| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Begins slowly | Wall Street Journal | 09 Aug 2025 |
| Enters slowly | Newsday | 03 Apr 2025 |
| Acclimates gently | Premier Sunday | 12 Jan 2025 |
| Makes a gradual entry | New York Times | 01 Aug 2024 |
| Parks carefully | New York Times | 14 Mar 2024 |
| Enters slowly | Universal | 13 Mar 2024 |
| Enters a hot tub, say | Universal | 02 Feb 2024 |
| Introduces gently | USA Today | 30 May 2023 |
| Enters warily | Premier Sunday | 31 Jul 2022 |
| Enters slowly | Universal | 03 Mar 2022 |
| Enters gingerly | LA Times Daily | 27 Nov 2021 |
| Enters gradually | The Washington Post Sunday | 10 Jan 2021 |
| Enters with care | Newsday | 10 Jul 2020 |
| Starts slowly | Wall Street Journal | 12 Mar 2020 |
| Enters carefully | Newsday | 22 Sep 2019 |
| Starts something slowly | New York Times | 13 Apr 2019 |
| Starts something slowly | ||
| Begins slowly | Thomas Joseph | 13 Oct 2017 |
| Enters carefully | USA Today | 28 Apr 2017 |
| Enters carefully | ||
| Gets one's feet wet | New York Times | 09 Dec 2016 |
| Enters gradually | Wall Street Journal | 13 Sep 2016 |
| Enters carefully | LA Times Daily | 24 Apr 2016 |
| Gets one's feet wet | ||
| Starts gently | ||
| Enters slowly | ||
| Enters carefully | ||
| Enters gradually | ||
| Starts gently | ||
| Enters leisurely | New York Times | 18 Oct 2009 |
| Enters leisurely | ||
| Starts slowly | ||
| Begins slowly | ||
| Doesn't take a plunge | ||
| Starts slowly | ||
| Starts gently | ||
| Starts gently | ||
| Starts slowly | ||
| Accesses gradually | ||
| Enters gradually |