Possible Clues:

• Rainy-day creation
• Little bit of water
• Whine about theologian's mix up of clay and sand
• Rain evidence
• Reason for Raleigh's chivalry
• Small amount of standing rainwater
• You're in a clearing, with this pool of water on the ground. Two uncertain paths lead away. Eerie path, see 37-across. Scary path, see 17-across.
• Small pool of rain
• Foster's one was middling deep
• Pool of rain