| STARTINGPOST | One's first job at the beginning of the race? (8-4) |
| STARTINGPOSTS | First jobs at the beginning of courses? (8-5) |
| STENO | Peggy's first job at Sterling Cooper |
| MAILROOM | Location of Mike and Sully's first jobs at Monsters, Inc. |
| STARTINGPRICE | The rate at the beginning of the race (8-5) |
| STARTURN | To run wild at the beginning of the race, is quite an act! (4,4) |
| TOP | Break in at the boys' club: The Notorious RBG struggled to land her first job out of Columbia Law, despite having led at the ___ of her class |
| THATCHEDROOF | The result of a rush job at the top of the house (8,4) |
| WINNINGPOST | Getting a job at the end of the race (7,4) |
| BAD | Poor finish to the job at the end of the road |
| CULTURESHOCK | The arts student's first job in the pawnshop comes as a surprise to The Tourists (7,5) |
| CABINETMAKING | Skilled craft, the first job of a PM? (13) |
| BLEND | Mix up start at the butchers with a job at the bank (5) |
| QUITE | Fairly leave one's job at the end of the decade (5) |
| RECAP | Anchor's job at the end of the news |
| OLDBOYNETWORK | Precious type heading off to River associated with Irish battle? The first job for group of establishment types! (3,3,7) |
| SATAN | First job-finder for the unemployed (5) |
| OCHRE | Ornamentalist's first job -- getting rid of old colour (5) |
| TEENAGERS | ones getting their first job |
| IMPOSITION | It's a burden, him missing the first job (10) |
