Related Clues:

• Opening payment
• Throw some coins on the table, maybe
• See 61 Across
• Start a hand, maybe
• Future flower, say
• It's tossed in a pot
• Stake on the table
• You have to be upfront with it
• Feed the kitty?
• Preliminary stake
• It's upped at times
• Contribute, in a way
• Peach pit, e.g.
• Payment made by hand?
• Bit of bird chow