Follow the arrows if looking for starters (4)
I believe the answer is:
tail
'follow' is the definition.
(both can mean to chase or pursue)
'the arrows if looking for starters' is the wordplay.
'for starters' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'the arrows if looking' is 'TAIL'.
(Other definitions for tail that I've seen before include "Last, rear, part" , "private eye" , "Elongated posterior part of an animal" , "weaker batsmen" , "Follow the caudal appendage" .)