| Start of a quip by Alfred E. Neuman | 35 |
| Start of a quip by comedian David Cross | 39 |
| Start of a quip by comedian Demetri Martin | 42 |
| Start of a quip by comic Mike Birbiglia | 39 |
| Start of a quip by George Carlin | 32 |
| Start of a quip by Laurence J. Peter | 36 |
| Start of a quip by Mamie Van Doren | 34 |
| Start of a quip by Mitch Hedberg | 32 |
| Start of a quip by Sarah Haskins | 32 |
| Start of a quip by stand-up comic Brian Kiley | 45 |
| Start of a quip concerning a Hitchcock film | 43 |
| Start of a quip defining a fatuous fisherman | 44 |
| Start of a quip for families with teens | 39 |
| Start of a quip from a frustrated user? | 39 |
| Start of a quip from a returning vacationer | 43 |
| Start of a quip from an exercisephobe? | 38 |
| Start of a quip from Mad Magazine | 33 |
| Start of a quip overheard on the stag line | 42 |
| Start of a quip re dieting, not smoking, etc. | 45 |
| Start of a quip regarding an expert witness | 43 |
| Start of a quip requiring medical attention | 43 |
| Start of a quizzical Bob Seger lyric | 36 |
| Start of a quotation by Abraham Lincoln | 39 |
| Start of a quotation by Anne Lamott | 35 |
| Start of a quotation by Ashley Montagu | 38 |
| Start of a quotation by Bill Clinton | 36 |
| Start of a quotation by Budd Schulberg | 38 |
| Start of a quotation by Frederick Buechner | 42 |
| Start of a quotation by Friedrich Nietzsche | 43 |
| Start of a quotation by Harvey Penick | 37 |
| Start of a quotation by Henry David Thoreau | 43 |
| Start of a quotation by Henry S. Haskins | 40 |
| Start of a quotation by John Wooden | 35 |
| Start of a quotation by Joseph Campbell | 39 |
| Start of a quotation by Ken Kesey | 33 |
| Start of a quotation by Laurence J. Peter | 41 |
| Start of a quotation by Mario Cuomo | 35 |
| Start of a quotation by Miller Williams | 39 |
| Start of a quotation by Mme. de Stael | 37 |
| Start of a quotation by Oscar Wilde | 35 |
| Start of a quotation by Pablo Picasso | 37 |
| Start of a quotation by Patricia Marx | 37 |
| Start of a quotation by President Bill Clinton | 46 |
| Start of a quotation by Rev. P.F. Howe | 38 |
| Start of a quotation by Rick Bragg | 34 |
| Start of a quotation by Robert Louis Stevenson | 46 |
| Start of a quotation by Tennessee Williams | 42 |
| Start of a quotation from "Hamlet" | 44 |
| Start of a quotation from Dryden | 32 |
| Start of a quotation from Kingsley | 34 |
| Start of a quotation from Publilius Syrus | 41 |
| Start of a quotation from Santayana | 35 |
| Start of a quotation from Tiberius on heavy taxes | 49 |
| Start of a quotation from Wendell Berry | 39 |
| Start of a quote about solemnity | 32 |
| Start of a quote attributed to Louis XV | 39 |
| Start of a quote by Abigail Van Buren | 37 |
| Start of a quote by Andrew Young | 32 |
| Start of a quote by Anton Chekhov | 33 |
| Start of a quote by Booker T. Washington | 40 |
| Start of a quote by Daniel Webster | 34 |
| Start of a quote by economist Allan Meltzer | 43 |
| Start of a quote by Evelyn Waugh | 32 |
| Start of a quote by jazz legend Miles Davis | 43 |
| Start of a quote by John Coltrane | 33 |
| Start of a quote by John Kenneth Galbraith | 42 |
| Start of a quote by Otto van Isch | 33 |
| Start of a quote by Robert Benchley | 35 |
| Start of a quote by Samuel Johnson | 34 |
| Start of a quote for mature solvers | 35 |
| Start of a quote from "Hamlet" | 40 |
| Start of a quote from Emily Dickinson | 37 |
| Start of a quote from physicist Marcelo Gleiser | 47 |
| Start of a quote from the kitchen | 33 |
| Start of a quote that appears in both testaments | 48 |
| Start of a quote you'll piece together | 42 |
| Start of a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote | 36 |
| Start of a recipe directive, perhaps | 36 |
| Start of a reformed debtor's quip | 37 |
| Start of a religious observance? | 32 |
| Start of a remark about basic economics | 39 |
| Start of a remark by Ambrose Bierce | 35 |
| Start of a request for divine intervention | 42 |
| Start of a resolution by comedian Steven Wright | 47 |
| Start of a response to "What?" | 40 |
| Start of a response to a brainteaser | 36 |
| Start of a revealing observation | 32 |
| Start of a rhyme about a spry lad | 33 |
| Start of a rhyme by E. C. Bentley | 33 |
| Start of a rhyme featuring a butcher and baker | 46 |
| Start of a rhyming dog's name | 33 |
| Start of a ringmaster's announcement | 40 |
| Start of a ristorante order for the family | 42 |
| Start of a rule with numerous exceptions | 40 |
| Start of a Russian author's quote | 37 |
| Start of a Sam Levenson book title | 34 |
| Start of a Samuel Johnson quotation | 35 |
| Start of a savvy woman's reply | 34 |
| Start of a saying about forgiveness | 35 |
| Start of a saying about violent TV news | 39 |