| THINKPIECE | Article of opinions and ideas |
| BACKGROUNDMATERIAL | Article of opinions and ideas |
| NEWSANALYSIS | Article of opinions and ideas |
| FALLOUT | Have a difference of opinion and leave the military parade (4,3) |
| EDITORIAL | An article of opinion |
| CONSERVATISM | Opinions and principles of a Tory (12) |
| ALICEMARIANELLENBALE | Noted for her flower paintings, her strong opinions and the fact that she never left the state of Vi |
| EPISTEMOLOGY | Study of knowledge and ideas |
| TIMES | The circumstances and ideas of the present age. |
| DYNAMIC | Full of energy and ideas |
| IRI | Institute of Arts and Ideas (3) |
| VIVID | Festival of lights, music and ideas held in Sydney in May/June (5) |
| THEORIES | Party running the show out of time and ideas? (8) |
| MATERIAL | Textile such as tweed or linen; notes, facts and ideas upon which a book is based; or, all of a player's pieces/pawns on a chessboard (8) |
| THINKTANKS | Bodies of experts providing advice and ideas on political or economic problems (5,5) |
| MELTINGPOT | A place or situation in which many types of people and ideas are mixed (7,3) |
| THINKTANK | Body of experts providing advice and ideas, especially to government (5,4) |
| WRITINGPAD | A block, index rerum, jotter, journal, pocketbook or other simple yet note-worthy tool on whose bond or paper one's thoughts and ideas are captured and bound in one's calligraphical hand, pen, scrawl |
| PROPAGANDA | Means to shape opinion and support a country short of capital (10) |
| IGET | Start for "Around" and "Ideas" in song titles |
