Crossword Clue:

Beginning of an act

Answer	Crossword Clue
SCENEONE	Beginning of an act
SCENEI	Act beginning
HANDOVERTHEKEYS	Act prudently before beginning that pub crawl

SEED	Beginning of an idea
GERM	Beginning of an idea
GERM	Beginning of an idea.
OSAY	Beginning of an anthem.
ANOUNCEOFPREVEN	Beginning of an adage?
GERM	Beginning, as of an idea
GERM	The beginning of an idea.
DEI	"Agnus ...," beginning of an invocation.

RAGS	Beginning of an Alger title
IREST	Beginning of an attorney's ending
THEMANWHOSMILES	Beginning of an ungrammatical quip
ASALEWHERE	Beginning of an auction definition
ZIG	Beginning of an S curve
IDEA	The very beginning of an invention
LEADER	Beginning of an old cassette tape
SMILE	Refrain of an old song beginning, "Pack up your troubles . . . "

BRAVEHEART	Cause of an uptick in Scottish tourism beginning in 1995
THEBUSH	End of an idiom meaning "speaks evasively," whose beginning can be found around this answer