| VOTEOFTHANKS | Choice of tense film star a collective sign of gratitude? (4,2,6) |
| SONJAHENIE | 20th-century Norwegian figure-skater and film star; a three-time Olympic champion (5,5) |
| PATONTHEBACK | Sign of gratitude from giving postman a lift (3,2,3,4) |
| ROGERFEDERER | Former tennis star, a Swiss and South African dual national (5,7) |
| SKELETONKEYS | King, in the presence of tense yokels, murdered masters (8,4) |
| NICOLEKIDMAN | The Hours star, a mom at 41 |
| EMMATHOMPSON | Howards End star, a mom at 40 |
| THANKYOUNOTES | Parts of a song of gratitude? |
| FANGS | "___ a lot!" (Dracula's expression of gratitude?) |
| TABOO | Expression of gratitude? I don't like that being forbidden (5) |
| ATIT | Doing the thing in question out of gratitude? |
| EXMOOR | With a flag bearing a depiction of a stag's head and a star, a former royal hunting ground, site aro |
| ASTERISM | From "star", a constellation-like cluster or pattern of celestial etoiles; a symbol of three * characters; or, a starlike effect exhibited in a gem (8) |
| TIP | Extreme sign of gratitude from a diner? (3) |
| PLANETARIUM | Sign of gratitude after aircraft takes one into curious view of the sky (11) |
| THANKS | How film star signs his name, showing gratitude? (6) |
| THETA | Letter from Greece for the sign of gratitude (5) |
| PENTAMETER | Five foot writer, with sign of gratitude, met Queen (10) |
| BLING | Proposing to offer no sign of gratitude for jewellery (5) |
| RETALIATE | Online shop, uplifted about sign of gratitude, to repay in kind (9) |
