| SOFTSPOKEN | Having a gentle voice |
| LAMBENT | Having a gentle glow |
| DOEEYED | Having a gentle gaze (3-4) |
| SOFTLY | With a quiet and gentle voice (6) |
| CROON | Sing in a low, gentle voice |
| COO | Gentle voice |
| BINGCROSBY | Cry, sobbing uncontrollably, gentle voice long gone |
| BREEZE | Known in Latin as "aura", a gentle wind or zephyr; a whispered rumour; a quarrel; or, a "piece of cake" (6) |
| LILT | Cadence of a tune; a cheerful air or song; a buoyant gait; or, a gentle or melodious accent (4) |
| SWELL | An adept, bigwig, dandy, don or fop; a gentle hillock; a crescendo followed by a diminuendo; or, a succession of oceanic waves (5) |
| CUESTA | A long low ridge with a steep scarp slope and a gentle back slope, formed by the erosion of strata of differing hardness |
| ZEPHYR | Poetic word for a gentle breeze or west wind, also used to describe a competitive rower's jersey or a fine cotton gingham for shirts (6) |
| FLICKON | In sport, a manoeuvre in which a player receives an incoming pass and moves it on quickly with a gentle header or kick to another player (5-2) |
| PAIR | A gentle song for a couple (4) |
| ANDANTINO | A new book can open initially at a gentle pace |
| STROLL | A street to flatten out for a gentle walk (6) |
| RECTANGLE | How to describe a gentle arc as a quadrilateral (9) |
| GRADUAL | Does Greece have a two-fold approach for a gentle, slow slope? (7) |
| TENDER | Offer to take a gentle approach to a small support vessel (6) |
| AIR | Word for the invisible gaseous atmosphere surrounding our planet that is also used to describe a gentle breeze; a melodious tune or solo song; or, an assumed manner (3) |
