| "Cool," to Ice-T | 26 |
| ___ Farm (clothing line) | 24 |
| Prof.'s degree, often | 25 |
| Advanced degree: Abbr. | 22 |
| Reward for yrs. of study | 24 |
| Dr.'s wall hanging | 22 |
| Grad student's goal | 23 |
| Goal of some candidates | 23 |
| Advanced degree, briefly | 24 |
| A grad may be working on it | 27 |
| What a postdoc already has | 26 |
| What a candidate might go for | 29 |
| Third degree, for some | 22 |
| T.A.'s pursuit, maybe | 25 |
| Some degree of success? | 23 |
| Rice paper, perhaps?: Abbr. | 27 |
| Result of a defended thesis | 27 |
| Researcher's goal, maybe | 28 |
| Quite a scholar, for short | 26 |
| Prof's qualification | 24 |
| Prof's degree, perhaps | 26 |
| Prof's degree, often | 24 |
| Prof. requirement, perhaps | 26 |
| Possibility after an M.A. | 25 |
| Master's follower, maybe | 28 |
| Graduate's prize (Abbr.) | 28 |
| Degree of great success | 23 |
| Degree for many a prof | 22 |
| 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 |
| Credential for many profs | 25 |
| Certain candidate's quest | 29 |
| Goals for many grad students | 28 |
| Third degrees, usually | 22 |
| Academics' degrees | 22 |
| Some scholars, for short | 24 |
| Some doctors, academically | 26 |
| Ones who get a third degree | 27 |
| Master's superiors? | 23 |
| Many profs.' degrees | 24 |
| Many academics, for short | 25 |
| Grad school achievements | 24 |
| Full profs usually hold them | 28 |
| Degrees of excellence? | 22 |
| Degrees for many profs. | 23 |
| Classics degrees, e.g. | 22 |
| Candidates seek them: Abbr. | 27 |
| Advanced degrees: Abbr. | 23 |
| Advanced college degs. | 22 |
| Dish served under glass | 23 |
| Red ____ , Saskatchewan | 23 |
| Partridge family member | 23 |
| Lady Amherst's ___ | 22 |
| Olympics phenom Michael | 23 |
| 16-time medalist Michael | 24 |
| #1 in all-time Olympic gold | 27 |
| Olympics superstar Michael | 26 |
| Mission Impossible commander | 28 |
| Memorable Yale teacher-critic | 29 |
| Beijing Games superstar | 23 |
| Fen-__: banned diet aid | 23 |
| Like benzene: Comb. form | 24 |
| Fen-___ (diet drug combo) | 25 |
| Fen-___ (banned diet aid) | 25 |
| Fen- -- (banned diet aid) | 25 |
| Early antiseptic compound | 25 |
| Sports sensation, slangily | 26 |
| Youthful prodigy, in slang | 26 |
| Rookie of the Year candidate | 28 |
| One with remarkable skill | 25 |
| It's directly perceivable | 29 |
| Hotshot rookies, in slang | 25 |
| Group derived from benzene | 26 |
| "That was close!" | 27 |
| Narrow escape exclamation | 25 |
| "Close call!" | 23 |
| "Boy, am I tired!" | 28 |
| 'That was close!' | 25 |
| "It's hot!" | 25 |
| "Boy, is it hot!" | 27 |
| ''Made it!'' | 28 |
| Swelterer's remark | 22 |
| Narrow-escape exclamation | 25 |
| Exclamation after a workout | 27 |
| Comment after a close call | 26 |
| "Is it hot!" | 22 |
| Fraternity letter, perhaps | 26 |
| Upsilon's follower | 22 |
| Common fraternity letter | 24 |
| Another fraternity letter | 25 |
| Symbol of electric flux | 23 |
| Upsilon's successor | 23 |
| Part of a fraternity name | 25 |
| WAS opponent, in the NL East | 28 |
| The golden ratio symbol | 23 |
| The Eagles, on a scoreboard | 27 |
| Symbol of the golden ratio | 26 |
| Symbol for the golden ratio | 27 |