| Start of a phrase of regret | 27 |
| Start of a piece of advice | 26 |
| Start of a pirate chant | 23 |
| Start of a pirate's chant | 29 |
| Start of a playground chant | 27 |
| Start of a playground rhyme | 27 |
| Start of a poetic quip | 22 |
| Start of a point to ponder | 26 |
| Start of a Poitier film title | 29 |
| Start of a Poitier title | 24 |
| Start of a Pope string | 22 |
| Start of a popular cheer | 24 |
| Start of a popular palindrome | 29 |
| Start of a popular phrase | 25 |
| Start of a popular round song | 29 |
| Start of a popular saying | 25 |
| Start of a postwar period | 25 |
| Start of a prank, maybe | 23 |
| Start of a pregame number | 25 |
| Start of a pregame ritual | 25 |
| Start of a prehistoric yell? | 28 |
| Start of a preschool song | 25 |
| Start of a presidential march | 29 |
| Start of a pressurized quip | 27 |
| Start of a profound question | 28 |
| Start of a progression | 22 |
| Start of a prohibition | 22 |
| Start of a promise, perhaps | 27 |
| Start of a proscription | 23 |
| Start of a pun about pounds | 27 |
| Start of a puzzler's wish | 29 |
| Start of a question to ponder | 29 |
| Start of a quip by Bob Hope | 27 |
| Start of a quip by Lady Astor | 29 |
| Start of a quip for parents | 27 |
| Start of a quip from a hunter | 29 |
| Start of a quotable boast | 25 |
| Start of a quotation by Anon. | 29 |
| Start of a quote by Aristotle | 29 |
| Start of a quote by Lou Reed | 28 |
| Start of a recipe direction | 27 |
| Start of a religious title | 26 |
| Start of a remark by Mae West | 29 |
| Start of a Remarque title | 25 |
| Start of a reply to Virginia | 28 |
| Start of a request to a genie | 29 |
| Start of a restaurant order | 27 |
| Start of a rhyming quip | 23 |
| Start of a rhyming taunt | 24 |
| Start of a Rita Rudner quip | 27 |
| Start of a roadside verse | 25 |
| Start of a Roger Ebert quip | 27 |
| Start of a romantic rhyme | 25 |
| Start of a rumor report | 23 |
| Start of a Russian proverb | 26 |
| Start of a saga, maybe | 22 |
| Start of a sage thought | 23 |
| Start of a sailing caveat | 25 |
| Start of a Salinger title | 25 |
| Start of a sarcastic laugh | 26 |
| Start of a sarcastic question | 29 |
| Start of a school rule | 22 |
| Start of a Schubert song | 24 |
| Start of a Scott Adams quip | 27 |
| Start of a Scrabble game | 24 |
| Start of a seasonal greeting | 28 |
| Start of a seasonal letter | 26 |
| Start of a seasonal song | 24 |
| Start of a selecting rhyme | 26 |
| Start of a selection process | 28 |
| Start of a selection ritual | 27 |
| Start of a self-defense art | 27 |
| Start of a September 1 query | 28 |
| Start of a sequel title | 23 |
| Start of a series of 24 | 23 |
| Start of a Seuss title | 22 |
| Start of a Shakespeare title | 28 |
| Start of a Sherwood title | 25 |
| Start of a Sierra Club tour? | 28 |
| Start of a sign on a gate | 25 |
| Start of a silly ad jingle | 26 |
| Start of a silly question | 25 |
| Start of a simple game | 22 |
| Start of a simple request | 25 |
| Start of a slacker's quip | 29 |
| Start of a Sleepy refrain? | 26 |
| Start of a small request | 24 |
| Start of a small sundae | 23 |
| Start of a smoke signal | 23 |
| Start of a social definition | 28 |
| Start of a Socratic quotation | 29 |
| Start of a Sondheim song | 24 |
| Start of a song about Paris | 27 |
| Start of a song question | 24 |
| Start of a sowing adage | 23 |
| Start of a Spanish cheer | 24 |
| Start of a Spanish count | 24 |
| Start of a speculation | 22 |
| Start of a spelling mnemonic | 28 |
| Start of a spelling rule | 24 |