The neutral safety switch can keep it from starting.
The fact that it clicks but does not start and eventually starts after several tries is what lead me to suspect the starter.

miner_tom wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> Thank you for the reply.
>
> I was doing some research and came across the possibility that it could be
> the "neutral safety switch". I had not heard of this before, nor do I know
> where it is on the Subaru, but it sounds interesting. I noticed that when it
> does not start, if I move the stick shift around, it then starts.
>

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Mike Walsh