| HILARY | The spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court and some other educational establishments |
| BALLIOLCOLLEGE | In Oxford University the oldest academic institution in the English speaking world still on its original site (7,7) |
| OCTOPI | Creatures overhead, on both sides of court, and on central umpire (6) |
| TRIUMVIRI | Head out of court and run into seven officers in Rome (9) |
| OCTOBER | Month that marks the start of the Michaelmas term at Oxford University |
| INNERTEMPLE | Which of the Inns of Court was thought to have begun in the 13th century when it housed the lawyers who advised the Knights Templar? (5,6) |
| INNER | - - - Temple, one of the four legal societies in London that together form the Inns of Court (5) |
| LINCOLNS | - Inn; one of the Inns of Court in London (8) |
| CHAMBERS | Rooms used by barristers, especially in the Inns of Court (8) |
| LIBELLEE | Respondent in the Inns of Court |
| TEMPLAR | Word for a member of an order of knights established by Crusaders around 1119; or, a barrister of the Middle or Inner two of the four Inns of Court in London (7) |
| HILARITY | Merriment? It appears during spring term at Oxford (8) |
| INGRIDBERGMAN | Swedish actress whose films include Casablanca and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness |
| GLADYSAYLWARD | Missionary to China who inspired the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, starring Ingrid Bergman |
| AYLWARD | Gladys, missionary in China whose story was told in the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (7) |
| STANDREWS | Town on the east coast of Fife whose university, the oldest in Scotland, was attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales (2,7) |
| CAMPUS | From the Latin for "field", the grounds and buildings of a college or university; the academic world; or, a genre of novel depicting this (6) |
| VOLUNTEERS | Athletes at one SEC University; the first sounds of the starred entries provide a clue to the state |
| MANCIPLE | Officer who buys provisions for a college or Inns of Court (8) |
| BENCHER | One on form as a senior member of an inn of court (7) |
