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This will do for a start (6)

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origin

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'a start' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for origin that I've seen before include "Place where something begins" , "Source - provenance" , "Where axes cut" , "Source, beginning point" , "spring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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