| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| TREATISE | Dissertation | |
| THESIS | Dissertation | |
| DISCOURSER | The writer of a treatise or dissertation. | |
| DISSERTATOR | One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses. | |
| DISSERTATIONAL | Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation. | |
| DISSERTATE | To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse. | |
| TRACT | A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion. | |
| EXCURSUS | A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic. | |
| CRITICAL | Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation. | |
| DISCOURSE | Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty. | |
| DISQUISITION | ...n of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.... | |
| CRITIQUE | A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subj... | |