% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Other crossword clues for answer "HEADSTART"

HEADSTART
Early education program
School readiness program and a hint to this puzzle's theme
Unfair advantage (and a hint to 17-, 28-, and 49-Across)
Advantageous position
Racer's edge, or the ends of 17-, 23-, 39- and 49-Across, unflatteringly
Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be
Racer's edge
Preschool program
Early edge
Early advantage
Advantage.
Advantage of a sort.
Favorable beginning.
Contest advantage
Program since 1965
What each word in 18-, 20-, 34- and 51-Across could be considered
Dessert for Edith?
What a slow person may need
Competitive advantage
It's an advantage
Certain unfair advantage
What a slow runner may need
Racer's advantage