| RADIOSTAR | Important broadcaster's run ending in despair after "Farewell and thank you" (5,4) |
| LOOM | Appear in despair after losing girl (4) |
| CSI | CBS show with a 15-year run ending in 2015 |
| FLEET | Quick run ending in wicket (5) |
| CHORISTER | Singer is tense during difficult work, ending in despair |
| VALENTINE | Name Spike (after farewell) as sweetheart (9) |
| MINNESOTA | State sources, including name, with love and thanks (9) |
| AYATOLLAH | Greetings and thanks - yes - to a rising leader (9) |
| DIDO | She shot to success in 1999 with an album, No Angel, and hit singles, Here With Me and Thank You; she plays Manchester Apollo in December (4) |
| SPARTACUS | Slave fights and thanks copper inside (9) |
| METYOU | Thanks For The Memory of the late Bob Hope singing, "Aw'flly glad I ...; cheerio, and toodle-oo; And thank you so much" (3,3) |
| VALETA | Goodbye and thank you for the dance (6) |
| DISMISSMANNERS | Deem "please" and "thank you" unimportant? |
| MAGICWORDS | Please and thank you, e.g. |
| CHEERS | Goodbye, and thank you for the applause |
| CRANMER | ABC, bird catching worm finally ending in despair (7) |
| MAHLER | 2: chap stealing hearts, ending in despair (6) |
| HOLYROMANEMPIRE | European entity offering more hope, mainly ending in despair, unfortunately |
| MAURICECHEVALIER | French actor, singer and entertainer associated with the songs Louise and Thank Heaven for Little Girls |
| PATONTHEBACK | Praise and thank beat cop after refreshment (3,2,3,4) |
