| MORENDO | In music, a gradual decrescendo at the end of a cadence |
| LOGARITHM | Old-fashioned computing aid to record sound of a cadence |
| HEP | Start of a cadence |
| ACCELERANDO | In music, a gradual increase of speed |
| CRESCENDO | In music, a gradual increase in loudness or intensity (9) |
| ADEN | Try a cadence in the Middle East (4) |
| TAPER | From the Latin word "papyrus" due to its use as a wick, a candle in Anglo-Saxon times, later a thin waxed spill; or, a gradual narrowing (5) |
| RHYTHM | Describing beat, cadence, flow or tempo in music or a harmonious sequence of colours or elements in art, one of the longest words in the English dictionary without vowels (6) |
| FADE | A gradual increase or decrease in the level of an audio signal (4) |
| EBB | Flow of the tide out to sea; or, by extension, a gradual decline (3) |
| SMORZATO | With a gradual fading away, in music (8) |
| RITARDANDO | A musical direction meaning 'with a gradual decrease in speed' |
| DATSUN | Nissan's marque name from 1933 until a gradual change to Nissan intensified in the 1980s (6) |
| RALLENTANDO | Musical performance direction indicating a gradual decrease of speed; from the Italian, 'to slow down' (11) |
| EBBING | A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) |
| LITTLE | This by itself would be in a gradual process (6) |
| BITBYBIT | Two adjacent pieces in a gradual sequence |
| SMORSATO | Music instruction: with a gradual fading away (8) |
| DILIGENTLY | Meticulously raise cover, start to inspect in a gradual manner (10) |
| ASWELL | A gradual increase in addition (2,4) |
