Related Clues:

• A swampier type of mixed forest
• Talc, vis-a-vis diamond
• Toff, defenceless clerk, becomes more kind
• Not as rough
• Diminuendo, in music
• Toff with the French king not as rough
• Like Brie vis-à-vis Gruyère cheese
• Kinder partner
• More gentle
• Some weeks of term are quieter