| DOLOUR | Beginnings of love ought to stop grim poet's misery |
| AERIAL | Song about ultimate love and beginning of love in the air |
| FIRSTSIGHT | Rocky stirs during bout - is it the beginning of love? |
| HARDSHOULDER | Tougher outside, ought to stop here by the road? (4,8) |
| DRESSSENSE | It ought to stop someone getting into a bad habit (5,5) |
| ICEPACK | Cold compress to get rid of beginnings of muscle deficiency (3,4) |
| ITSATRAP | Warning cry... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to the five starred clues |
| THEFOURTOPS | "I Can't Help Myself" singers (1965), and hint to puzzle theme found in beginnings of answers to sta |
| KICKSTARTS | Reinvigorates, as an economy ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| ITSACIRCUS | Reaction to a frenzied scene, and what could be said of the beginnings of the starred answers |
| ONYOURFEET | "Stand up!" ... and a hint to the beginnings of the answers to starred clues |
| AVOIDER | One that runs away from love keen to hide beginnings of emotional reawakening (7) |
| HYPE | It's a lot of ballyhoo for hothead missing beginnings of Skype (4) |
| EXECUTIVE | Top manager could kill to incorporate beginnings of independent venture (9) |
| TRUSTY | Bid to suppress beginnings of unresolved sexual tension, being faithful (6) |
| KICKSTARTER | Crowdfunding choice, and a hint to the beginnings of the starred answers |
| DESERTRATS | Body of troops retreats in disarray amid beginnings of Dunkirk spirit |
| DUMP | Get rid of dubious beginnings of a representative |
| TSHIRT | Type of garment mostly worn around beginnings of summer holidays (1-5) |
| TRIPLE | Three part journey to the beginnings of Lake Erie (6) |
