Fresh starting points (3)
I believe the answer is:
new
'fresh' is the definition.
(I know that fresh can be written as new)
'starting points' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'points' could be 'ne' (two compass points) and 'ne' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'w' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for new that I've seen before include "'Fresh, novel (3)'" , "Not previously used" , "Not existing before" , "Original" , "Unconventional" .)