Clues for the word "PHD"
We've had 203 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 434 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on December 06, 2025.
Referring Clues
- Master's follower, maybe
- Scholarly type
- Third degree?
- Scholar's goal
- Prof's deg.
- Highest deg.
- Pres. Wilson held one
- Oft-framed document
- University conferral
- Researcher's goal, maybe
- A grad may be working on it
- University offering
- Quite a scholar, for short
- Acad. honor
- High degree
- What a candidate might go for
- Prof.'s degree
- Higher degree?
- Third degree, often
- Many a prof.
- Third degree, perhaps
- Significant degree?
- Thesis defender's prize, maybe
- ___ candidate
- Degree on the wall
- Advanced degree
- Grad student's goal, perhaps
- Graduate's deg.
- Degree of success?
- Univ. teaching requisite, usually
- Prof's degree, maybe
- Professor's deg.
- Coll. teaching requirement, usually
- Univ. teaching requirement, often
- Graduate prog. award
- Univ. degree
- Ultimate deg.
- Prof's credential
- High degree?
- Prof's degree
- Certain candidate's goal, briefly
- Third deg.?
- Goal of some candidates
- ___ program (university offering)
- Degree of success
- What a postdoc already has
- Advanced deg.
- Third degree, for some
- Master's pursuit, perhaps: Abbr.
- Scholar's quest
- Advanced degree: Abbr.
- Educator's deg.
- A degree of success?
- Prof. requirement, perhaps
- Degree of distinction
- Dr.'s wall hanging
- One who's given the third degree?
- The third degree?
- Dissertation finisher, hopefully
- Grad. degree
- ___ program (post-grad university offering)
- Graduate degree
- Reward for yrs. of study
- Coveted degree
- Prof's qualification
- Degree held by many univ. professors
- Deg. for many 69-Across
- Doctorate (Abbr.)
- Many a prof
- Result of a defended thesis
- Dissertation-writer's goal
- Prof's credential, usually
- Dissertation writer's prize
- Graduate degree held by boxer Wladimir Klitschko
- Post-grad degree
- Doctor, of sorts
- Woodrow Wilson is the only U.S. president to have one
- Degree after an M.A., perhaps
- A good defense may result in it, briefly
- High deg.
- Doctorate deg.
- Third degree
- Third deg.
- Deg. above a master's
- Prof's degree, often
- Grad student's goal
- Post grad degree
- Grad-school degree
- Prof.'s degree, often
- Scholar's deg.
- Deg. for a prof
- What an M.A. might go on to earn
- Ultimate degree?
- Post grad. degree
- Postgrad degree
- T.A.'s pursuit, maybe
- M.A. follow-up, maybe
- Degree of great success
- Prof's degree, perhaps
- Third degree? (Abbr.)
- Doctor's letters?
- Master's follower
- Deg. held by Woodrow Wilson
- Degree for many a prof
- Doctor of philosophy
- Doctor's degree
- Honorary deg., perhaps
- One given the third degree?
- "Mr. Jock, TV quiz ___, bags few lynx" (classic pangram)
- One hanging out in a coll. office?
- Woodrow Wilson's deg.
- Degree to be proud of
- 3rd degree?
- Advanced college deg.
- Professor's deg., often
- MA follower
- Rice paper, perhaps?: abbr.
- Nth degree?
- Result of many years of study, for short
- Woodrow Wilson was the only U.S. prez to have one
- Impressive degree, briefly
- Univ. award
- Prof's deg., often
- Janet Yellen's deg.
- Scholar's accomplishment
- Pres. Wilson earned one
- Deg. that requires a defense
- Scholarly attainment
- Third degree, for short
- Doctor's deg.
- Some degree of success?
- Deg. of many a professor
- Kind of candidate
- One who got the third degree?
- Goal of many a candidate
- Field goal, for some?
- Post-defense conferral
- Degree after an M.A., say
- Reward for a successful defense, maybe
- Third degree?
- Dissertation writer's degree, eventually: Abbr.
- Advanced degree from a university: Abbr.
- Professor's degree, often: Abbr.
- Major degree
- Academic bestowal
- High academic attainment
- Impressive deg.
- Successful defender, in academia
- Third deg.?
- Candidate's goal, for short
- Deg. for many professors
- Master's topper, briefly
- Queen guitarist Brian May has one in astrophysics
- Deg. of distinction
- Professor’s deg.
- Grad school goal
- Reward for a successful defense: Abbr.
- Certain degree of success?
- Woodrow Wilson was the only U.S. president to have one
- Kind of thesis you defend
- Deg. for a professor
- Degree involving a defense
- Goal after a master's, for short
- Very high education degree
- Reward for a successful defense, in brief
- Degree held by Rachel Maddow
- Degree after an M.A., often
- Common deg. for a professor
- Degree with a lowercase middle letter
- Prof.'s degree, usually
- Prof.'s holding
- Degree that takes years
- It might follow a master's degree
- Advanced academic degree
- Utmost degree?
- Many a college prof
- Goal for many a T.A.
- Many a prof has one
- Academic's degree
- Professor's degree, often
- Degree held by many 44-Downs
- Degree held by some professors
- MD/___ (dual degree)
- Degree beyond an M.A.
- Degree with a dissertation
- Letters from school
- Grad school goal, for some
- Degree held by MLK
- Indication of learnedness, for short
- Degree of difficulty?
- Degree held by many professors
- Degree held by Kizzmekia Corbett
- Academic's credential
- Degree for most college profs
- Research grant?
- A degree of success?
- Deg. held by Wilson, but no other U.S. president
- Research scientist's deg.
- Post-M.A. pursuit
- Rachel Maddow has one in poli-sci
- Certain grad school degree
- Degree earned after a dissertation defense (Abbr.)
- Degree above an M.A.
Last Seen In
- Daily American - December 06, 2025
- LA Times - September 05, 2025
- New York Times - August 18, 2025
- LA Times - May 17, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 10, 2025
- USA Today - March 04, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 28, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 14, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 27, 2025
- USA Today - January 21, 2025
- USA Today - January 07, 2025
- Family Time - December 30, 2024
- LA Times - December 08, 2024
- Mirror Mini - October 26, 2024
- USA Today - October 05, 2024
- LA Times - August 04, 2024
- Daily American - July 29, 2024
- New York Times - July 23, 2024
- New York Times - July 21, 2024
- New York Times - July 02, 2024
- LA Times - May 24, 2024
- Family Time - April 29, 2024
- LA Times - March 27, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 23, 2024
- USA Today - January 21, 2024
- Daily American - December 06, 2023
- USA Today - November 17, 2023
- New York Times - November 09, 2023
- USA Today - October 28, 2023
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