Related Clues:

• Heated start?
• Ask for a hand, perhaps
• Minimum poker loss
• First chip tossed in
• Advance of a sort
• Kitty feeder
• Marital or historic preceder
• Start for "fix" or "face"
• Put down some chips
• Chip to start
• ___ meridiem (morning: Lat.)
• Chips for cards
• Stud money
• Preposition meaning before
• Before or ahead of