Possible Clues:

• Disrespect another rocker, slang
• Reqmt. for giving someone the third degree?
• Small Norfolk market town on the River Waveney
• Show no respect for grass
• Ph.D. treatise: abbr.
• Major work in grad sch.
• Ph.D. thesis: Abbr.
• Be impolite about East Anglian town
• Ph.D.'s work: Abbr.
• Would-be-doc's presentation