Learning to walk, now led gently inside (9)
I believe the answer is:
knowledge
'learning' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'walk now led gently inside' is the wordplay.
'inside' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'KNOWLEDGE' can be found hidden inside 'walk now led gently'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for knowledge that I've seen before include "Information; awareness" , "Information, learning or enlightenment" , "Info" , "Learning, science" , "Result of learning - awareness" .)