| 100% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (former school) |
| 100% | ALMA | 4 | __ mater (former school) |
| 95% | ALMA | 4 | __ mater (one's former school) |
| 95% | ALMA | 4 | __ mater (grad's former school) |
| 92% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (grad's former school) |
| 92% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (one's former school) |
| 92% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (graduate's former school) |
| 73% | ALMAMATER | 9 | Someone's former school or university |
| 73% | CSE | 3 | Former British school qualification |
| 71% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (one's school) |
| 71% | ALMA | 4 | __ mater (alumni's school) |
| 71% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (alumna's school) |
| 71% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (old school) |
| 69% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (Yale, to former Elis) |
| 69% | ALMA | 4 | __ mater (one's old school) |
| 69% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (one's old school) |
| 69% | RHEE | 4 | Former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle |
| 67% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (one's college or school) |
| 67% | GLEE | 4 | Former TV series about high school singers |
| 67% | GLEE | 4 | Former Fox series about high school singers |
| 66% | MED | 3 | ___ school (doctor's alma mater, for short) |
| 65% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater: school once attended |
| 65% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (official school song) |
| 64% | GLEE | 4 | Former Fox show mainly set at McKinley High School |
| 64% | GLEE | 4 | Former Fox series about a high school singing group |
| 64% | WHARTON | 7 | ___ Business School (Elon Musk's alma mater) |
| 62% | HAAS | 4 | ___ School of Business, Berkeley, alma mater of Donald Fisher |
| 61% | ALUMNI | 6 | Latin term meaning former students of a school |
| 60% | KELLOGG | 7 | ___ School of Management, Illinois, the alma mater of Brad Blum |
| 60% | LAURABUSH | 9 | Former First Lady whose charitable foundation supports school libraries: 2 wds. |