Answer:

antes

Answer	Crossword Clue
ANTES	Starts the pot
ANTES	Feeds the kitty
ANTES	Chamber and room leaders

ANTES	Chips in at the start
ANTES	They're often upped
ANTES	Pays to play
ANTES	Hand-delivery fees?
ANTES	Stud stakes
ANTES	Fees for poker hands
ANTES	Pot sweeteners
ANTES	Pot starters

ANTES	Feeds the pot
ANTES	Pot builders
ANTES	Deal preceders
ANTES	Gets the kitty going
ANTES	Deal prerequisites
ANTES	Initial stakes
ANTES	Starts the poker pot
ANTES	Adds to the pot

ANTES	Stud fees
ANTES	They get pots going
ANTES	Adds to the kitty
ANTES	Chips, at times
ANTES	First chips in the middle
ANTES	Chips in a chip
ANTES	First chips in the center
ANTES	Puts in one's chips

ANTES	Puts in the pot
ANTES	Gets in on the deal
ANTES	Small stakes
ANTES	They help the pot grow
ANTES	First chips in the pot
ANTES	Responds to "Are you in?," maybe
ANTES	Pot creators
ANTES	Forks over, with "up"

ANTES	Starts the kitty
ANTES	First pot chips
ANTES	Payments for hands
ANTES	Enters into a deal?
ANTES	Pre-deal round

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.