| ATNOON | When to make a start as PM? (2,4) |
| AHEADOFTIME | When to make a reservation |
| DECREASE | Edict covering when to make a reduction (8) |
| BDAY | When to make a wish and blow out the candles, briefly |
| CANTONESE | Can't one see how to make a start with a foreign language? (9) |
| TIGHTEST | A number failing to make a start in exam that's most difficult |
| SETOUT | Arrange to make a start (3,3) |
| CUTACAPER | Bound to make a start on tartare sauce |
| PUBLICITY | Marketing house allowed you to make a start |
| DROPOUT | Leave school early to make a start in rugby (4,3) |
| TEE | Where to make a start in driving (3) |
| BEGIN | Plead at home to make a start |
| GRID | On which to make a start in motor sport |
| CHAMPINGATTHEBIT | Very impatient to make a start (8,2,3,3) |
| STRATA | With which to make a start in geology (6) |
| EAST | Direction to make a start inside (4) |
| SHEEPDOG | Timid type to make a start on Gaelic, or could it be Old English? |
| GOLFCOURSE | Good no doubt to describe links, for a start - as this? |
| EXTRA | Time to bag ten thousand for a start, as bonus |
| HITTHEROAD | Be given a start as a driver, but be laid off (3,3,4) |