited person is fine in private research university (6) |
| FAIRES | Unsuited person is fine in private research university (6) |
| CORNELL | American private Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York |
| HARVARD | Ivy League research university, oldest in the United States (7) |
| JOHNSHOPKINS | Private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1876 (5,7) |
| BRUNEL | Public research university in the Uxbridge area of London |
| NOTREDAME | Private Catholic research university in Indiana founded in 1842 (5,4) |
| TULANE | Prestigious university in New Orleans |
