| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| WORDONE | The very start |
| go | from the very start; since the beginning |
| chute | at the start; at the very beginning |
| 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 |
| GETGO | Very start |
| GITGO | Very start, in country slang |
| MICRO | Start that conveys very little? |
| AMOOSEGOESINTO | Start of a very short joke |
| MINUS | Start of a very cold temperature |
| microloan | very small, short-term loan at low interest, esp. to a start-up company or self-employed person |
