Crossword Clue:

a word appearing at the beginning

AnswerCrossword Clue
TEEObject at the beginning of a hole
DROPCAPOversize letter at the beginning of a chapter
BAAAnimal sound at the beginning of a nursery rhyme
THUSWord at the start of a conclusion
OVERWord at the bottom of a page
YOURSWord at the bottom of a letter.
OLDERWord at the bottom of a blog page
OVERWord at the bottom of a page, perhaps
FINWord at the end of a French film
SPEARMINTWord on a pack at the convenience store
SPACEBARIt's used at the end of a word
ANAPHORARepetition of a word at the start of successive sentences
PENNYWord after "take a" or "leave a," at the register
NORWord before "happiness," "majesty" and "fame" at the start of a Shelley poem
HOLYCROSSMassachusetts school ... and a description of the two-word meeting that occurs at each circled letter
OTHELLODisc-flipping board game hinted at by a word ladder formed by the answers to the nine starred clues