| 100% | MEA | 3 | "Dominus illuminatio ___" (Oxford University's motto) |
| 78% | MEA | 3 | "Dominus illuminatio ___" (Oxford's motto) |
| 57% | ORIEL | 5 | Oxford University's fifth oldest college dating from 1326 |
| 51% | OLEMISS | 7 | Oxford university, informally |
| 51% | ORIEL | 5 | Oxford University college |
| 50% | OLEMISS | 7 | Oxford university since 1844 |
| 50% | BODLEIANLIBRARY | 15 | Oxford University research facility |
| 49% | ORIEL | 5 | Oxford University college since 1326 |
| 46% | OLEMISS | 7 | Nickname for an Oxford university |
| 46% | LUX | 3 | University motto word |
| 45% | MIND | 4 | Philosophy review from Oxford University Press |
| 44% | ASHMOLEAN | 9 | World's oldest public museum, at Oxford University |
| 44% | BALLIOL | 7 | College at Oxford University founded in 1263 |
| 43% | FURMAN | 6 | University in Greenville, S.C. |
| 43% | BRASENOSE | 9 | — College, establishment at Oxford University founded in 1509 |
| 43% | OED | 3 | Dictionary published by the Oxford University Press, briefly |
| 42% | LUX | 3 | Fiat ___ (common university motto) |
| 41% | YALE | 4 | University whose motto is "Lux et veritas" |
| 40% | CHRISTOPHERMARLOWE | 18 | Sometime collaborator with William Shakespeare, per the Oxford University Press |
| 40% | CED | 3 | Rival to the noted Oxford University Press reference work (abbr.) |
| 40% | EMORY | 5 | Atlanta university with an Oxford campus |
| 40% | DONS | 4 | Educators at the University of Oxford |
| 40% | LATIN | 5 | Language used in many university mottoes |
| 37% | ORO | 3 | First word of Montana's motto |
| 37% | ENSE | 4 | First word of Massachussett's motto |
| 37% | ESSE | 4 | Start of North Carolina's motto |
| 37% | ALIS | 4 | First word of Oregon's motto |
| 37% | ESTO | 4 | Last word of Missouri's motto |
| 37% | LESSISMORE | 10 | Mies van der Rohe's motto |
| 37% | ARS | 3 | First word of MGM's motto |