answer to xword clue

Hi

The answer is STAKES. stakes is a synonym for risks.

Furthermore, the letters which form the word "take" are included in the answer, between S and S, which is an abbreviation of "steamship", often seen as part of a ship's name. For example SS Oriana. You take things "on board" ships.

There is an article about crosswords, including some remarks about how cryptic clues are composed, here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword#Cryptic_crosswords

furthermore on board alludes to a ship hence take is on ss

Hi bernard parkes.
It is worth looking here also: http://www.lovatts.com.au/news/category/tutorials/christines-cryptic-tutorials/

this is to say thank you to dutchy and solipsister and contrex for there feedback.i'm sorry it's taken me awhile to get to this but each time i tried my computer froze.so thanx again ,clp&blp.