Change of venue, just not opening in fits and starts (8)
I believe the answer is:
unevenly
'fits and starts' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'change of venue just not opening' is the wordplay.
'change of' indicates an anagram (the letter order is changed).
'just' becomes 'only' (synonyms).
'not opening' means to remove the first letter (the opening letter is removed).
'only' with its initial letter taken off is 'nly'.
'venue' anagrammed gives 'uneve'.
'uneve'+'nly'='UNEVENLY'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unevenly that I've seen before include "Roughly or disproportionately" , "Not following uniform style" , "In an irregular way" , "Not in regular fashion" , "In inconsistent way" .)