Starting (9)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">starting</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that starting can be written as beginning)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for beginning that I've seen before include "Start" , "Commencement" , "Used hands clumsily" .)