| ANNARBOR | Seat of the University of Michigan, US |
| ANN | Seat of the University of Michigan, US (3,5) |
| ARBOR | Seat of the University of Michigan, US (3,5) |
| BIGHOUSE | Nickname for the football stadium at the University of Michigan |
| STOCKTON | Inland port in California, US, on the San Joaquin River; seat of the University of the Pacific |
| BERKELEY | City on San Francisco Bay that is the seat of the University of California (8) |
| 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 |
| BLAIR | Selma ___ Hellboy actress who was studied psychology from the University of Michigan |
| MISSOURI | Region southwest of Michigan is turned into Michigan (8) |
| TUCSON | US resort which is the seat of the University of Arizona (6) |
| JIMHARBAUGH | University of Michigan football coach who's the highest paid public employee in Michigan: 2 wds. |
| SASHAOBAMA | University of Michigan enrollee of 2019 |
| THEPUBLICIVIES | College of William & Mary, University of Michigan, et al. |
| SUPERIOR | A statehood movement for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan proposes calling it this, a name already in big letters on local maps |
| TACOMA | City and seaport in Washington, US; the seat of the University of Puget Sound (6) |
| GRETCHEN | Governor Whitmer of Michigan |
| BOULDER | Resort in the Rocky Mountains; seat of the University of Colorado (7) |
| BOSCHEMBECHLER | Longtime University of Michigan football coach |
| RIVAL | University of Michigan, to Ohio State |
