| ZAHN | One of the initial |
| QUEER | One of the initials of L.G.B.T.Q. |
| SPOONER | W A ___, English clergyman renowned for his transposition of the initial consonants of a pair of wor |
| ACRONYM | Name made up of the initial letters of other words, eg radar |
| BLT | Sandwich name made up of the initials of its ingredients |
| WORKINGFROMHOME | Meaning of the initials WFH, used to denote a form of employment (7,4,4) |
| ARCHIBALD | Which Australian journalist was one of the founders of The Bulletin and made the initial provision f |
| FREE | Like the initial letters of the answers to the six starred clues, on "Wheel of Fortune" |
| XMAS | With its first letter representing the initial chi of the Greek "Khristos" meaning "Christ", a short form of the word "Christmas" (4) |
| UCLA | College home of the title team; the initial sounds of the starred entries, in clue order, spell it out |
| OPENER | Mysterious Peron consumed by the first Evita - the initial one who took to the stage (6) |
| GAMBIT | Most of the game - a piece of it - is in the initial move (6) |
| ROMAN | ___ numerals (what the initial letters of the answers to the five starred clues all are) |
| ISTHISGOOD | Question posed while pulling leftovers from the fridge ... or a query about the initial words of 18- |
| BOOSTERS | Rockets providing the main thrust in the initial phase of a spacecraft's flight (8) |
| RUSHES | In film-making, the initial prints of the day's scenes before editing |
| CURSIVE | Arc covering the initial part of season one is jointly written (7) |
| CPR | The initial sounds of the starred entries, in clue order, give you this lifesaving skill |
| TINA | "The lady ain't for turning" ? the initial form of Thatcher's mantra |
| KARENO | Lead singer of rock's Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who uses just the initial of her last name) |