| Scholar's quest | 19 |
| Scholar's award | 19 |
| Rice paper, perhaps?: Abbr. | 27 |
| Result of a defended thesis | 27 |
| Researcher's goal, maybe | 28 |
| Quite a scholar, for short | 26 |
| Quest of some candidates: Abbr. | 31 |
| Prof's qualification | 24 |
| Prof's degree, perhaps | 26 |
| Prof's degree, often | 24 |
| Prof.'s deg. | 16 |
| Prof. requirement, perhaps | 26 |
| Prof. probably | 14 |
| Pres. Wilson held one | 21 |
| Post-grad degree | 16 |
| Post grad. degree | 17 |
| Post grad degree | 16 |
| Possibility after an M.A. | 25 |
| Master's pursuit, perhaps: Abbr. | 36 |
| Master's follower, maybe | 28 |
| Master's follower, briefly | 30 |
| Many a prof. | 12 |
| Many a prof | 11 |
| M.A. follow-up, maybe | 21 |
| Higher degree? | 14 |
| Graduate's prize (Abbr.) | 28 |
| Graduate degree held by boxer Wladimir Klitschko | 48 |
| Grad student's goal, perhaps | 32 |
| Grad sch. goal | 14 |
| Doctorate deg. | 14 |
| Doctorate | 9 |
| Doctor's degree | 19 |
| Doctor, of sorts | 16 |
| Doctor of philosophy | 20 |
| Dissertation-writer's goal | 30 |
| Dissertation writer's goal | 30 |
| Dissertation finisher | 21 |
| Degree of success | 17 |
| Degree of great success | 23 |
| Degree held by many univ. professors | 36 |
| Degree for many a prof | 22 |
| Degree earned (in astrophysics) by Queen guitarist Brian May | 60 |
| Degree after being ABD | 22 |
| Degree after an M.A., say | 25 |
| Degree after an M.A., perhaps | 29 |
| Deg. held by Woodrow Wilson | 27 |
| Deg. for a prof | 15 |
| Credential for many profs | 25 |
| Coveted deg. | 12 |
| Certain candidate's quest | 29 |
| Certain candidate's goal, briefly | 37 |
| Academic deg. | 13 |
| Acad. honor | 11 |
| A good defense may result in it, briefly | 40 |
| ___ program (university offering) | 33 |
| ___ program (post-grad university offering) | 43 |
| ___ candidate | 13 |
| Third degrees, often | 20 |
| Academic types | 14 |
| Third degrees? | 14 |
| Third degrees | 13 |
| Profs.' degrees | 19 |
| Goals for many grad students | 28 |
| Coveted degrees | 15 |
| Third degrees, usually | 22 |
| They've been given the third degree? | 40 |
| They're given the third degree? | 35 |
| Some profs | 10 |
| Profs' degs. | 16 |
| Many profs' degs. | 21 |
| Many profs | 10 |
| High degs. | 10 |
| High degrees? | 13 |
| Advanced degrees | 16 |
| Academics' degrees | 22 |
| What many profs are | 19 |
| Upper-tier academics | 20 |
| Univ. third degrees | 19 |
| Thesis penners | 14 |
| Successful dissertation defenders | 33 |
| Some scholars, for short | 24 |
| Some doctors, academically | 26 |
| Pursuits of some candidates, for short | 38 |
| Profs' degrees | 18 |
| Profs, usually | 14 |
| Profs have them | 15 |
| Professors' degs. | 21 |
| Ones who get a third degree | 27 |
| Nth degrees? | 12 |
| MIT degrees | 11 |
| Master's superiors? | 23 |
| Many profs.' degrees | 24 |
| Many college profs. | 19 |
| Many academics, for short | 25 |
| Lifelong student's collection, for short | 44 |
| High degrees: Abbr. | 19 |
| High degrees (abbr.) | 20 |
| Hard-earned degs. | 17 |
| Hard-earned degrees | 19 |
| Grad school achievements | 24 |