| MISCHA | The Hills: New Beginnings regular, ------ Barton (6) |
| MOTTEST | Word is, in French, covering teacher's beginning regular exam (1,1,1,4) |
| PRATT | Regular in MTV's The Hills: New Beginnings, Spencer ----- (5) |
| PORT | US reality star appearing in the show The Hills: New Beginnings, Whitney _ (4) |
| AUDRINA | The Hills: New Beginnings star, _ Patridge (7) |
| RENEGE | Back out concerning new beginnings by the middle ages |
| INTROS | End of civilisation amid terrible riots could lead to new beginnings (6) |
| DOREEN | "The Mickey Mouse Club" regular ___ Tracey |
| UNUSED | New beginnings in double entendres, Uranus circling 9 being taken from behind (6) |
| GANESH | Hindu god of new beginnings |
| SLATES | Blank ___ (new beginnings) |
| JANUS | The Roman god of new beginnings, sometimes associated with the New Year (5) |
| IRENE | The first person concerning new beginnings for the mythological daughter of Themis by Zeus |
| FRESHSTART | New beginning, as spelled by the new beginnings in this puzzle's theme answers |
| DAWN | Symbolic of new beginnings, the Aurora, first light or sunrise that marks the transition from night to day (4) |
| HILLS | MTV reality show, The -----: New Beginnings (5) |
| NERD | A computer freak has new beginnings by the way |
| CORN | ____Hill New Brunswick |
| CROWD | "The regular __ shuffles in": "Piano Man" lyric |
| FIFI | Radio star, Neighbours actress and The Project regular, ___ Box (4) |