### Clue: Entrant so riled, at the start, to be ruffled and scratched (3-7)
### Answer: NON-STARTER 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Entrant,scratched
 **Anagram of**(to be ruffled) [ENTRANT SO + **first letter of**(…, at the start) "riled"]. "Entrant" serving double duty.