| Start of a Will Rogers observation | 34 |
| Start of a witness's statement | 34 |
| Start of a worried tryster's statement | 42 |
| Start of a writer's question | 32 |
| Start of a wry remark about physical fitness | 44 |
| Start of almost every ZIP code in New York | 42 |
| 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 A/C installer's remark | 38 |
| Start of an Abraham Lincoln quotation | 37 |
| Start of an adage about forgiveness | 35 |
| Start of an adult school course name | 36 |
| Start of an advisor's lament | 32 |
| 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 Anne Lamott quotation | 33 |
| Start of an apocryphal confession | 33 |
| Start of an Army recruiting slogan | 34 |
| Start of an Army recruitment slogan | 35 |
| Start of an attention-getting call | 34 |
| Start of an attention-getting cry | 33 |
| Start of an attorney's ending | 33 |
| Start of an audiophile's wish | 33 |
| Start of an economist's observation | 39 |
| Start of an Edgard Varese quotation | 35 |
| Start of an Elbert Hubbard quote | 32 |
| Start of an Ella Fitzgerald standard | 36 |
| Start of an elocution class phrase | 34 |
| Start of an embarrassment simile | 32 |
| Start of an epic spaghetti western | 34 |
| Start of an epigram by J. J. Ingalls | 36 |
| Start of an erudite barfly's lament at curfew | 49 |
| Start of an example of Murphy's Law | 39 |
| Start of an excuse for inattention | 34 |
| Start of an exercise buff's motto | 37 |
| Start of an expansive definition | 32 |
| Start of an expiration date notice | 34 |
| Start of an explanation for canine friendship | 45 |
| Start of an explanation, perhaps | 32 |
| Start of an instructional series | 32 |
| Start of an inventor's thought | 34 |
| Start of an magician's incantation | 38 |
| Start of an observation by Bert L. Taylor | 41 |
| Start of an observation by Bill Gates | 37 |
| Start of an observation by Louis Auchincloss | 44 |
| Start of an observation by Tom Waits | 36 |
| Start of an oft-misquoted 1942 film line | 40 |
| Start of an oft-recited sequence | 32 |
| Start of an old Army recruiting line | 36 |
| Start of an old news announcement | 33 |
| Start of an old Wendy's slogan | 34 |
| Start of an online view, briefly | 32 |
| Start of an optical illusion quip | 33 |
| Start of an order to an attack dog | 34 |
| Start of an unromantic geometry problem | 39 |
| Start of Barney's theme song | 32 |
| Start of Caesar's comment at a museum? | 42 |
| Start of Caesar's declaration | 33 |
| Start of Caesar's final query | 33 |
| Start of Caesar's final statement | 37 |
| Start of Caesar's incredulous question | 42 |
| Start of Cain's famous question | 35 |
| Start of Cain's infamous question | 37 |
| Start of Canada's motto en francais | 39 |
| Start of Clement Moore's famous poem | 40 |
| Start of Clement Moore's poem | 33 |
| Start of Columbus's first voyage | 36 |
| Start of D.C.'s ZIP codes or area code | 42 |
| Start of Dumas's trio's motto | 37 |
| Start of Ed McMahon's famous intro | 38 |
| Start of Edward VIII's abdication statement | 47 |
| Start of Egypt's official name | 34 |
| Start of either syllable in "ginger" | 46 |
| Start of Finnigin's cable to Flannigan | 42 |
| Start of Fred Flintstone's cry | 34 |
| Start of Fred Flintstone's shout | 36 |
| Start of Frederick I's reign | 32 |
| Start of Gleason's sarcastic laugh | 38 |
| Start of God's words to Moses | 33 |
| Start of Hamlet's "Yorick" speech | 47 |
| Start of instructions for solving this puzzle | 45 |
| Start of JFK's famous challenge | 35 |
| Start of Juliet's balcony plea | 34 |
| Start of Julius Caesar's last line | 38 |
| Start of Julius III's papacy | 32 |
| Start of Julius's phrase for a carpenter? | 45 |
| Start of Karen Blixen's pen name | 36 |
| Start of Lady Montague's query | 34 |
| Start of Longfellow's "Revere" poem | 49 |
| Start of Lyte's notable hymn | 32 |
| Start of many a "Jeopardy!" response | 46 |
| Start of many a Catholic church name | 36 |
| Start of many a comment in Valspeak | 35 |
| Start of many a Scottish family name | 36 |
| Start of many adult school class names | 38 |
| Start of many an English inn's name | 39 |
| Start of many an exclamation from Robin | 39 |