| 100% | OXFORD | 6 | Relative to Cambridge in university terms |
| 41% | MIT | 3 | University in Cambridge, Massachusetts: Abbr. |
| 39% | BANKRUPT | 8 | In legal terms, unable to pay debts |
| 39% | ERGO | 4 | Term in logic (thus, to a logician) |
| 38% | MIT | 3 | Science-oriented university in Cambridge: Abbr. |
| 38% | HARVARD | 7 | Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 38% | PELAGIC | 7 | Term given to fish living in the open seas |
| 38% | ACHAEAN | 7 | Term Homer used in epics to describe Greek person |
| 38% | MEDIEVAL | 8 | Term used to describe the Middle Ages in Europe |
| 37% | RIPE | 4 | Ready to be eaten, in terms of produce |
| 37% | GAS | 3 | Alternative to electric, in terms of stoves |
| 37% | LBOMB | 5 | Term to drop in a serious relationship, informally |
| 37% | CITE | 4 | Refer to, in a term paper |
| 36% | MIT | 3 | Cambridge university whose athletes compete in NCAA Division III sports (Abbr.) |
| 36% | ENBY | 4 | Term of identity added to the O.E.D. in 2022 |
| 36% | SEMESTER | 8 | A half-year term in a school or university |
| 36% | OLDER | 5 | Father compared to the son in terms of age |
| 36% | ASL | 3 | Common way to communicate at Gallaudet University, in brief |
| 36% | ABSIT | 5 | Formal permission to be away from university, in Britain |
| 36% | YORE | 4 | Term referring to days in the past |
| 35% | KLEPTOMANIA | 11 | Term used in psychology for a strong impulse to steal without motivation |
| 35% | SEM | 3 | Half-year term in a school or university, for short |
| 35% | PERU | 4 | Home to the oldest continuously operating university in the Americas |
| 35% | TIMBUKTU | 8 | City in Mali and home to the University of Sankore |
| 35% | TOES | 4 | What "ten" refers to in the surfing term "hang ten" |
| 35% | BONAFIDE | 8 | Latin term used in English to mean genuine or real |
| 35% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 35% | RATRACE | 7 | Term to describe cut-throat competition in life to get ahead: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CLARKSVILLE | 11 | City in Tennessee, US, home to the Austin Peay State University |
| 35% | TIMBUKTU | 8 | City in Mali that’s home to the University of Sankore |