| Start of a hymn | 15 |
| Start of a hyphenated actress | 29 |
| Start of a hypothetical question | 32 |
| Start of a hyprocrite's story | 33 |
| Start of a J. Paul Getty quote | 30 |
| Start of a J. R. Lowell quotation | 33 |
| Start of a J.F.K. challenge | 27 |
| Start of a J.F.K. line | 22 |
| Start of a J.F.K. quote | 23 |
| Start of a Jackie Gleason "Honeymooners" catchphrase | 62 |
| Start of a jaded voter's quip | 33 |
| Start of a James A. Garfield quotation | 38 |
| Start of a James Coburn film title | 34 |
| Start of a James Thurber quotation | 34 |
| Start of a January lament | 25 |
| Start of a jazz piece | 21 |
| Start of a Jefferson quote | 26 |
| Start of a jest about aging | 27 |
| Start of a Jewish holiday | 25 |
| Start of a Jewish holiday? | 26 |
| Start of a Jewish month | 23 |
| Start of a JFK declaration | 26 |
| Start of a JFK quote | 20 |
| Start of a Jimmy Durante song | 29 |
| Start of a John Cusack title | 28 |
| Start of a John F. Kennedy quote | 32 |
| Start of a joke | 15 |
| Start of a Jonathan Swift quote | 31 |
| Start of a Juliet line | 22 |
| Start of a June promise | 23 |
| Start of a jury foreman's statement, perhaps | 48 |
| Start of a Keats poem | 21 |
| Start of a Keats title | 22 |
| Start of a Kennedy quote | 24 |
| Start of a kid's counting rhyme | 35 |
| Start of a kid's lament | 27 |
| Start of a kid's question to a stranger | 43 |
| Start of a kids' clothing line name | 39 |
| Start of a kids' learning song | 34 |
| Start of a Kin Hubbard quip | 27 |
| Start of a kindergarten chant | 29 |
| Start of a kindergarten chorus | 30 |
| Start of a kindergarten refrain | 31 |
| Start of a kindergarten song | 28 |
| Start of a Kingsley Amis quote | 30 |
| Start of a Kipling trio | 23 |
| Start of a kitchen quip | 23 |
| Start of a kooky version of a fairy tale | 40 |
| Start of a Kramden laugh | 24 |
| Start of a laconic saying | 25 |
| Start of a lad's first beard | 32 |
| Start of a lament by Juliet | 27 |
| Start of a lament from Juliet | 29 |
| Start of a Langston Hughes quote | 32 |
| Start of a Langston Hughes title | 32 |
| Start of a lapel-button warning message | 39 |
| Start of a Latin 101 conjugation | 32 |
| Start of a Latin 101 series | 27 |
| Start of a Latin 101 trio | 25 |
| Start of a Latin boast | 22 |
| Start of a Latin conjugation | 28 |
| Start of a Latin conjugation for "love" | 49 |
| Start of a Latin hymn | 21 |
| Start of a Latin I conjugation | 30 |
| Start of a Latin trio | 21 |
| Start of a laugh | 16 |
| Start of a Laurence J. Peter quote | 34 |
| Start of a law observed by Charles Schulz | 41 |
| Start of a law professor's statement of conjecture | 54 |
| Start of a learning song | 24 |
| Start of a legal clarification | 30 |
| Start of a legal conclusion | 27 |
| Start of a legal memo | 21 |
| Start of a legal plea | 21 |
| Start of a letter | 17 |
| Start of a letter accompanying a manuscript | 43 |
| Start of a letter arrangement | 29 |
| Start of a letter of request | 28 |
| Start of a letter to Landers | 28 |
| Start of a library conversation | 31 |
| Start of a library volume discussion? | 37 |
| Start of a life crisis? | 23 |
| Start of a lilt, perhaps | 24 |
| Start of a limerick | 19 |
| Start of a Lincoln address | 26 |
| Start of a line by Juliet | 25 |
| Start of a line by Tennyson | 27 |
| Start of a line ending in a sum? | 32 |
| Start of a line for Juliet | 26 |
| Start of a list | 15 |
| Start of a list of examples | 27 |
| Start of a literary series | 26 |
| Start of a little daredevil's declaration | 45 |
| Start of a logical argument | 27 |
| Start of a long battle | 22 |
| Start of a long distance call | 29 |
| Start of a long drive? | 22 |
| Start of a long story | 21 |
| Start of a long story? | 22 |
| Start of a long-distance call | 29 |