| BOWS | Respectful gestures in front of a Shinto shrine |
| BOILER | Fuel-holder makes respectful gesture in front of the Queen (6) |
| BOWSER | Fuel-holder makes respectful gesture in front of old monarch (6) |
| PDA | Romantic gestures in front of others (abbr.) |
| PDAS | Romantic gestures in front of others e.g. |
| MOONSTRUCK | Makes audacious gesture in front of vehicle, being insane (10) |
| TORII | The gateway of a Shinto shrine, with two uprights and two crosspieces |
| OSAKA | In which Japanese city and port are the Tenmangu, a Shinto shrine founded in 949, and the Buddhist temple of Shitenno-ji, founded in 593? (5) |
| MOUNTFUJI | Endpoint of a Shinto pilgrimage |
| SUMO | Sport originally part of a Shinto ritual |
| ISE | City in Honshu housing the most sacred Shinto shrine in Japan |
| TOTEM | Figure worshipped in a Shinto temple (5) |
| TORIIIRON | Metal that a Shinto temple gateway is made of? |
| PAW | Make a gesture in a beastly sort of way? (3) |
| CURTSEYS | Respectful gestures making us cry, set off (8) |
| SALUTES | Respectful gestures at military parades |
| MUDRA | Sanskrit word for "seal, sign, token", thus for any of the symbolic hand gestures in Hindu ceremonies, classical Indian dance, statuary and yoga (5) |
| EMOTIONS | English gestures in Love/Hate (8) |
| MUDRAS | Symbolic hand gestures in Hinduism |
| OBEISANCE | In a robe is ancestor to give respectful gesture? (9) |
