| CHAPTERS | Fellows welcoming most of the academic period in Tom Brown's School Days, for instance (8) |
| SPINSTER | Short journeys for most of the academic year for one of those not in the union (8) |
| TUNNEL | Turns up, before Easter welcoming most of the journalists with vision (6) |
| DISMISSAL | Favorite time of the school day for some teachers and students, or a two-word hint for the answers to the starred clues |
| CATAMARAN | Accountant thanks fellow welcoming artist in boat |
| CHALIAPIN | Fellow welcoming American boxer and popular Russian bass (9) |
| REMAIN | Regarding fellow welcoming individual to stay |
| FLASHMAN | Character in Tom Brown's School Days, basis for a series of novels by GM Fraser |
| SEMESTER | Academic period in the U.S. (8) |
| TERMINUS | End of an academic period in America (8) |
| THOMASARNOLD | Headmaster of Rugby School whose style of teaching was described in Tom Brown's School Days (6,6) |
| CLEARING | System used by UCAS to fill remaining undergraduate vacancies before the start of the academic year (8) |
| ARNOLD | Historian and former headmaster of Rugby School immortalised in Tom Brown's School Days (6) |
| RUGBY | Public school that featured in Tom Brown's School days (5) |
| TRIMETER | In academic period, son knocked out piece of verse |
| EAST | Harry "Scud" -, character in Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes (4) |
| HUGHES | Author of Tom Brown's School Days, a novel set at the Rugby School for boys that was adapted into a television film with Alex Pettyfer and Stephen Fry (6) |
| SHEPARD | Artist who illustrated editions of Winnie-the-Pooh, The Secret Garden and Tom Brown's School Days (7) |
| THOMASHUGHES | Author of Tom Brown's School Days, a semi-biographical novel set at Rugby School (6,6) |
| TERMINI | Ends an academic period in Italian capital |
