Beginning place for actors at work? (5)
I believe the answer is:
onset
'beginning' is the definition.
(I know that beginning can be written as onset)
'at work?' is the wordplay.
'at' becomes 'on' (location).
'work?' becomes 'set' (set is a kind of work).
'on'+'set'='ONSET'
'place for actors' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for onset that I've seen before include "Advent" , "Start - opening moments" , "Beginning (of disease etc)" , "Inception" , "origin" .)