Related Clues:

• It's for openers
• At times it's upped
• Modeling medium
• Poker stake
• Ask for a hand?
• Sculpting medium
• It's a starter
• Kind of pot
• Wager
• Put in the pot
• It might crack after getting fired
• Start to date?
• Stud fee?
• Prepay, with 'up'
• A few chips, perhaps