Related Clues:

• First-pitch thrower
• Word before pistol or kit
• Man with gun at race course
• First course of meal
• Race gun firer
• One giving signal to begin race
• Part of engine that hasn't been scratched
• Type of home cooking served first?
• The beginner puts a point sharp (with little hesitation)
• Is he surprised when his gun goes off?
• A runner and jumper
• One begins to get more bitter after the end of class
• Race official from course
• Course official who controls race, initially?
• Order tarts with herb filling -- that's appetising