| Conversation starters |
| Intoxicating Polynesian beverage |
| Alcoholic beverage with Southern Comfort |
| Overabundance |
| Beverages derived from fermented honey |
| ___ Jones averages |
| Average guys |
| A lot better than average |
| Academically above average |
| Amtrak train that averages 86 MPH |
| Average earnings |
| A plus average? |
| Food list with amortized appetizers and beveraged buyouts? |
| Center starter? |
| Vera Caspary's heroine. |
| All-time career batting average leader |
| Alcoholic beverages on some sci-fi shows? |
| Aircraft starter |
| Alphabetic starters |
| Tenants' strike leverage |
| Alphabet starters |
| Andy Capp beverage |
| Average conduct grade |
| Average Joe |
| Starters who are stoppers |
| Actor Burton who's behind a Kickstarter project to revive "Reading Rainbow |
| Amelia Earhart flight starter, for example? |
| About 4,000 miles of an above-average construction? |
| Beverage brand portmanteau |
| Above-average grade, or alternate title for the puzzle |