Related Clues:

• 'Start the music!' ... or what one could do to the finish of the answer to each starred clue
• Start playing and thrash Italy
• "Start playing, band!"
• Command to a band
• Bandleader’s cue
• Bandleader's cry after "One, two, three," maybe
• Command to start playing
• Bandleader's exclamation
• ___ off (click)
• Bandleader's exhortation
• Bandleader's "Go!"
• Cry made while swinging a baton
• "Start playing the song!"
• "Play the music, band!"
• "Let the show begin," and a hint to making sense of the starred clues' answers