### Clue: One's near where academics may relax with, say, glasses raised (7)
### Answer: SCROOGE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: One's near
 SCR(abbrev. for "senior common room" used by the teaching staff/academics of a college, for relaxation, say) **plus**(with) **reversal of**(… raised, in a down clue) [ EG(abbrev. for "exempli gratia"/for example/say) + OO(letters representing a pair of spectacles/glasses) ].
Defn: A fictional character who was near/stingy.