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Commencement

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">commencement</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(onset is a kind of commencement)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for onset that I've seen before include "Cast stone in attack" , "Assault; beginning" , "Assault; start" , "Appearance of" , "Beginning (of something often unpleasant)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Sun, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the LA Times, the Universal and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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