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Beginnings of Rolling Stones (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

onsets

'beginnings' is the definition.
(onset is a kind of beginning)

'rolling stones' is the wordplay.
'rolling' indicates an anagram.
'stones' is an anagram of 'ONSETS'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Another definition for onsets that I've seen is " Attacks with stones".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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