Smooth beginning out of this clue (4)
I believe the answer is:
even
'smooth' is the definition.
(I know that smooth can be written as even)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for even that I've seen before include "Regular - smooth" , "no-win situation?" , "Regularly; yet" , "draw" , "Nearly" .)