| TOSS | Throw to gently |
| 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) |
| GASLIQUOR | Start to gently creep in Boston, reportedly to get local product of distillation |
| SWIMMER | Wife's in to gently cook fish |
| PATER | Father to gently touch the Queen (5) |
| PATTERN | Design to gently stroke seabird (7) |
| BAINMARIE | In cookery, a vessel that holds hot water to gently cook sauces or other dishes (4-5) |
| SKYLIGHTS | Small, tailless Aussie songbird starts to gently hover towards sash windows (9) |
| 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 ___" |
| LOBELIA | Blossom to throw to old essayist (7) |
| LIFEBUOY | Ring to throw to the drowning |
| CAUTION | Thing to throw to the wind |
| GRENADES | They are handy to throw to the enemy |
| RINGSTRUE | Stands to reason as band throw to the audience (5,4) |
| MIDDLE | Where to throw to in the lineout - if avoiding the front or back! (6) |
| ERR | Throw to the wrong base, e.g. |
