| MEDALING | Receiving a special award |
| SARDIS | Its founder got a Special Award at the first Tonys |
| AXIOM | A team given special award? That's a self-evident thing (5) |
| OSCAR | Love and tenderness mostly receiving special award (5) |
| MASON | Jackie ?, US stand-up comedian whose show won a Tony Special Award in 1987 (5) |
| CHAINOFCOMMAND | Find coachman nervously carrying special award for a military hierarchy? (5,2,7) |
| MIDSOMER | Speechless actor receives special award in TV's murderous location? (8) |
| NEWSROOM | Fantastic owner's given special award in journalistic workplace (8) |
| CUSTOM | Standard practice for hack to receive special award (6) |
| OMIT | Leave out special award, the thing that's sought (4) |
| YOURHONOUR | Second person's getting special award having got judge's attention? |
| OSCARS | Ordinary vehicles obtain special awards (6) |
| SLOT | An aperture for receiving a coin in a fruit machine or one-armed bandit; a place in a broadcasting schedule; or, the tracks/footprints of a deer (4) |
| EYELET | Grommet for receiving a shoe's lace or sail's cord; a peephole; or, one of a series of perforations forming patterns in broderie anglaise (6) |
| FELLOWSHIP | Word for a body of companions; an association, corporation or guild; communion; the spirit of camaraderie; or, the status/income of a university socius receiving a stipend (10) |
| ATTENDANT | The waiter, a sober worker, receiving a tip |
| ISABELLA | Receiving a ring is investment for a girl |
| AUNT | A family member receiving a lot of taunts |
| PREPAY | Write a check before receiving a service (6) |
| MATCHESPOT | What a player sometimes does when receiving a wild card in some home games* |
