Answer beginning with E for goddess (7)
I believe the answer is:
astarte
'goddess' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'answer beginning with e' is the wordplay.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'beginning' becomes 'start' (start is a kind of beginning).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a'+'start'+'e'='ASTARTE'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for astarte that I've seen before include "Phoenician love goddess" , "She might have helped with fertility problems" , "Ancient goddess" , "Mediterranean goddess" , "Pagan deity" .)