Possible Clues:

• Hit man's paddle
• Creature of air (male) to take to water
• Bask in the sun
• That's the way to use a washer, to a certain degree
• More than wash up
• If it's a degree over the end you may take a dip
• As it's to a certain degree, the water will do for a dip
• What to do on holiday with clubman
• Take dip in sea
• 'Heavenly glory seemed to -- her from head to foot' (Kingsley, Hypatia)