| Boost |
| Advantage |
| Assistance |
| Head start? |
| Give a boost |
| Slight advantage |
| Mounter's assist |
| Give a __ (assist) |
| Starting advantage |
| Horse-mounting help |
| Advantage, informally |
| Advantage, so to speak |
| Helping hand, paradoxically |
| Slight advantage, so to speak |
| Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |