Related Clues:

• Gets through the cracks
• Radiates, as confidence
• Leaks (out)
• Escapes through pores
• Escapes gradually
• Enters slowly
• Meet private secretary for leaks
• Leaks out slowly
• Trickles (through)
• Permeates, with 'through'
• Strains to understand footnote
• For leaks get to know Private Secretary
• Moves very slowly
• Oozes through cracks
• Gets into the basement, perhaps