Advanced degree
The crossword clue "Advanced degree" is answered by PHD, a 3-letter entry. Used 22 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PHD
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PHD answer page.
Used 22 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DOCTORATE (3 uses in xd)
- BBA (2 uses in xd)
- DLIT (2 uses in xd)
- MASTERS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for PHD
Every other clue in this collection answered by PHD, most used first.
- Third degree? - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- High degree - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Advanced deg. - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Prof's degree - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- High deg. - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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- High degree - NTH, used 98 times
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