Crossword Clue:

INITIATE to begin or start

Answer	Crossword Clue
PRE	Start to wash or sort
KER	Start to "plunk" or "plop"
ECO	Start to terrorism or tourism

WINDUP	Get ready to start--or finish
NEWYORKER	Steve or Woody Allen, to start with
ANTE	A chip or two to start with
SHUFFLEBOARD	Cruise ship game ... or how to start each of the answers to starred clues?
INITIALLY	At the start ... or how the first two letters of each starred clue relate to the answer?
MAANDPA	Rural couple ... or what the respective halves of the answers to the four starred clues start with
YOURATTENTIONPLEASE	Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues
EMMA	Book whose title character "had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her" at the start of the story