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Beginning point? Nice work! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inception

'beginning' is the definition.
(inception is a kind of beginning)

'point? nice work' is the wordplay.
'work' indicates anagramming the letters.
'point'+'nice'='pointnice'
'pointnice' is an anagram of 'INCEPTION'.

(Other definitions for inception that I've seen before include "Establishment" , "Starting point" , "Opening" , "Beginning" , "start" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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