The Clue
Face-to-face exams (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ORALS
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Notes
The answer ORALS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
Related Clues
Exams
Tests
Advanced exams
Campus ordeals
Certain exams
Certain tests
Challenging tests
Degree hurdles
Dissertation defenses
Doctoral exams
Doctoral hurdles
Grueling tests
Hurdles on campus
Hurdles to a degree?
Master's hurdle
Ph.D. exams
Ph.D. hurdle
Ph.D. trial
Postgraduate hurdles
Postgraduate's concern
Rigorous tests
Some exams
Tests of a sort
Tough tests
Degree-seekers' hurdles
Endings of some courses
Grad school grillings
Some doctoral exams
Some grillings
Stage in a Ph.D. program
Tests for Ph.D. candidates
Exams for would-be Ed.D.'s
Exams for would-be Ph.D.'s
Hurdle for a graduate degree, maybe
Hurdles for would-be Ph.D.'s
Ordeals for would-be Ph.D.'s
Trying period for a doctoral student
Grad students often dread them
Definition
ORAL as a noun:
1. (oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce, viva) = an examination conducted by word of mouth