Crossword Clue:

the act of starting

AnswerCrossword Clue
LASHIOStarting point of the Burma Road.
BOSTONCOMMONStarting point of the Freedom Trail
SANANTONIOTEXASStarting point of the Chisholm Trail
ACROPOLISStarting point of the annual Spartathlon
ENSENADAStarting point of the Baja 1000 race
ATLANTAStarting point of Sherman's March to the Sea
OMERPeriod starting on the second day of Passover
SOFTCStarting sound of "civic" (but not the ending sound)
BIDENPresident of the U.S. Senate starting January 2009
DOLLYPARTONNickname for the starting hold'em hand of 9-5
OEDIPUSREXNickname for the starting hold'em hand of Q-J
SPEEDLIMITNickname for the starting hold'em hand of 5-5
SUNSETSTRIPNickname for the starting hold'em hand of 7-7
NEROEmperor accused of starting the Great Fire of Rome
NYEC.E.O. of the Planetary Society starting in 2010
TROYStart of a word ladder (and the starting point of the journey)
BREAKINGGROUNDStarting a project ... and what the letters between each pair of circles are doing?
SYNONYMWhat each successive starting word of the answers to starred clues is to the starting word that precedes it
LBARSAngle irons graphically represented by four sets of black squares in this grid, and by letter formations starting in the four longest answers
AHEADIn the future, or, when spoken with a long starting vowel, what the last word of the answers to starred clues can have