| Start of a quote by Samuel Johnson | 34 |
| Start of a quote for mature solvers | 35 |
| Start of a quote from "Hamlet" | 40 |
| Start of a quote from Emily Dickinson | 37 |
| Start of a quote from physicist Marcelo Gleiser | 47 |
| Start of a quote from the kitchen | 33 |
| Start of a quote that appears in both testaments | 48 |
| Start of a quote you'll piece together | 42 |
| Start of a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote | 36 |
| Start of a recipe directive, perhaps | 36 |
| Start of a reformed debtor's quip | 37 |
| Start of a religious observance? | 32 |
| Start of a remark about basic economics | 39 |
| Start of a remark by Ambrose Bierce | 35 |
| Start of a request for divine intervention | 42 |
| Start of a resolution by comedian Steven Wright | 47 |
| Start of a response to "What?" | 40 |
| Start of a response to a brainteaser | 36 |
| Start of a revealing observation | 32 |
| Start of a rhyme about a spry lad | 33 |
| Start of a rhyme by E. C. Bentley | 33 |
| Start of a rhyme featuring a butcher and baker | 46 |
| Start of a rhyming dog's name | 33 |
| Start of a ringmaster's announcement | 40 |
| Start of a ristorante order for the family | 42 |
| Start of a rule with numerous exceptions | 40 |
| Start of a Russian author's quote | 37 |
| Start of a Sam Levenson book title | 34 |
| Start of a Samuel Johnson quotation | 35 |
| Start of a savvy woman's reply | 34 |
| Start of a saying about forgiveness | 35 |
| Start of a saying about violent TV news | 39 |
| Start of a saying on forgiveness | 32 |
| Start of a scale with no flats or sharps | 40 |
| Start of a Schwarzenegger catchphrase | 37 |
| Start of a seasonal passage from Luke | 37 |
| Start of a series starring Mario Lopez | 38 |
| Start of a Shirley Chisholm quote | 33 |
| Start of a show-off kid's cry | 33 |
| Start of a sign in a costume store | 34 |
| Start of a sign in a restaurant's window | 44 |
| Start of a sleeper's observation | 36 |
| Start of a slippery nickname for John Gotti | 43 |
| Start of a slogan heard in March | 32 |
| Start of a song that ends with "brave" | 48 |
| Start of a song with the cry "Yo-ho-ho" | 49 |
| Start of a sound man's mike check | 37 |
| Start of a Spanish Christmas greeting | 37 |
| Start of a spider's description, in song | 44 |
| Start of a sports fan's weighty remark | 42 |
| Start of a stampede, maybe [think Ford] | 39 |
| Start of a statement about divinity | 35 |
| Start of a statement re human variegation | 41 |
| Start of a statesman's statement | 36 |
| Start of a stroll down memory lane | 34 |
| Start of a student's comment | 32 |
| Start of a suburbanite's lament | 35 |
| Start of a Swiftian mot on aging | 32 |
| Start of a taunt to one with a losing poker hand | 48 |
| Start of a teen-ager's essay | 32 |
| Start of a Tennessee Williams title | 35 |
| Start of a text-message afterthought | 36 |
| Start of a Thomas Jefferson quote | 33 |
| Start of a thought by Oscar Wilde | 33 |
| Start of a thought-provoking question | 37 |
| Start of a thought-provoking quip | 33 |
| Start of a thrill-seeker's mantra | 37 |
| Start of a tip for avoiding embarrassment | 41 |
| Start of a Tom Cruise film title | 32 |
| Start of a tongue-in-cheek Earl Wilson quip | 43 |
| Start of a Tony Orlando hit song title | 38 |
| Start of a Tony Orlando song title | 34 |
| Start of a touch-tone telephone instruction | 43 |
| Start of a tournament ... or the end of a match? | 48 |
| Start of a traditional love story | 33 |
| Start of a traditional school song | 34 |
| Start of a translation of a Columbus log | 40 |
| Start of a treasure hunt instruction | 36 |
| Start of a trip in a bathysphere | 32 |
| Start of a trucker's communication | 38 |
| Start of a truism about human productivity | 42 |
| Start of a tryster's message | 32 |
| Start of a TV viewer's lament | 33 |
| Start of a vacillator's quip | 32 |
| Start of a verse about holiday fruitcake | 40 |
| Start of a Vladimir Nabokov novel | 33 |
| Start of a waffle-grabbing slogan | 33 |
| Start of a wand waver's utterance | 37 |
| Start of a warning by A.P. Gouthey | 34 |
| Start of a warning for Paul Revere | 34 |
| Start of a warning sign for restaurant customers | 48 |
| Start of a warning to candidates | 32 |
| Start of a warning to couch potatoes | 36 |
| Start of a warning to mudslingers | 33 |
| Start of a weightlifting maneuver | 33 |
| Start of a well-known palindrome | 32 |
| Start of a well-known tongue twister | 36 |
| Start of a whale-spotter's cry | 34 |
| Start of a whispered comment, perhaps | 37 |
| Start of a wide-area police radio alert | 39 |