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• Merciful, not severe
• Not violent, tender
• Kind, not rough
• 'Indulgent, easy (7)'
• Not severe in punishing
• 'Mild, soft, tender (6)'
• The sort of thing one might have about fresh flowers, by the sound of it
• One may get worried about 'er because she's so beastly long
• Strictly speaking, it's not let around nine
• There's nothing rough about this sort of 2 down
• Let it be about 15 across, but not strictly speaking
• One might not strictly speaking allow this to be about nine
• It's not, strictly speaking, for nine in the let
• Strictly speaking, that would be contrary
• Let it be about nine, but not in the strict sense