Cruise to Mauritius to start? (3)
I believe the answer is:
tom
'cruise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'to mauritius to start?' is the wordplay.
'to start?' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'start' mean this).
The initial letter of 'mauritius' is 'm'.
'to'+'m'='TOM'
(Other definitions for tom that I've seen before include "Pig-stealing piper's son" , "He is associated with Dick and Harry" , "Waits, perhaps" , "Very small person" , "Boy running off with pig" .)