| GRADUATION | Gaining a degree for marks on a ruler, say (10) |
| AJAR | A number on a ruler, say (4) |
| AFFECT | State of a student gaining a degree, then another (6) |
| WEAL | What's best for mark on skin? |
| INCH | Long mark on a ruler |
| CENTIMETRE | Measurement found on a ruler (10) |
| FAHRENHEIT | Mercury must've been the catalyst, to a degree, for this old inventor. (10) |
| CUMMERBUND | Bruce awkwardly retains two marks on a French and Dutch waistband (10) |
| REPORTCARD | Place for marks |
| PATESBOOTY | What "X" marks on a treasure map |
| STATIONERY | Where to find train lines carrying eastern rulers, say |
| STARVATION | Food deprivation is in position, gaining a Republican victory (10) |
| COLUMNINCH | Some soldiers move slowly, gaining a measure of space (6,4) |
| GRADUATE | Put marks on a stick for a student at the end of degree (8) |
| CONQUEST | Achievement of victory through a form of combat whose name is linked to a horse chestnut or "cheeser" used in a playground battle; a successful ascent of a mountain; or, the act/art of gaining a perso |
| MAKING | Producing a degree for a ruler |
| PIPS | Marks on a die or on a playing card (4) |
| JAMESSTEWART | 17th century ruler, say, a man of many parts (5,7) |
| GEORGEIII | Ruler, say, put up with endless orgies, wild ones a¦ (6,3) |
| BBA | A degree for a future manager perhaps: Abbr. |
