Possible Clues:

• Spot to make speech about college degree
• Tamper with a note to get degree
• Academic qualification showing kid up to speed
• Researcher wanting this instruction to make tea?
• Concoct 28-Down?
• Speaker’s cut charge, entertaining to a high degree
• Head of department takes more than half a month to judge academic qualification
• High degree
• Highest academic degree
• Heads of department on committee to evaluate academic qualification