| Start of a cat haiku | 20 |
| Start of a caution | 18 |
| Start of a cautioning retail sign | 33 |
| Start of a Cádiz calendar | 28 |
| Start of a celebratory song | 27 |
| Start of a certain recipe | 25 |
| Start of a Cervantes quote | 26 |
| Start of a challenge | 20 |
| Start of a challenge from JFK | 29 |
| Start of a chapter, usually | 27 |
| Start of a chase? | 17 |
| Start of a chat room afterthought | 33 |
| Start of a chat room view | 25 |
| Start of a cheer | 16 |
| Start of a chewing out | 22 |
| Start of a child's choosing rhyme | 37 |
| Start of a child's prayer | 29 |
| Start of a child's retort | 29 |
| Start of a child's rhyme | 28 |
| Start of a child's song | 27 |
| Start of a childhood learning song | 34 |
| Start of a childish plaint | 26 |
| Start of a children's counting rhyme | 40 |
| Start of a children's rhyme | 31 |
| Start of a children's song | 30 |
| Start of a children's teapot tune | 37 |
| Start of a Chinese game | 23 |
| Start of a chooser's rhyme | 30 |
| Start of a choosing rhyme | 25 |
| Start of a choosing-up routine | 30 |
| Start of a chorus line | 22 |
| Start of a Christmas carol | 26 |
| Start of a Christmas chorus | 27 |
| Start of a Christmas classic | 28 |
| Start of a Christmas letter | 27 |
| Start of a Christmas letter from Rudolph? | 41 |
| Start of a Christmas message | 28 |
| Start of a Christmas poem | 25 |
| Start of a Christmas refrain | 28 |
| Start of a Christmas reminder | 29 |
| Start of a Christmas song | 25 |
| Start of a Christmas song about teeth | 37 |
| Start of a Christmas story | 26 |
| Start of a Christmas verse | 26 |
| Start of a chuckle | 18 |
| Start of a Churchill observation | 32 |
| Start of a clairvoyant's comment, perhaps | 45 |
| Start of a clarification | 24 |
| Start of a classic Christmas poem | 33 |
| Start of a classic Dickens title | 32 |
| Start of a classic J.F.K. quote | 31 |
| Start of a classic JFK line | 27 |
| Start of a classic Latin quote | 30 |
| Start of a classic literary title | 33 |
| Start of a classic palindrome | 29 |
| Start of a classic question | 27 |
| Start of a Clement Clarke Moore poem | 36 |
| Start of a Clement Moore classic | 32 |
| Start of a clinical trial | 25 |
| Start of a clubhouse observation | 32 |
| Start of a clumsy alpinist's quip | 37 |
| Start of a Cockney toast | 24 |
| Start of a coconut cocktail name | 32 |
| Start of a college-fund slogan | 30 |
| Start of a colorful comment | 27 |
| Start of a colorful mnemonic | 28 |
| Start of a columnist's reply | 32 |
| Start of a comic query | 22 |
| Start of a comic's quip | 27 |
| Start of a commandment | 22 |
| Start of a comment by critic George Jean Nathan | 47 |
| Start of a comment by JFK | 25 |
| Start of a comment on a popular adage | 37 |
| Start of a comment on proof | 27 |
| Start of a common run | 21 |
| Start of a common-sense quip | 28 |
| Start of a comparison | 21 |
| Start of a conclusion | 21 |
| Start of a confession | 21 |
| Start of a confession from a certain repeat offender | 52 |
| Start of a confession to a priest | 33 |
| Start of a confession, maybe | 28 |
| Start of a conformist's phrase | 34 |
| Start of a Confucian aphorism | 29 |
| Start of a congratulation song | 30 |
| Start of a congratulatory cry | 29 |
| Start of a conjecture | 21 |
| Start of a conjecture re a novelty dance | 40 |
| Start of a convention-hall lobby sign | 37 |
| Start of a correction | 21 |
| Start of a cosmetic question | 28 |
| Start of a cosmetical inquiry | 29 |
| Start of a cosmetically sound quip | 34 |
| Start of a couch potato's lament | 36 |
| Start of a couch potato's quip | 34 |
| Start of a count | 16 |
| Start of a count-off | 20 |
| Start of a count-out | 20 |
| Start of a countdown | 20 |
| Start of a countdown, often | 27 |