| 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 |
| Start of a long-distance instruction | 36 |
| Start of a long-odds phrase | 27 |
| Start of a Longfellow poem | 26 |
| Start of a lothario's question | 34 |
| Start of a Louis XV quote | 25 |
| Start of a love letter | 22 |
| Start of a lover's quatrain | 31 |
| Start of a lover's request | 30 |
| Start of a loyalty oath | 23 |
| Start of a Lulu hit | 19 |
| Start of a lunar calendar abroad | 32 |
| Start of a lyrical dedication | 29 |
| Start of a MacArthur quote | 26 |
| Start of a Mae West quote | 25 |
| Start of a magic incantation | 28 |
| Start of a magic phrase | 23 |
| Start of a magical chant | 24 |
| Start of a magical incantation | 30 |
| Start of a magical word | 23 |
| Start of a magician's cry | 29 |
| Start of a magician's incantation | 37 |
| Start of a magician's phrase | 32 |
| Start of a magician's word | 30 |
| Start of a major scale with no sharps or flats | 46 |
| Start of a March 17 greeting | 28 |
| Start of a Mark Twain comment | 29 |
| Start of a Mark Twain quip | 26 |
| Start of a Mark Twain quote | 27 |
| Start of a market forecast | 26 |
| Start of a marksman's orders | 32 |
| Start of a Marx Brothers title | 30 |
| Start of a massive renovation, for short | 40 |
| Start of a master plan | 22 |
| Start of a master plan, perhaps | 31 |
| Start of a maxim published in 1735 | 34 |
| Start of a McCullers title | 26 |
| Start of a memo heading | 23 |
| Start of a memorable 1961 admonition | 36 |
| Start of a memorable JFK quote | 30 |
| Start of a memorable tongue twister | 35 |
| Start of a message | 18 |
| Start of a message I saw on a sign in front of a certain church | 63 |
| Start of a message on a Lincoln Center T-shirt | 46 |
| Start of a message to Mom | 25 |
| Start of a message to the Met | 29 |
| Start of a Midwestern capital | 29 |
| Start of a mil. career | 22 |
| Start of a military motto | 25 |
| Start of a milk carton message | 30 |
| Start of a millennium | 21 |
| Start of a Miller title | 23 |
| Start of a Milton Berle quip | 28 |
| Start of a Milton quote re cafes? | 33 |
| Start of a missive to Ms. Van Buren | 35 |
| Start of a Mitch Albom quote | 28 |
| Start of a Mitchell title | 25 |
| Start of a mocking guffaw | 25 |
| Start of a modern address | 25 |
| Start of a money motto | 22 |
| Start of a morning diner order | 30 |
| Start of a Mother Goose rhyme | 29 |
| Start of a motto first published in an 1844 book | 48 |
| Start of a Mozart opera | 23 |
| Start of a Mozart piece | 23 |
| Start of a Mozart title | 23 |
| Start of a muffler shop's slogan | 36 |
| Start of a musical refrain | 26 |
| Start of a musical riddle | 25 |
| Start of a musical scale | 24 |
| Start of a musical series | 25 |
| Start of a Musketeer credo | 26 |
| Start of a mystery | 18 |
| Start of a mystery-solving quip | 31 |
| Start of a national anthem | 26 |
| Start of a nationalistic cheer, perhaps | 39 |
| Start of a nautical caveat | 26 |
| Start of a nautical day | 23 |