| HOMECOMING | University graduate reunion |
| SATSUMA | University graduate tests first fruit |
| CUBA | Island origin of Cambridge university graduate (4) |
| TRAUMA | Shock works sent up by university graduate |
| LAURA | Southern Methodist University graduate Bush |
| PUMA | Big cat identified by quiet university graduate |
| DONOR | Prominent university graduate, often |
| ALUM | University graduate, for short |
| ALUMNA | University graduate |
| MARINEBIOLOGIST | Nova Scotia: Aqua occupation for a Dalhousie University graduate, perhaps: 2 wds. |
| ALMAMATER | Old university graduate twice blocks change (4,5) |
| UNIMAGINABLE | Staggering university graduate with two drinks, hugging bachelor (12) |
| RADARGUN | Sped around university graduate going the other way? This should detect that (5,3) |
| EXUBERANT | Direct from university, graduate engineer managed bar that's overflowing (9) |
| ABUDHABI | University graduate backing race, say, in Arab state |
| EMMAWATSON | Belle's portrayer in "Beauty & the Beast," who's a Brown University graduate (2014): 2 wds. |
| JOHNKRASINSKI | Jim Halpert's portrayer on "The Office," who's a Brown University graduate (2001): 2 wds. |
| JULIEBOWEN | Claire Dunphy's portrayer on "Modern Family," who's a Brown University graduate (1991): 2 wds. |
| BASKETBALL | Sport invented in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts by McGill University graduate James Naismith |
| NAISMITH | James ___ ((b.1861 - d.1939) McGill University graduate who invented the sport of Basketball in 1891 |
