| Start of a whispered comment, perhaps | 37 |
| Start of a Whitney Houston hit | 30 |
| Start of a wide-area police radio alert | 39 |
| Start of a wife's comment | 29 |
| Start of a wife's lament | 28 |
| Start of a wife's remark | 28 |
| Start of a Wilde comment | 24 |
| Start of a Will Rogers line | 27 |
| Start of a Will Rogers observation | 34 |
| Start of a Will Rogers quip | 27 |
| Start of a Williams title | 25 |
| Start of a winning combination | 30 |
| Start of a winning line | 23 |
| Start of a wish | 15 |
| Start of a wishful comment | 26 |
| Start of a witness's statement | 34 |
| Start of a wk., workwise | 24 |
| Start of a Wolfe title | 22 |
| Start of a Woody Allen quip | 27 |
| Start of a Woody Allen title | 28 |
| Start of a word ladder | 22 |
| Start of a word ladder (and the starting point of the journey) | 62 |
| Start of a workout credo | 24 |
| Start of a workout motto | 24 |
| Start of a workplace quip | 25 |
| Start of a worried tryster's statement | 42 |
| Start of a writ | 15 |
| Start of a writer's question | 32 |
| Start of a wry remark about physical fitness | 44 |
| Start of a WWW address | 22 |
| Start of a Yale song | 20 |
| Start of a yarn? | 16 |
| Start of a Yogi Berra quip | 26 |
| Start of a Yogi Berra quote | 27 |
| Start of a Yule hymn | 20 |
| Start of a yule reading | 23 |
| Start of a Yuletide reading | 27 |
| Start of a Zsa Zsa Gabor quote | 30 |
| Start of a Zsa Zsa quip | 23 |
| Start of adolescence and war | 28 |
| Start of adolescence? | 21 |
| Start of adulthood? | 19 |
| Start of advice from Susan DiLallo's grandmother, Rose | 58 |
| Start of Alaska's motto | 27 |
| Start of all Florida ZIP codes | 30 |
| Start of all Oklahoma ZIP codes | 31 |
| Start of almost every ZIP code in New York | 42 |
| Start of Ambrose Bierce's definition of 'Acquaintance' in 'The Devil's Dictionary' | 106 |
| Start of Ambrose Bierce's definition of 'Discussion' in 'The Devil's Dictionary' | 104 |
| Start of amusing question by Zach Galifianakis | 46 |
| Start of an "Ave Maria" line | 38 |
| Start of an "Indians" song | 36 |
| Start of an "Oliver!" song title | 42 |
| Start of an 1880 song title | 27 |
| Start of an A/C installer's remark | 38 |
| Start of an año | 18 |
| Start of an Abraham Lincoln quotation | 37 |
| Start of an absent-minded quip | 30 |
| Start of an act | 15 |
| Start of an adage | 17 |
| Start of an adage about economy | 31 |
| Start of an adage about forgiveness | 35 |
| Start of an Adams hymn | 22 |
| Start of an addition | 20 |
| Start of an address | 19 |
| Start of an admission | 21 |
| Start of an admonition | 22 |
| Start of an adult school course name | 36 |
| Start of an advisor's lament | 32 |
| Start of an African capital | 27 |
| Start of an afterthought | 24 |
| Start of an age-old quip | 24 |
| Start of an aging question | 26 |
| Start of an agreement that's not really an agreement | 56 |
| Start of an algebra problem | 27 |
| Start of an Alka-Seltzer jingle | 31 |
| Start of an alley-oop | 21 |
| Start of an alphabet book | 25 |
| Start of an alphabet song | 25 |
| Start of an amusing musing | 26 |
| Start of an ancient boast | 25 |
| Start of an Andy Capp toast | 27 |
| Start of an Andy Rooney quip | 28 |
| Start of an Andy Rooney quote | 29 |
| Start of an angler's lament (Part 1) | 40 |
| Start of an angler's lament (Part 2) | 40 |
| Start of an angler's lament (Part 3) | 40 |
| Start of an animated query | 26 |
| Start of an Anne Lamott quotation | 33 |
| Start of an annual request | 26 |
| Start of an anonymous quip | 26 |
| Start of an anonymous quotation | 31 |
| Start of an AOL alert | 21 |
| Start of an aphorism | 20 |
| Start of an apocryphal confession | 33 |
| Start of an apology | 19 |
| Start of an appeal | 18 |
| Start of an appeal for privacy | 30 |
| Start of an appreciative cheer | 30 |
| Start of an aptly expressed linguistic observation | 50 |