The Clue
Some tests (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ORALS
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Notes
The answer ORALS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
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Exams
Campus ordeals
Certain exams
Certain tests
College exams
Doctoral dread
Doctoral hurdles
Doctorate grillings
Hurdles to a degree?
Penless exams
Ph.D. exams
Ph.D. hurdle
Ph.D. hurdles
Ph.D. ordeal
Postgraduate's concern
Rigorous tests
Some exams
Some finals
Stressful tests
Tough tests
Degree-seekers' burdens
Face-to-face exams
Future doctors' tests
Grad school grillings
Graduate exams, sometimes
Graduate-school hurdles
Ph.D. candidates' bugaboos
Profs' posers, at times
Some doctoral exams
Stage in a Ph.D. program
They're all talk
Exams for would-be Ed.D.'s
Hurdle for a graduate degree, maybe
Hurdles for would-be Ed.D.'s
Hurdles for would-be Ph.D.'s
Ordeals for would-be Ph.D.'s
Tests for many Ph.D. candidates
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