| MEETER | One shaking hands with a new acquaintance |
| HITITOFF | Get on with a new acquaintance - like the aim of a coconut shy? (3,2,3) |
| POL | One shaking hands and kissing babies, stereotypically |
| HITSITOFF | Gets along with, as a new acquaintance |
| DANISH | European shaking hands with Indian (6) |
| SPORTSMANSHIP | Shaking hands with opponents postgame, for example |
| PRESSING | With 44-Across, shaking hands with voters |
| UNOPENED | Like gifts on Christmas Eve, upend one, shaking it (8) |
| INSECTICIDE | In cult, one shaking dice had the poison (11) |
| PRESSTHEFLESH | Shake hands with a lot of people, like a masseur might do? (5,3,5) |
| MET | Shook hands with (a hint to the first words of the starred clues) |
| GANDHI | "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." She was the first woman to be prime minister of India. Who is this? |
| SPECIMEN | Ginger Spice joined hands with a typical sample of the group (8) |
| ICEBREAKER | Vessel a joke with new acquaintance? (10) |
| AIDA | Lend a hand with a big show for a diva (4) |
| HAVEWEMET | Question for a possibly new acquaintance |
| HELPMATE | Wife to lend a hand with a friend (7) |
| ABET | Lend a hand with a heist |
| NORESPONSE | Lack of reaction from the person one's shaking |
| LACE | Ornamental fabric, such as that made by hand with a small shuttle in the art of tatting; or, a shoestring (4) |
