| SEEDCORN | Starting point of a cob production session |
| CORN | It's eaten off of a cob |
| SWANSONG | Final appearance of a cob or pen? It's the awful wagons north and south (4,4) |
| ERA | From the Latin for "counters for calculation" or "brass/copper money", a division of geochronological or chronological time; a starting point of a new age; or, an important date (3) |
| SELMA | Starting point of a series of 1965 marches |
| KALAMAZOO | Starting point of a train trip to Timbuktu, in song |
| BARRIER | Starting point of a horse race (7) |
| EDEN | Starting point of a long race? |
| SELMAALABAMA | Starting point of a 1965 march |
| MAINMENU | Starting point of a phone tree |
| TEE | Starting point of a golf hole (3) |
| SOURCE | Spring at the starting point of a stream |
| DATUM | Fixed starting point of a scale, ... line |
| BADIDEA | Starting point of a failed project |
| PAULREVEREHOUSE | Historic site that was the starting point of a noted 1775 ride |
| LEDO | Town in Assam, India, and starting point of a famous road begun in 1942 |
| DINGDAWNS | Starting points of a new car scratch era? |
| HORSE | Cavalry collectively; a "buck" for gymnastically vaulting over; a clothes airer; an equid such as a cob, hack, hunter or shire; or, the male of said animal, as opposed to a mare (5) |
| FILBERT | Word for a cob or a hazelnut thought to derive from the name of the saint whose feast day coincided with the nutting season; or, a paintbrush used for oils (7) |
| SWANSDOWN | A cob, "cygnus" or pen's fine fluffy under-plumage traditionally used for muffs, pelerines, powder puffs or trimmings; a mixed fabric of wool and silk/cotton; or, a flannelette-like cloth formerly use |
