1) Alger beginning 2) Alger phrase beginning 3) Alger starting points 4) Alien abduction trumpeters 5) Antecedent to riches 6) Apparel, slangly 7) Attire for Tattered Tom 8) BBC Books book 9) Before riches sometimes 10) Beginning of an Alger title 11) Broadway musical 12) Car wash cache 13) Car wash supplies 1) Tatters 2) Teases 
Rags is slang for clothes.