Related Clues:

• Apple core bit
• Stake in the game
• Farmer's buy
• Game starter
• A couple of chips, maybe
• Wimbledon status
• It may follow a cut
• Pea or peanut
• Latin preposition
• Pippin
• Pine nut, e.g.
• Plant's beginning
• Up-front poker payment
• It's put in a pot
• Show that you're in