| TIPTOES | Moves softly, softly forward in games (7) |
| SUPPORT | Back gets further forward in game |
| RUPERTBEAR | Forward in game put up with character wearing check trousers (6,4) |
| RECAP | Go back over it, taking care to move softly (5) |
| TORCH | Time to move softly away from the verandah to get a symbol of 1 Ac. (5) |
| APPLETINI | American overlooks softly-softly service in Italy for cocktail (9) |
| WHISPERER | You won't hear them often, as tends to take a softly, softly approach, in a manner of speaking (9) |
| RIGBY | Terence ?, actor whose roles included PC Snow in BBC TV series Softly Softly: Task Force (5) |
| FOCUS | Get a clear image of copper in Softly, Softly quarter-turn (5) |
| APPEND | Tag on a "softly, softly" finish (6) |
| CUPPA | "Softly softly" approach at first by copper, that's refreshing! |
| EASEMENT | A softly-softly falling out, conciliation brings peace |
| PEP | Go softly, softly around the Orient (3) |
| POTTO | Softly-softly, loris' cousin |
| PIANO | Softly-softly, lad, with a ring (5) |
| REFEREE | Official taken in by centre forward, in short (7) |
| SHUTTLE | Maybe train, going back and forward in part of badminton match? (7,7) |
| SERVICE | Maybe train, going back and forward in part of badminton match? (7,7) |
| DRIVING | Pressing forward - in a car (7) |
| NOONDAY | High time to go forward in agreement, I agree (7) |
