Related Clues:

• Defeated narrowly
• Made less strenuous
• Relieved, granted tenure -- but not at first
• Moved slowly and cautiously
• Moved carefully, rented without liability initially
• Happy scratching place making you relieved
• Relieved and satisfied to be losing place
• Trimmed, as a lawn
• Mollified, stopped to let Charlie out
• Made smoother
• Reduced, as tensions
• Relieved being let out without cap
• ___ out (barely defeated)
• Moved with care
• Beat out by a hair