| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| NOTIONS | Ideas | |
| INPUT | Putin’s ideas? | |
| INITIATIVES | Ideas; strategies | |
| PLAGIARISE | Steal ideas | |
| BRAINWAVES | Sudden ideas | |
| BRAINSTORM | Sudden ideas | |
| ADVANCED | Enlightened (ideas) | |
| PLAGIARISED | Stole ideas | |
| IDEALISM | Elevated ideas | |
| INNOVATIONS | Bright ideas | |
| INSTIL | Gradually implant (ideas) | |
| EMBRACE | Welcome (new ideas) | |
| GEL | Coalesce (of ideas) | |
| EMBRACING | Welcoming (new ideas) | |
| EMBRACES | Welcomes (new ideas) | |
| EMBRACED | Welcomed (new ideas) | |
| MEMES | Cultural internet ideas | |
| CREATIVE | Full of ideas | |
| AIDES | Support staff’s zany ideas | |
| TENETS | Lawrence sent complex ideas | |
| COMMUNICATE | Get one’s ideas across | |
| NARRATORS | They voice authors’ ideas | |
| CLASH | Conflict of opposing ideas | |
| INVESTOR | She has capital ideas | |
| CRYSTALLISE | Take shape of ideas | |