| PERSIMMON | Fruit I'm beginning to munch, being outside |
| MEATMAN | Postal worker beginning to munch animal crackers (7) |
| MOBSTER | Mafioso beginning to munch seafood, first off |
| CHOWMEIN | Dog beginning to munch a foreign dish (4,4) |
| DORMICE | Rodents party, beginning to munch through cereal (7) |
| CLAIMED | I'm beginning to enjoy getting dressed outside, it's alleged |
| NIMBUS | I'm beginning to burn as sun rises outside cloud (6) |
| SEE | "I'm Beginning to ___ the Light" |
| TEATIME | Having source of milk, I'm beginning to eat, now? |
| TIMIDITY | New ditty I'm beginning to invent, showing shyness (8) |
| EVENTIME | Sprinting contest I'm beginning to explore (8) |
| BEDTIME | Unexpected debt I'm beginning to experience when retirement's due |
| IMMURE | Shut up! I'm beginning to mention river (6) |
| ITSDAWNINGONME | "I'm beginning to see the light" |
| CLING | Mountaineering? I'm beginning to bottle, slipping away? Hang on |
| HORNSOFADILEMMA | Difficult issue for Ashmolean ? I'm beginning to discover cracks |
| SWIMMING | I'm beginning to mature in handling of golf-club under waterlogged conditions |
| INDUETIME | Trendy piece of music I'm beginning to enjoy, eventually (2,3,4) |
| IMPEACH | Fruit I'm initiating, only to arraign one (7) |
| LIME | When it comes to this fruit, I'm with the French (4) |
