Related Clues:

• Reaction to toss-up? Pro gets early advantage
• Initial advantage to English at the side of Nelson maybe
• One foot in the door of drunken hotel do
• Initial advantage reported, European house claimed
• Tool he'd fashioned, something of use to climbers
• Starting progress, metaphorically
• Advantage gained by beginning early
• Do hotel breaks: useful base for mountaineer?
• Small initial advantage
• Rock climber's support
• Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be
• Bit of initial progress
• Small position from which future progress might be made
• Spin result, maybe cutting advantage
• Tiny ledge for climber to view, lacking breadth