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• Doctor's deg.
• Educator's deg.
• Dissertation-writer's goal
• Doctor, of sorts
• Dissertation writer's goal
• 'For starters ...'
• Postgrad degree
• Who's base
• Reward for yrs. of study
• ___ candidate
• Who's there, in a bit
• Leader's position
• University conferral
• ''Before anything else ...''
• A degree of success?