| SKYLIGHTS | Small, tailless Aussie songbird starts to gently hover towards sash windows |
| GASLIQUOR | Start to gently creep in Boston, reportedly to get local product of distillation |
| WAISTBAND | Sash window's opening a bit and warping when sun gets in (9) |
| BERCEUSE | From the French for "to rock", a cradle-song, hushaby or lullaby with which to gently sway a baby to sleep; or, a musical composition, such as Chopin's famous Op 57 soother, suggestive of such a baloo |
| DRIP | Device used by staff to gently administer fluid to their patients (4) |
| STRIMMER | Tool to gently boil Thai rice, primarily to be eaten (8) |
| DISOWN | Turn one's back on Shaw getting out of sash window (6) |
| STOPBEAD | Narrow moulding which controls the movement of a sash window |
| SWIMMER | Wife's in to gently cook fish |
| PATER | Father to gently touch the Queen (5) |
| WOOER | A person who attempts to gently persuade or win over another romantically (5) |
| DABBLE | To gently move hands or feet about in water; take part in something casually (6) |
| PUSHTHEENVELOPE | "If a mail slot is too narrow, we encourage you to gently ___" |
| TACT | Used to gently get a point across |
| CODDLE | To gently or lightly cook eggs (6) |
| SMUT | Small tailless dog that emerges from chimney (4) |
| SHAKY | Precarious, putting small tailless fish on your head (5) |
| PALOMINO | Friend reaching Ohio on small, tailless horse (8) |
| SEQUIN | Small tailless horse gets shiny disc (6) |
| SEAGULL | Small tailless bird circling centre of Hull - or another? (7) |
