| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| EXPLORATIONS | Studies | |
| OBSERVATIONS | Studies | |
| PHILOSOPHY | Metaphysical studies | |
| EXAMINES | Studies closely | |
| THEOLOGY | Religious studies | |
| PEERSAT | Studies closely | |
| SYLLABUSES | Summaries of studies | |
| CONTEMPLATES | Studies criminal masters | |
| RELEARN | Repeat one's studies | |
| ETUDES | Practice studies (music) | |
| SYLLABUS | Program of studies | |
| ABANDON | Drop out of (studies) | |
| DENS | Studies where lions live | |
| ANTHROPOLOGIST | One who studies humans | |
| SWOT | Person who studies hard | |
| DISSERTATIONS | Assisted in rot decomposition studies | |
| GENEALOGIST | She studies lines of people | |
| DARKENS | Dims Noah’s boat in studies | |
| ASTRONOMER | One who studies celestial bodies | |
| MICROBIOLOGIST | One who studies tiny organisms | |
| LEPIDOPTERIST | One who studies the Lepidoptera. | |
| GETS BEHIND | Fails to keep up (in studies) | |
| TIDES | No US studies reviewed ocean phases | |
| GETSBEHIND | Fails to keep up (in studies) | |
| BRYOLOGICAL | Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies. | |