| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Growing step by step | The Times Concise | 27 Oct 2025 |
| Progressive intellectual accepted staff cut at the outset (11) | ||
| Happening in a series of small amounts (11) | ||
| Increasing gradually (11) | ||
| Involving a regular addition (11) | ||
| Harmful or injurious (11) | ||
| Additional folk joining in clarinet playing | The Times Cryptic | 21 Jul 2023 |
| In crèche, not half furious, getting up gradually | ||
| Describing increase in clarinet playing soldiers welcomed | ||
| Main lectern possibly raised by degrees | The Telegraph Cryptic | 10 Feb 2016 |