| Start of an afterthought | 24 |
| Start of an age-old quip | 24 |
| Start of an aging question | 26 |
| Start of an algebra problem | 27 |
| 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 animated query | 26 |
| Start of an annual request | 26 |
| Start of an anonymous quip | 26 |
| Start of an aside, for short | 28 |
| Start of an auction offer | 25 |
| Start of an Austen title | 24 |
| Start of an Ayn Rand title | 26 |
| Start of an Eagles hit title | 28 |
| Start of an Easter prayer | 25 |
| Start of an Eastern title | 25 |
| Start of an Ed McMahon intro | 28 |
| Start of an Edna Millay verse | 29 |
| Start of an egotistical quip | 28 |
| Start of an Einstein quote | 26 |
| Start of an elementary lesson | 29 |
| Start of an Elgar title | 23 |
| Start of an elimination | 23 |
| Start of an elimination rhyme | 29 |
| Start of an emergency call | 26 |
| Start of an Emerson quote | 25 |
| Start of an encouraging adage | 29 |
| Start of an encouraging cry | 27 |
| Start of an engagement, often | 29 |
| Start of an Erma Bombeck quip | 29 |
| Start of an evolutionary quip | 29 |
| Start of an exaggeration | 24 |
| Start of an expiration notice | 29 |
| Start of an explanation | 23 |
| Start of an eyewitness report | 29 |
| Start of an Ibsen title | 23 |
| Start of an idle question | 25 |
| Start of an idle thought | 24 |
| Start of an Illinois city | 25 |
| Start of an incantation | 23 |
| Start of an initiative | 22 |
| Start of an intentional walk | 28 |
| Start of an intermission? | 25 |
| Start of an inventory quip | 26 |
| Start of an invocation | 22 |
| Start of an Irish flier | 23 |
| Start of an ironic reminder | 27 |
| Start of an Irwin Shaw title | 28 |
| Start of an N.B.A. game | 23 |
| Start of an NBA paradox | 23 |
| Start of an O'Casey opus | 28 |
| Start of an O'Neill play | 28 |
| Start of an O'Neill title | 29 |
| Start of an O. Henry quote | 26 |
| Start of an observation | 23 |
| Start of an ode's title | 27 |
| Start of an Odets title | 23 |
| Start of an office quip | 23 |
| Start of an Ogden Nash rhyme | 28 |
| Start of an old Army slogan | 27 |
| Start of an old proverb | 23 |
| Start of an old school song | 27 |
| Start of an old song lyric | 26 |
| Start of an orator's quip | 29 |
| Start of an Oscar Wilde quote | 29 |
| Start of an unhealthy quip | 26 |
| Start of Burma Shave Ad #I | 26 |
| Start of Burma Shave Ad #II | 27 |
| Start of Caesar's boast | 27 |
| Start of Caesar's claims | 28 |
| Start of Caesar's message | 29 |
| Start of Caesar's query | 27 |
| Start of Caesar's report | 28 |
| Start of Cain's query | 25 |
| Start of Cain's question | 28 |
| Start of certain addresses | 26 |
| Start of Claudius' reign | 28 |
| Start of communications? | 24 |
| Start of corner or pillar | 25 |
| Start of Dickens title | 22 |
| Start of eighth century | 23 |
| Start of el calendario | 22 |
| Start of esteem or analysis? | 28 |
| Start of evening light | 22 |
| Start of Gertrude's quote | 29 |
| Start of hazarding a guess | 26 |
| Start of his wife's reply | 29 |
| Start of Iago's aria | 24 |
| Start of Idaho's motto | 26 |
| Start of Indy 500 instruction | 29 |
| Start of January riddle | 23 |
| Start of Juliet's musing | 28 |
| Start of Kansas' motto | 26 |
| Start of Kansas's motto | 27 |
| Start of learning song | 22 |