| 100% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (university from where one graduated) |
| 66% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (school from which one graduated) |
| 54% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (where a person graduated from) |
| 54% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (where you graduated from) |
| 53% | ALMA | 4 | ___ Mater, school or college from where one passed out |
| 50% | CAGE | 4 | Where one may be barred from leaving? |
| 50% | HOMEPLANET | 10 | Where one is from in the future |
| 49% | RELATE | 6 | See where one's coming from |
| 47% | ALMA | 4 | ___ mater (school you graduated from) |
| 46% | PITYPARTY | 9 | "Event" where one seeks consolation from others: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ACCENT | 6 | One way to tell where someone is from |
| 45% | PLASTICS | 8 | One-word piece of advice from The Graduate |
| 45% | FARMERS | 7 | ___ market, marketplace where one can directly buy produce from local growers |
| 45% | GROMIT | 6 | Animated character who graduated from Dogwarts University |
| 44% | ALUMNAE | 7 | Graduates from one of the Seven Sisters, e.g. |
| 43% | KEEPAWAY | 8 | Kids' game where one team prevents the other from getting the ball: Hyph. |
| 42% | MIT | 3 | Boston university that architect I.M. Pei graduated from: Abbr. |
| 42% | ETON | 4 | Fictional superspy James Bond graduated from this famed British university |
| 42% | OBAMA | 5 | Barack ___, former President who graduated from Harvard University in 1991 |
| 42% | ALMAMATER | 9 | School from which one has graduated (2 wds.) |
| 41% | PHD | 3 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one in theology from Boston University |
| 41% | DOORDIE | 7 | A crux situation where there is only one way out from |
| 40% | RASHIDA | 7 | ___ Jones, actress from "Boston Public" who graduated from Harvard University in 1997 |
| 40% | CONAN | 5 | ___ O'Brien, talk show host who graduated from Harvard University in 1985 |
| 39% | HIGH | 4 | Fountain Valley ___ School, school in California where Michelle Pfeiffer graduated from in 1976 |
| 39% | WHENCE | 6 | From where |
| 39% | TOMMYLEE | 8 | ___ Jones, actor from "Lonesome Dove" who graduated from Harvard University in 1969: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NATALIE | 7 | ___ Portman, actress from "Jackie" who graduated from Harvard University in 2003 |
| 38% | RESIDENCE | 9 | Where one lives |
| 38% | ABODE | 5 | Where one dwells |