| BALLIOL | College at Oxford University founded in 1263 |
| LINACRE | Postgraduate college at Oxford University founded in 1962 (7) |
| PROVOST | Head of a college at Oxford University other than a dean, master, president or warden (7) |
| BRASENOSE | ? College, establishment at Oxford University founded in 1509 |
| WORCESTERCOLLEGE | Part of Oxford University founded in 1714 (9,7) |
| ASHMOLEAN | A museum attached to Oxford University, founded in 1683 (9) |
| DON | Senior member of the college at Oxford or Cambridge (3) |
| EXETER | Tolkien's college at Oxford |
| ORIEL | A college at Oxford |
| MAGDALEN | Another college at Oxford |
| LARGS | Battle between Scotland and Norway in 1263 (5) |
| OAK | One of the fagaceous arbors forming a quercetum; its leaves, worn as a garland; something made from its wood, such as a heavy outer door to a college at Oxford or Cambridge; or, the brown colour of sa |
| CORPUSCHRISTI | Name shared by colleges at Oxford and Cambridge |
| DONS | Senior members of colleges at Oxford or Cambridge (4) |
| WOLFSON | Philanthropist and former GUS chairman whose name was used for colleges at Oxford and Cambridge (7) |
| GAUDIES | Feasts for former college members, especially at Oxford University |
| RHODESSCHOLAR | Person selected to study as a postgraduate at Oxford University in a programme named after a late southern African statesman (6,7) |
| MARSHAL | Word for an ostler or a king's farrier originally, later an officer in a royal household; a prison-keeper; or, a proctor's attendant or "bulldog" at Oxford University (7) |
| RHODES | Established in 1902, which graduate scholarship enables people to study at Oxford University? (6) |
| YOUBET | Year at Oxford University attracts Yankee for sure |
