| MEDITATION | Thought from Mao's first volume receiving cheers |
| LONGMARCH | Mao's first, ahead of the curve after extended, hard cross-country trek (4,5) |
| GATED | Banned from university degree, receiving cheers when that's reversed (5) |
| STAY | Sides from Surrey receiving cheers and support (4) |
| IDEA | Thought from political assistant first to be dropped (4) |
| TOTAL | Complete group turned up, receiving cheers (5) |
| DETAIL | Particular Schubert song turned up, receiving cheers |
| INITIATE | Popular appeal that is receiving cheers around launch (8) |
| ROTARY | Golfer McIlroy receiving cheers going around (6) |
| BATTALION | Club rugby player receiving cheers making squad |
| FEDERATE | Racketeer shortly receiving cheers about to join in league (8) |
| DIALECTAL | I called out, receiving cheers in a manner of speaking (9) |
| AVATAR | A ref's assistant receiving cheers, an on-screen icon |
| HEDGES | Sceptres or wands of office; or, from "rods", thought from the idea of said poles as boundary markers, a word for borders, edges or margins, such as eaves, or grassy strips along roads (6) |
| MANGETOUT | Food for thought from militant feminists? (9) |
| IDEE | Thought from Francois Hollande |
| DELIBERATION | Thought from journalist about freedom (12) |
| BANISH | Prohibition is hard, dismiss the thought from your mind (6) |
| OHTOBE | First words of Browning's "Home-Thoughts, From Abroad" |
| SENIOR | First volume omitted from Revised Version (6) |
