| Degree from Wharton | 19 |
| Degree from MIT Sloan | 21 |
| Degree from M.I.T. | 18 |
| Degree for W. | 13 |
| Degree for space men | 20 |
| Degree for some future i-bankers | 32 |
| Degree for many a prof | 22 |
| Degree for James Franco | 23 |
| Degree for diplomats | 20 |
| Degree for DA | 13 |
| Degree for an MIT Sloan School grad | 35 |
| Degree for an English prof. | 27 |
| Degree for an att. | 18 |
| Degree for a would-be Einstein | 30 |
| Degree for a novelist? | 22 |
| Degree for a NASA worker | 24 |
| Degree for a leprechaun who's an expert at finding imperfections? | 69 |
| Degree for a hosp. worker | 25 |
| Degree for a future C.E.O. | 26 |
| Degree for a corp. exec | 23 |
| Degree for a CEO, often | 23 |
| Degree for a CEO | 16 |
| Degree for a C.E.O. | 19 |
| Degree earned by Shaq | 21 |
| Degree earned (in astrophysics) by Queen guitarist Brian May | 60 |
| Degree divisions | 16 |
| Degree div. | 11 |
| Degree competitor | 17 |
| Degree candidate's hurdles | 30 |
| Degree candidate's hurdle | 29 |
| Degree candidate's exam type | 32 |
| Degree candidate's exam | 27 |
| Degree Bill Gates and Warren Buffett never earned | 49 |
| Degree alternative | 18 |
| Degree after being ABD | 22 |
| Degree after an M.A., say | 25 |
| Degree after an M.A., perhaps | 29 |
| Degree | 6 |
| Degrading sort | 14 |
| Degrading | 9 |
| Degrades | 8 |
| Degraders | 9 |
| Degraded one's breeding partners? | 37 |
| Degraded | 8 |
| Degrade gradually | 17 |
| Degrade | 7 |
| Degradation with no loose ends? | 31 |
| Degradation of the universe's energy | 40 |
| Degradation of a sort | 21 |
| Degradation | 11 |
| Degradable start | 16 |
| Degermed, in a way | 18 |
| Degerm | 6 |
| DeGeneres's sitcom | 22 |
| DeGeneres's "Idol" predecessor | 44 |
| DeGeneres' partner, for a time | 34 |
| DeGeneres sitcom | 16 |
| DeGeneres or Goodman | 20 |
| DeGeneres or Barkin | 19 |
| DeGeneres of TV talk | 20 |
| Degeneres of TV | 15 |
| DeGeneres of daytime talk | 25 |
| DeGeneres and Burstyn | 21 |
| DeGeneres and Barkin | 20 |
| Degeneration | 12 |
| Degenerates | 11 |
| Degenerated | 11 |
| Degenerate badly | 16 |
| Degenerate | 10 |
| Degauss a tape | 14 |
| Degauss | 7 |
| DeGaulle's summers | 22 |
| DeGaulle's schnozz | 24 |
| DeGaulle's birthplace | 25 |
| Degas's "Prima Ballerina," e.g. | 45 |
| Degas's "Miss ___ at the Cirque Fernando" | 55 |
| Degas's "Le ___ de la danse" | 42 |
| Degas's "Le Foyer de la ___" | 42 |
| Degas subjects | 14 |
| Degas subject | 13 |
| Degas or Guest | 14 |
| Degas or Burroughs | 18 |
| Degas or Bergen | 15 |
| Degas haunt | 11 |
| Degas display, e.g. | 19 |
| Degas detail | 12 |
| Degas contemporary | 18 |
| Degas | 5 |
| Deg. Wilson earned | 18 |
| Deg. that's all about teeth | 31 |
| Deg. that no U.S. president has ever held | 41 |
| Deg. requiring workshops | 24 |
| Deg. of the professional who may instruct you to do the last words of the four longest puzzle answers | 101 |
| Deg. issuer | 11 |
| Deg. in community studies | 25 |
| Deg. in biology or physics | 26 |
| Deg. holder | 11 |
| Deg. held by Woodrow Wilson | 27 |
| Deg. held by Mitt Romney | 24 |
| Deg. held by Jill Biden | 23 |