### Clue: 'These boats have a wickerwork frame' — see, they are founts of wisdom (8)
### Answer: CORACLES 
 ### Explanation: Definition: 'These boats have a wickerwork frame'
 C(acronym for "see" in mobile phone texting, as in "c u") + ORACLES(founts of wisdom/persons or things regarded as sources of infallible advice).