| MINDREADER | The bookworm is after the intellect of a psychic (4-6) |
| FEATHERBRAIN | It might tickle the intellect of a nincompoop |
| EGO | Part of a psychic threesome |
| ESP | Ability of a psychic: Abbr. |
| MIND | Look after the intellect! (4) |
| KIDNEYDISH | Good-looking person is after the child returning Japanese money used in the theatre (6,4) |
| LEFTBEHIND | Forgotten bum is after the port (4,6) |
| DRAMAQUEEN | A rock band is after the small drink for a prima donna (5,5) |
| JACKRABBIT | A fast runner, Pooh's friend is after the bowling kitty (10) |
| ABERRATION | A wandering of the intellect (10) |
| SECONDBEST | Boxer's assistant said to be tops but is after the winner |
| NOETIC | From Greek for "perceive, think", a word for the activity or functioning of the intellect, aka cognition; or, the philosophical exercise of reason (6) |
| SHIPMATE | Trendy friend is after the head of security, a member of the crew (8) |
| INTUITION | "One of the many sad results of the Industrial Revolution was that we came to depend more than ever on the intellect, and to ignore the - with its symbolic thinking." Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Wat |
| RICEPAPER | What the bookworm has for dessert? (4,5) |
| DIGEST | What the bookworm will do, having nibbled at it? (6) |
| MOBYDICK | Richard is after the gang youth leader it's a classic (4,4) |
| BOSSANOVA | A star is after the manager for a dance (5,4) |
| EDISON | The decorative Dahlia 'Thomas A. ___' is after the American inventor and businessman (6) |
| NOESIS | Noises disturbing the activity of the intellect (6) |
