| POSTGRADUATES | Students who have already succeeded to some degree (4-9) |
| POSTGRADUATE | One taking a correspondence course who has succeeded to some degree! (4-8) |
| COLLEGEGRADUATE | One who has succeeded to some degree? |
| CATCHSOMERAYS | Summer goal for many people; our theme entries have already done it |
| GRADUATED | Succeeded, to some degree (9) |
| NANNIES | The occupation of students who have been trained at Norland College, Bath since 1892 (7) |
| SRS | Students who have juniors: Abbr. |
| EXTERNALDEGREES | University students who have studied away from a physical campus obtain such qualifications (8,7) |
| TWEENAGERS | Informal word for preadolescent boys or girls from around 9-12 who, according to Chambers Dictionary, have "already developed an interest in fashion, pop music, and exasperating his or her parents" (1 |
| PAST | Things that have already happened (4) |
| THEPAST | Events which have already happened (3,4) |
| LANCE | "Bores have succeeded to dragons, and I have shivered too many ____s in vain ever to hope for their extirpation" (Disraeli) |
| SST | JFK may have already seen the last of it |
| PRIZE | What you may have already won |
| TOILS | "Through many dangers, ___ and snares I have already come" ("Amazing Grace" lyric) |
| RERUN | Episode you might have already seen |
| VIVIPAROUS | Producing offspring that have already been developed in the parent's body (10) |
| HEAVE | Haul sheaves that have already been shipped out (5) |
| SENT | Folder of emails that have already been dispatched |
| RERUNS | TV episodes that have already aired |
