| TEETHING | - Troubles occur in the early stages of a project |
| TEETHINGTROUBLES | Short-term problems that occur in the early stage of a project (8,8) |
| EARLYDAYS | First stages (of a project) (5,4) |
| PICADOR | In bullfighting, a horseman who pricks the bull with a lance to weaken it in the early stages of a f |
| EMBRYO | An animal or human in the early stages of development in the womb (6) |
| MICRO | Describes the size of pieces of plastic that occur in the environment as a consequence of pollution (5) |
| TONGA | Country that beat Japan and France in the early stages of the 2011 Rugby World Cup (5) |
| EYECONTACT | Form of non-verbal communication, important in the early stages of child development and throughout life (3,7) |
| EMBRYONIC | In the early stages of development (9) |
| NASCENT | In the early stages of development (7) |
| GROWINGPAINS | Problems that arise in the early stages of life (7,5) |
| DEBATES | Considers omitting insulin in the early stages of diabetes treatment (7) |
| STUKA | German Junkers-87 dive bomber used in the early stages of World War 2 (5) |
| LARVA | Insect in the early stage of development (5) |
| QUALIFYINGROUND | Tempering a set of drinks for early stage of a competition (10,5) |
| ATFIRST | Trees planted in the middle of Seattle in the early stages (2,5) |
| SUMUP | What a judge may do in the last stages of a trial and before the jury considers its verdict (3,2) |
| LEGS | The lower limbs from the knees to the feet / stages of a journey |
| ALPHA | Electromagnetic oscillations in the human brain that occur in the 8-12 Hz frequency range, ... waves |
| DUNES | Mounds of sand that may occur in the desert or along the coast (5) |
