Answer: gan

AnswerCrossword Clue
GANStarted: Poet.
GANCommenced: Poet.
GAN"Began," in Chaucer.
GANLegendary rival of Roland.
GANOld word for "started."
GANStarted, old style.
GANInitiated: Poet.
GANStarted, to poets
GANStarted, in poems
GANInitiated, in poems
ganmachine for separating cotton from its seeds
gan(dialect) to go
gantrap
ganto put (cotton) through a gin