One's near where academics may relax with, say, glasses raised (7)
I believe the answer is:
scrooge
'one's near where academics' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'relax with say glasses raised' is the wordplay.
'relax with' becomes 'scr' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'say' becomes 'eg' (both can mean 'for example').
'glasses' becomes 'OO' (OO looks like spectacles).
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'eg'+'oo'='egoo'
'egoo' reversed gives 'ooge'.
'scr'+'ooge'='SCROOGE'
'may' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scrooge that I've seen before include "Miser in Christmas tale" , "meanie" , "See 25 Across" , "Ebenezer ......., miser created by Dickens" , "seasonal miser" .)