Crossword puzzle clue "you take a hint"

Something your poetry teacher might assign you to write about a particularly inspirational poetry teacher you've had *hint* *hint

1983 #1 hit with the lyric "Take, take, take what you need"

Hint (and a hint to this puzzle's theme)

"Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of ___" (classic 1971 children's book based on experiments at the National Insistute of Mental Health, hint hint)

"__ you take a hint?"

Take in, take on or take up

Take and take and take from

"________ take a hint"