| CHILLIES | They are hot and cold - that is the start of something |
| OLDHAT | Starts off cold, that is the opposite of hot |
| RIGID | Stiff and cold - that puts off female (5) |
| CRAWFISH | Looking for food, waifs are hot and cold (8) |
| BAR | Walking into one is the start of something funny |
| YEARZERO | Yo, this is the start of something! |
| LANDSEND | 28 miles from the Isles of Scilly, the most-westerly point of Cornwall and England which is the start point of an iconic 874-mile bike ride to John o'Groats (5,3) |
| ONSET | It is the start of the response Toby expected (5) |
| ARUNDEL | West Sussex town: its river is the start of its name (*and lure) (7) |
| SOSO | The start of something big coming to nothing is tolerable (2-2) |
| GENESIS | What we inherit is just the start of something |
| THETHINENDOFTHEWEDGE | Pushed under the door, it's the start of something bigger |
| BUNSENBURNERS | They are hot property in the chemistry lab (6,7) |
| ICE | Something cold that is keeping cold! |
| ICICLE | Source of water current, cold, that is infiltrated by chlorine |
| JIVE | Nonsense talk, whose circled letter is the start of what might be done with items in the four longest puzzle answers |
| AROMA | Bouquet is the start of a romantic affair (5) |
| BIGBANG | Gabbing loosely is the start of it all (3,4) |
| AMISH | Morning is the start of heaven for some religious people (5) |
| SADIST | To be cheerless is the start of being a cruel person |
