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I believe the answer is:

ideas

(Other definitions for ideas that I've seen before include "Thoughts, perceptions" , "Thoughts or opinions" , "Aside (anag.)" , "Thoughts, creative perhaps" , "Notions, concepts" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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