| EUPHEMISTIC | Using a milder term for something unpleasant |
| EUPHEMISM | A milder term for something more offensive (9) |
| STEEL | Prepare for something unpleasant - heavy metal? |
| BRACING | Refreshing and invigorating when preparing oneself for something unpleasant (7) |
| VAPED | I left flat for ecstasy and inhaled a milder drug |
| DAIMLER | A milder invention from a motor pioneer (7) |
| EUPHEMISMS | Milder terms substituted for harsher ones |
| RUBELLA | A contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days. |
| GOLDAMEIR | Leave a milder recollection of so-called Iron Lady (5,4) |
| HECKLE | A milder form of hell will, we hear, disrupt routine |
| FAIRWEATHER | Lena Horne film with a milder title? |
| CHASER | A milder drink to pursue? (6) |
| MAILORDER | Way to buy, or a milder sort? (4,5) |
| SOFTWARE | A catch-all term for something that runs on a computer, tablet or smartphone (8) |
| EGER | Continually concealing term for something that's a bore |
| OLDKIT | Term for something dated, outmoded, threadbare, tired, trite or worn-out, like a vintage chapeau, showing its wear due to overuse (3-3) |
| GRAMA | American after all, term for something sheep stuck on? |
| DODDLE | Informal term for something very easily accomplished (6) |
| TERTIUMQUID | Latin term for something indefinite related to two definite things |
| ATONETIME | Answer comes from shady type getting prison term for something previously (2,3,4) |
