| JUMPEDUP | Started at university, being rather arrogant (6-2) |
| UPPISH | Rather arrogant |
| RESERVED | Booked dining car table being rather introvert (8) |
| SNEAKISH | Being rather underhand is shaken when disturbed (8) |
| CAPTIOUS | Careful with parking for university being critical |
| AMOUNTED | Donate millions, university being broke? It's added up |
| STUDIOUS | Bosses accepting I love university, being diligent (8) |
| INCHOATE | Only just started at home on a sweet treat, pass out (8) |
| SALTMINE | Explosive sailor started at place of drudgery (4,4) |
| GOLDRUSH | The California one started at Sutter's Mill |
| INTIFADA | The Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that started at the end of 1987 |
| HARDUP | Difficult at university being poor (4-2) |
| HIPPOCAMPUS | Where St Augustine was at university, being something of a brain? (11) |
| CONCESSION | Grant needed to study whole term at university being discussed? |
| DEBUT | First performance at university, being in arrears (5) |
| ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE | Where optimists look being rather clever (2,3,6,4) |
| ONTHETIGHTSIDE | Rather small, being rather mean (2,3,5,4) |
| RISQUE | Some offer is questionable, being rather suggestive (6) |
| QUIT | Leave, being rather overlooked at the end (4) |
| DROWSY | Being rather tired, slurred words at end of day |
