| HADAT | Started in on |
| INITIATED | Started in on it, then I had pizza and died. (9) |
| GREATFAMINE | This tragedy started in Ireland in 1845 and ended in 1849. It was caused by late blight, which ruined the potato crop, and it resulted in about one million deaths and mass emigration. |
| POSEUR | Intent on putting on act, she started in Europe, leaving the east to go on tour |
| AMIENS | The opening battle of the Hundred Days Offensive in WWI started in this city where the largest cathedral in France can be found |
| FIRE | Great -; catastrophe described in John Evelyn's Diary that started in a bakery in Pudding Lane (4) |
| POLICEACADEMY | The four most recent films in this series, which started in 1984, have a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes |
| STARBS | Company started in Seattle in 1971 |
| AFL | Org. started in 1886 in Columbus, Ohio |
| AMANA | ___ Colonies, started in Iowa in the 1850s |
| SKA | Started in Jamaica in late '50s |
| RFD | It started in WV in 1891 |
| OPEC | Org. started in 1960 in Baghdad |
| RENAISSANCE | Insane races in movement that started in Italy (11) |
| JUKEBOXJURY | BBC programme which started in 1959 in which a celebrity panel reviewed new record releases (4,3,4) |
| DEREK | __ Thompson, actor who has played Charlie Fairhead in Casualty since it started in 1985 (5) |
| GEORGELOPEZ | Comedian who starred in a self-titled sitcom from 2002 to 2007, and another that started in 2016: 2 wds. |
| STEFAN | __ Dennis, Australian actor who has played Neighbours" Paul Robinson on and off since the show started in 1985 (6) |
| TIMBROOKETAYLOR | Former "Goodie" who has been a panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue since it started in 1972 |
| SEPTLEVA | Large rise in basset population started in vet sale, unfortunately |
