| ABC show that starts at 7 a.m. daily: Abbr. |
| Author of the 1974 novel found in the starts of the starred answers |
| Name that starts a well-known "ism |
| Starts carving some ham? |
| Abbr. that starts with a different letter than its word |
| LGBTQ symbol celebrating its 40th anniversary hinted at by the starts of the starred answers |
| It starts and ends in inverno in the Northern Hemisphere |
| Where the puck stops ... and starts |
| Where one starts from": T.S. Eliot |
| Mo. when Kwanzaa starts |
| Starts Scrabble |
| All Saints' Day starts it: Abbr. |
| Officially starts work |
| Then Larry starts begging to play Moe's role for a change, and Curly says to ___, so Moe happily obliges ... |
| It starts in Apr. |
| The point when Fido's master starts walking? |
| Starts spiritedly, with "in |
| Fresh starts, in cards |
| It starts after the overture |
| Like some racing starts |
| A stitch in time" starts one |
| 2003 straight-to-video Ione Skye romcom that starts at a laundromat |
| Seabird that starts with an E |
| Kickstarts, in a way |
| Music icon Bob who wrote the song suggested by the starts of this puzzle's theme entries |
| Month that starts with a prank holiday |
| Small-minded, or unable to get a one-word final answer from the starred entries' starts |
| When the dentist's drill starts? |
| It starts the NYSE |
| A good one follows the starts of the four longest puzzle answers |