| BRASSICA | Slangily, 'money', to begin with, is called by American 'cabbage' (8) |
| MURDER | Put half your money to begin with on red, returning to make a killing (6) |
| MOOLAH | American cabbage? |
| STARTUPCAPITAL | Jump out of bed to find very serious money to begin a new business (5,2,7) |
| MONET | Not quite enough money to begin becoming an artist in France |
| ASKEW | Appeal by English wicketkeeper to begin with is out of line (5) |
| EARWAX | Polish listener to begin with, is responsible for build-up in canal (6) |
| COLD | Aged a hundred to begin with, is unfeeling (4) |
| MOPES | Miserly old person, evidently scammed to begin with, is upset (5) |
| WEED | "Tiny Dancer," to begin with, is dope (4) |
| DIMPLE | Obscure pleasure to begin with is just hollow |
| START | To begin with, is a little jerk (5) |
| WARP | War and Peace, to begin with is a bit of a twist! |
| FLOOD | Nutrition containing little to begin with is overwhelming issue in Kenya |
| TREATISE | Compose a dissertation on how to negotiate with IS, at the end (8) |
| FIDDLING | By tampering with, is cheating (8) |
| TRAIPSED | Did tramp depart with "is bundle? (8) |
| TOUCHING | Making contact with is moving (8) |
| SANDTRAP | Belt for strangling with is a hazard of course |
| REDPLANET | Mars is called by this nickname, due to its rusty appearance (3,6) |
