| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ORAL | Thesis defense, often |
| ORAL | Like many a thesis defense |
| ALOUD | Like many a thesis defense |
| cheval | a defense consisting typically of a timber or an iron barrel covered with projecting spikes and often strung with barbed wire |
| theorems | idea accepted or proposed as a demonstrable truth often as a part of a general theory proposition the theorem that the best defense is offense |
