Crossword Clue:

the learning of pundits

AnswerCrossword Clue
WASHINGTONWEAKProgram on which pundits deride the power of the federal government?
TALKINGHEADSPundits ... and what the first words in the answers to starred clues literally are
COLLEGEThe halls of learning
NEWTOStill learning the ropes of
PITTHome of the Cathedral of Learning
USFSeat of learning on the Coast: Abbr.
ABBEYSCenters of learning in the Dark Ages
UCLAWhere parts of the '95 film "Higher Learning" were shot
PLATOFounder of the first institution of higher learning in the Western world
ESSE"Emollit mores nec sinit ... feros" (motto of the University of South Carolina meaning "Learning humanizes character and does not permit it to be cruel")