Possible Clues:

• Poor scores used for some Mamet variations?
• Lowers oneself for safety's sake
• Dear sort of cotton with seamless finish
• As they grow up they grow down
• Donald's perhaps out for nothing more than once
• University of Oregon team
• Common water birds
• Birds with webbed feet
• Huey, Louie and Dewey
• Darling, we won't trouble the scorers