The Clue
Tough 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
Certain exams
Certain tests
Challenging tests
Degree hurdles
Doctoral dread
Doctorate grillings
Grueling tests
Hurdles to a degree?
Ph.D. hurdle
Postgraduate hurdles
Rigorous exams
Rigorous tests
Some examinations
Some exams
Some finals
Some tests
Tests of a sort
Thesis defenses
Tough tests
Endings of some courses
Face-to-face exams
Grad school grillings
Grad students' grillings
Graduate exams, sometimes
Master's degree requirement
Ph.D. candidates' concerns
Stage in a Ph.D. program
Tests for Ph.D. candidates
They're all talk
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
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