| OXFORDCLAY | Steer car with carbon deposit - that's beneath a university city! (6,4) |
| OXFORD | Steer car with this shoe? (6) |
| THIRDPARTY | Sort of policy that's beneath Nick Clegg? (5,5) |
| PRONOUNCED | Articulated odd creed that's beneath her, for example (10) |
| UNDERCLASS | Social group that's beneath schoolchildren (10) |
| MANCHESTER | Fans then scream 'City!' (10) |
| FORSOOTH | River containing a lot of carbon deposit? Indeed |
| PADUA | Accommodation suitable for toffs overlooking a university city |
| CHISINAU | Greek characters in a university city in Europe |
| CAMBRIDGE | A university city in Massachusetts (pop about 105,000), incorporated in 1846 (9) |
| COUNTDRACULA | Rely on doctor, having cold in a university city - he takes bloods (5,7) |
| ASSIDUITY | Diligence shown by Bob and James, say, in a university city deprived of leader (9) |
| SOOT | Carbon deposit in a chimney (4) |
| SHOOT | From fire, hot, carbon deposit all round (5) |
| CAM | Eccentric running through a university city? |
| AARHUS | A university city in Jutland (6) |
| CATERERS | Steer car round the bend for food suppliers |
| PENNYLANE | Place that's "beneath the blue suburban skies," in a Beatles song |
| GOODBYEMRCHIPS | I'm bored with Psycho after adaptation that's beneath grand film (7,2,5) |
| SOAPBOX | Storage with drawers that's beneath an angler! (4,3) |
