| RUMINANT | Harry Truman taking on board current thinking |
| BUMMALOTI | Bail out badly taking on board one thousand minute fish |
| SHIPPING | Sea traffic one is taking on board (8) |
| HIJACKER | Madly hire - taking on board sailor and pirate (8) |
| REFLECTION | Runs ballot, taking on board female's opinion (10) |
| TARIFFS | Duties sailor's taking on board whenever fire's starting (7) |
| IDEAS | Is taking on board US drug agency plans (5) |
| GLISTENING | Force, taking on board a gleaming answer! (10) |
| CONVERSATION | Talk change taking on board core elements of oath (12) |
| PHYSIQUE | Equips differently, taking on board extremes of hardy construction |
| MINDREADER | The current thinking is to keep him occupied |
| ELECTRONICBRAIN | Is it responsible for current thinking? (10,5) |
| AMPERE | Subject of current thinking? |
| MOVEWITHTHETIMES | Keep abreast of current thinking or developments (4,4,3,5) |
| AHEADOFTHECURVE | Phrase meaning 'in advance of current thinking' (5,2,3,5) |
| TACT | "The ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes," per Harry Truman |
| DEWDROPS | Drips of understudies taking on board wizard's tips -- re overacting for starters (8) |
| HALLMARK | Finally Noah with ship taking on board disheartened woolly animal producing guarantee of pedigree (8 |
| BLACKKEYS | Rugby team all absent taking on board crucial points of contact for players? |
| PSYCHOLOGY | The type of subject that sticks in the mind or that's the current thinking about the situation (10) |
