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Letter and article presented with show of gratitude (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theta

'letter' is the definition.
(theta is a kind of letter of the alphabet)

'article presented with show of gratitude' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech).
'presented with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'show of gratitude' becomes 'ta'.
'the'+'ta'='THETA'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for theta that I've seen before include "character from Greece" , "Foreign letter" , "character in Euripides" , "Make amends for" , "letter from Argos?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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