### Clue: Chooses motif on a publication for teachers (10)
### Answer: DESIGNATES 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Chooses
 DESIGN(a motif;a decorative pattern as in "material with a psychedelic design") **placed above**(on, in a down clue) + A + TES(formerly known as the Times Educational Supplement, a weekly publication aimed at schoolteachers in the UK).