| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| INITIATOR | Starter | |
| ENTREE | Starter | |
| ENTRANT | Starter | |
| SEED | Plant starter | |
| IGNITION | Starter system | |
| ICEBREAKER | Conversation starter | |
| FORWARD | Book starter | |
| PREFACE | Book starter | |
| SALAD | Starter course | |
| CAPITALLETTER | Sentence starter | |
| NONO | A non-starter | |
| MATCH | Fire starter | |
| OFFCUT | Car's starter mechanism | |
| SPUD | Potato soup starter before pud | |
| BRIEF | Prepare cheese and fennel starter | |
| PEAT | Pate used as fire starter | |
| TINDER | Can the German get fire-starter? | |
| ENWRAPS | Covers egg starter with minced prawns | |
| NEED | Self-starter abandoned dense mixture, producing necessity | |
| EMPIRE | Federation umpire dismissed starter for England | |
| VITAL | Needed container to carry tasty starter | |
| ISM | School of thought in starter mode | |
| CHUBBY | Portly husband casually goes after chicken starter | |
| READY SET GO | Words heard before the starter gun (5,3,2) | |
| BLASTED | Basted outside of lamb ... starter demolished | |