Crossword Puzzle Departs slowly

Clue: Departs slowly

Cooks slowly (e.g. BRAISES with 7 letters)
Rot slowly (ERODE with 5 letters)
Seeps slowly (OOZES with 5 letters)
Takes in slowly (SIPS with 4 letters)
Entered slowly (EASEDIN with 7 letters)
Film whose "Falling Slowly" won the Best Original Song Oscar (ONCE with 4 letters)
Enter slowly through small openings (SEEPINTO with 8 letters)
Wear down slowly (CORRODE with 7 letters)
Measures taken slowly? (LENTO with 5 letters)
Slowly but surely (e.g. LITTLEBYLITTLE with 14 letters)