| Start of a speculation | 22 |
| Start of a speculative comment | 30 |
| Start of a speech | 17 |
| Start of a spell | 16 |
| Start of a spell? | 17 |
| Start of a spelling mnemonic | 28 |
| Start of a spelling rule | 24 |
| Start of a spelling? | 20 |
| Start of a spider's description, in song | 44 |
| Start of a spill | 16 |
| Start of a sports fan's weighty remark | 42 |
| Start of a sports prediction | 28 |
| Start of a sports quip | 22 |
| Start of a stage play | 21 |
| Start of a stampede, maybe [think Ford] | 39 |
| Start of a state capital | 24 |
| Start of a state's name | 27 |
| Start of a stated opinion | 25 |
| Start of a statement about divinity | 35 |
| Start of a statement re human variegation | 41 |
| Start of a statesman's statement | 36 |
| Start of a Steele quotation | 27 |
| Start of a Stein line | 21 |
| Start of a Steinbeck title | 26 |
| Start of a Stendahl title | 25 |
| Start of a Stepquote | 20 |
| Start of a Steven Wright quote | 30 |
| Start of a Stone Age yell | 25 |
| Start of a story | 16 |
| Start of a story? (1977) | 24 |
| Start of a strange philosophy | 29 |
| Start of a street | 17 |
| Start of a Streisand hit | 24 |
| Start of a Streisand song | 25 |
| Start of a string of 13 Popes | 29 |
| Start of a stroll down memory lane | 34 |
| Start of a strong opinion | 25 |
| Start of a strong statement | 27 |
| Start of a student's comment | 32 |
| Start of a students' song | 29 |
| Start of a sub-headline that ran in the WSJ sports section on 4/1/14 | 68 |
| Start of a suburbanite's lament | 35 |
| Start of a suit | 15 |
| Start of a summer shower | 24 |
| Start of a sunflower | 20 |
| Start of a supplication | 23 |
| Start of a Susann title | 23 |
| Start of a Swiftian mot on aging | 32 |
| Start of a Synge title | 22 |
| Start of a tale | 15 |
| Start of a Tarheel's motto | 30 |
| Start of a taunt to one with a losing poker hand | 48 |
| Start of a tax form | 19 |
| Start of a team cheer | 21 |
| Start of a tear | 15 |
| Start of a teen-ager's essay | 32 |
| Start of a Tennessee Williams title | 35 |
| Start of a tennis game? | 23 |
| Start of a tennis match | 23 |
| Start of a Terhune title | 24 |
| Start of a text-message afterthought | 36 |
| Start of a texted aside | 23 |
| Start of a Thanksgiving prayer | 30 |
| Start of a theory | 17 |
| Start of a Thomas Hardy title | 29 |
| Start of a Thomas Jefferson quote | 33 |
| Start of a Thomas Wolfe title | 29 |
| Start of a thought by British journalist Miles Kington | 54 |
| Start of a thought by Oscar Wilde | 33 |
| Start of a thought-provoking question | 37 |
| Start of a thought-provoking quip | 33 |
| Start of a Three Dog Night hit? | 31 |
| Start of a thrill-seeker's mantra | 37 |
| Start of a tile game | 20 |
| Start of a timely definition | 28 |
| Start of a timely quip | 22 |
| Start of a timely quotation | 27 |
| Start of a timely verse | 23 |
| Start of a tip for avoiding embarrassment | 41 |
| Start of a tip for speechifiers | 31 |
| Start of a Titanic hymn | 23 |
| Start of a toast | 16 |
| Start of a toast by Jackson | 27 |
| Start of a Tolstoy title | 24 |
| Start of a Tom Cruise film title | 32 |
| Start of a tome | 15 |
| Start of a Tommy Lasorda quote | 30 |
| Start of a tongue-in-cheek Earl Wilson quip | 43 |
| Start of a Tony Bennett classic | 31 |
| Start of a Tony Bennett title | 29 |
| Start of a Tony Orlando hit song title | 38 |
| Start of a Tony Orlando song title | 34 |
| Start of a tot's chant | 26 |
| Start of a tot's recitation | 31 |
| Start of a tot's refrain | 28 |
| Start of a tot's song | 25 |
| Start of a tot's tune | 25 |
| Start of a tots' song | 25 |
| Start of a touch-tone telephone instruction | 43 |
| Start of a tournament ... or the end of a match? | 48 |