| NEWTO | Just began the hobby: 2 wds. |
| TAKEUP | Start, as a hobby (2 wds) |
| HAMRADIO | Amateur broadcaster's hobby: 2 wds. |
| TOOKUP | Started, as a hobby (2 wds.) |
| OZONE | The 1987 Montreal Protocol began the phaseout of CFCs in 1993, and by 2005 the consumption of _____-depleting chemicals controlled by the agreement had fallen by 90-95 percent in the countries that we |
| UNDERCOAT | Downy hair close to the skin, the quality of which is judged in the hobby of animal fancy |
| DELTIOLOGY | The hobby of collecting postcards |
| PASTIME | The hobby of father's generation, say (7) |
| BIRDWATCHING | The hobby of observing avifauna in their natural habitat (12) |
| POSTCARD | Item collected or studied in the hobby deltiology (8) |
| STAMPCOLLECTORS | The hobby or occupation of philatelists (5,10) |
| TRAINSPOTTING | Another starting point for the hobby (5-8) |
| ADVENT | German Lutherans began the practice of marking the progression to Christmas with the ... calendar |
| VESPASIAN | Roman emperor who founded the Flavian dynasty and began the construction of the Colosseum (9) |
| SEDAN | Town on the River Meuse which was the scene of a 1940 Second World War battle which began the German invasion of France (5) |
| PEPINTHESHORT | Who was the father of Charlemagne, deposed Childeric III in 751 and, as King of the Franks, began the Carolingian dynasty? (5,3,5) |
| MATCHES | Items kept in books or boxes collected in the hobby phillumeny (7) |
| MOUNTS | In the hobby or study of philately, another name for stamp hinges (6) |
| EGGCUP | Collected in the hobby of pocillovy item of tableware for a holding a food served with soldiers (6) |
| CORK | Stopper such as that of a champagne bottle topped with a muselet and cap/plaque collected in the hobby of placomusophilia (4) |
