Crossword Clue:

The beginning of a transit

Answer	Crossword Clue
IBECAMEADDICTED	The beginning of a confession
INOPERATIVE	... the beginning of a spy?
EXORDIAL	Of the beginning of a discourse.

INFORMATION	... the beginning of a gridiron scheme?
DEARJOHN	Beginning of the end of a relationship?
PRE	The beginning of school, for a toddler?
TEE	Object at the beginning of a hole
RINGIN	Celebrate the beginning of, as a new year
CUSP	Point that marks the beginning of a change
DROPCAP	Oversize letter at the beginning of a chapter
OBLADI	Beginning of a Beatles title from The White Album

PLACEASHESONONESFARAD	Mark the beginning of Lent in a shocking way?
BAA	Animal sound at the beginning of a nursery rhyme
ONESELF	"To love .. is the beginning of a lifelong romance": Wilde
OOMPA	Beginning of a "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" tune
HHOUR	Alliterative time set for the beginning of a planned attack
LIEONTHEBEACH	Enjoy summer weather, and a hint to the beginning of the three other longest answers
KAFKA	He wrote "A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die"
CONTRACTION	Beginning of labor, and, in another sense, the beginning of each answer to a starred clue

IMSORRYBUTTHE	Beginning of a private message that all the readers of the A.V. Club now get to listen in on