| Start of a countdown, perhaps | 29 |
| Start of a counterfeiter's lament | 37 |
| Start of a counting out rhyme | 29 |
| Start of a counting rhyme | 25 |
| Start of a counting-out process | 31 |
| Start of a counting-out refrain | 31 |
| Start of a counting-out rhyme | 29 |
| Start of a country | 18 |
| Start of a country song? | 24 |
| Start of a court display | 24 |
| Start of a court game | 21 |
| Start of a court presentation | 29 |
| Start of a cowboy romance? | 26 |
| Start of a crash blossom that ran in the Gloucestershire Echo on 2/2/11 | 71 |
| Start of a critical call | 24 |
| Start of a cry by Juliet | 24 |
| Start of a crystal ball user's prediction | 45 |
| Start of a crystal gazer's statement | 40 |
| Start of a curious query | 24 |
| Start of a cycle? | 17 |
| Start of a cynic's definition of "love" | 53 |
| Start of a cynical verse | 24 |
| Start of a cynicism about people | 32 |
| Start of a D. H. Lawrence title | 31 |
| Start of a D.H. Lawrence title | 30 |
| Start of a daffy definition | 27 |
| Start of a daily school recital | 31 |
| Start of a daisy-plucker's phrase | 37 |
| Start of a damsel's distressed demand | 41 |
| Start of a Daniel Webster quote | 31 |
| Start of a Danny Elfman band | 28 |
| Start of a David Letterman countdown | 36 |
| Start of a decision-making process | 34 |
| Start of a declaration | 22 |
| Start of a dedicatory title | 27 |
| Start of a definition of "elbonics" (a word that doesn't exist but should) | 88 |
| Start of a definition of "microsecond" | 48 |
| Start of a definition of golf | 29 |
| Start of a definition of good speakers | 38 |
| Start of a definition of happiness | 34 |
| Start of a deluge | 17 |
| Start of a dentist's advice | 31 |
| Start of a diary entry | 22 |
| Start of a diary entry? | 23 |
| Start of a Dickenstitle | 24 |
| Start of a Dickens classic | 26 |
| Start of a Dickens novel | 24 |
| Start of a Dickens title | 24 |
| Start of a Dickensian request | 29 |
| Start of a dicker | 17 |
| Start of a diehard motto | 24 |
| Start of a diner's question to a B'way waiter | 53 |
| Start of a directive to a psychiatrist's receptionist | 57 |
| Start of a director's cry | 29 |
| Start of a director's directive | 35 |
| Start of a doctor's response | 32 |
| Start of a dog | 14 |
| Start of a dog owner's sign | 31 |
| Start of a dog star's name | 30 |
| Start of a dogwatch | 19 |
| Start of a Dolly Parton quote | 29 |
| Start of a Donne quote | 22 |
| Start of a doo-wop phrase | 25 |
| Start of a Doris Day song title | 31 |
| Start of a Dostoyevsky title | 28 |
| Start of a doubleheader | 23 |
| Start of a Dr Pepper jingle | 27 |
| Start of a Dr. Frankenstein comment on his monster | 50 |
| Start of a Dr. Seuss title | 26 |
| Start of a drama-class question | 31 |
| Start of a drill instructor's count | 39 |
| Start of a drink | 16 |
| Start of a drive | 16 |
| Start of a driver's quip | 28 |
| Start of a droll observation | 28 |
| Start of a drum sound | 21 |
| Start of a Durante refrain | 26 |
| Start of a Durante song title | 29 |
| Start of a Durante title | 24 |
| Start of a Durante tune | 23 |
| Start of a Dwight L. Moody quote | 32 |
| Start of a fairy tale | 21 |
| Start of a fairy tale chant | 27 |
| Start of a fall | 15 |
| Start of a fallibility adage | 28 |
| Start of a famed palindrome | 27 |
| Start of a famed soliloquy | 26 |
| Start of a familiar lineup | 26 |
| Start of a familiar poem | 24 |
| Start of a familiar series | 26 |
| Start of a familiarity illusion | 31 |
| Start of a famous adage | 23 |
| Start of a famous hymn | 22 |
| Start of a famous J.F.K. quote | 30 |
| Start of a famous motto | 23 |
| Start of a famous motto from literature | 39 |
| Start of a famous palindrome | 28 |
| Start of a famous quote about torpedoes | 39 |
| Start of a famous Schwarzenegger quote | 38 |
| Start of a famous soliloquy | 27 |