| Opening segment of a long work | 30 |
| Opening segment in a newscast | 29 |
| Opening screen option on many an A.T.M. | 39 |
| Opening scores | 14 |
| Opening scene? | 14 |
| Opening scene locale in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" | 59 |
| Opening run | 11 |
| Opening routine, when the game is on ice | 40 |
| Opening rounds | 14 |
| Opening requirement, at times | 29 |
| Opening remarks, briefly | 24 |
| Opening remarks to strangers | 28 |
| Opening remarks at a coffee makers' convention? | 51 |
| Opening remarks | 15 |
| Opening remark? | 15 |
| Opening remark | 14 |
| Opening quartet | 15 |
| Opening poker need, perhaps | 27 |
| Opening poker contribution | 26 |
| Opening poker bet | 17 |
| Opening ploy | 12 |
| Opening play? | 13 |
| Opening pitch | 13 |
| Opening piece | 13 |
| Opening performance that steals the show, say | 45 |
| Opening payment | 15 |
| Opening pay-in | 14 |
| Opening pair? | 13 |
| Opening outfit | 14 |
| Opening or gap | 14 |
| Opening opening? | 16 |
| Opening on stage | 16 |
| Opening on some stages | 22 |
| Opening on Broadway | 19 |
| Opening on an environmentalist's agenda? | 44 |
| Opening on a stage floor | 24 |
| Opening off a larger room | 25 |
| Opening of two Tins | 19 |
| Opening of the mouth | 20 |
| Opening of McDonald's restaurants abroad, e.g. | 50 |
| Opening of many hymns | 21 |
| Opening of many a speech | 24 |
| Opening of an ode? | 18 |
| Opening of a toast | 18 |
| Opening of a sort | 17 |
| Opening of a soliloquy | 22 |
| Opening of a sewage-filled pool? | 32 |
| Opening of a retail store? | 26 |
| Opening of a play | 17 |
| Opening of a memorable walrus song | 34 |
| Opening of a lodge? | 19 |
| Opening of a letter to a Baltic capital | 39 |
| Opening of a fuel-burning engine | 32 |
| Opening of a canal | 18 |
| Opening of a 1957 hit song | 26 |
| Opening of 4/23/63 | 18 |
| Opening of 4/11/91 | 18 |
| Opening of 3/26/64 | 18 |
| Opening of 3/13/47 | 18 |
| Opening of 1914 | 15 |
| Opening of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"? | 57 |
| Opening of "A Tale of Two Cities" | 43 |
| Opening of | 10 |
| Opening numbers? | 16 |
| Opening number? | 15 |
| Opening number of "Hair" | 34 |
| Opening number | 14 |
| Opening notes | 13 |
| Opening note to "Carmen"? | 35 |
| Opening note of "Das Rheingold" | 41 |
| Opening nights, e.g. | 20 |
| Opening night? | 14 |
| Opening night wear, perhaps | 27 |
| Opening night triumphs | 22 |
| Opening night preceder | 22 |
| Opening night nightmares | 24 |
| Opening night nightmare | 23 |
| Opening night invitee | 21 |
| Opening night expression (with a hidden veggie) | 47 |
| Opening night attendee | 22 |
| Opening night after-party | 25 |
| Opening night | 13 |
| Opening necessity? | 18 |
| Opening musical bars, for short | 31 |
| Opening moves | 13 |
| Opening movement of Holst's "The Planets" | 55 |
| Opening move | 12 |
| Opening monologue, for short | 28 |
| Opening minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" | 50 |
| Opening matter | 14 |
| Opening maneuvers | 17 |
| Opening maneuver to gain advantage | 34 |
| Opening maneuver | 16 |
| Opening lines? | 14 |
| Opening lines of a drama | 24 |
| Opening lines | 13 |
| Opening line? | 13 |
| Opening line of a 1966 #1 Beatles hit | 37 |
| Opening line of "Moby-Dork"? | 38 |
| Opening line from someone phoning home | 38 |