| Start of a sunflower | 20 |
| Start of a summer shower | 24 |
| Start of a suit | 15 |
| Start of a suburbanite's lament | 35 |
| Start of a sub-headline that ran in the WSJ sports section on 4/1/14 | 68 |
| Start of a students' song | 29 |
| Start of a student's comment | 32 |
| Start of a strong statement | 27 |
| Start of a strong opinion | 25 |
| Start of a stroll down memory lane | 34 |
| Start of a string of 13 Popes | 29 |
| Start of a Streisand song | 25 |
| Start of a Streisand hit | 24 |
| Start of a street | 17 |
| Start of a strange philosophy | 29 |
| Start of a story? (1977) | 24 |
| Start of a story | 16 |
| Start of a Stone Age yell | 25 |
| Start of a Steven Wright quote | 30 |
| Start of a Stepquote | 20 |
| Start of a Stendahl title | 25 |
| Start of a Steinbeck title | 26 |
| Start of a Stein line | 21 |
| Start of a Steele quotation | 27 |
| Start of a statesman's statement | 36 |
| Start of a statement re human variegation | 41 |
| Start of a statement about divinity | 35 |
| Start of a stated opinion | 25 |
| Start of a state's name | 27 |
| Start of a state capital | 24 |
| Start of a stampede, maybe [think Ford] | 39 |
| Start of a stage play | 21 |
| Start of a sports quip | 22 |
| Start of a sports prediction | 28 |
| Start of a sports fan's weighty remark | 42 |
| Start of a spill | 16 |
| Start of a spider's description, in song | 44 |
| Start of a spelling? | 20 |
| Start of a spelling rule | 24 |
| Start of a spelling mnemonic | 28 |
| Start of a spell? | 17 |
| Start of a spell | 16 |
| Start of a speech | 17 |
| Start of a speculative comment | 30 |
| Start of a speculation | 22 |
| Start of a Spanish count | 24 |
| Start of a Spanish Christmas greeting | 37 |
| Start of a Spanish cheer | 24 |
| Start of a sowing adage | 23 |
| Start of a sound man's mike check | 37 |
| Start of a song with the cry "Yo-ho-ho" | 49 |
| Start of a song that ends with "brave" | 48 |
| Start of a song question | 24 |
| Start of a song about Paris | 27 |
| Start of a Sondheim song | 24 |
| Start of a somewhat needy quip | 30 |
| Start of a solution | 19 |
| Start of a soliloquy by Hamlet | 30 |
| Start of a soliloquy | 20 |
| Start of a Soho toast | 21 |
| Start of a Socratic quotation | 29 |
| Start of a social definition | 28 |
| Start of a smoke signal | 23 |
| Start of a small sundae | 23 |
| Start of a small request | 24 |
| Start of a slogan heard in March | 32 |
| Start of a slippery nickname for John Gotti | 43 |
| Start of a Sleepy refrain? | 26 |
| Start of a sleepy pun | 21 |
| Start of a sleeper's observation | 36 |
| Start of a slacker's quip | 29 |
| Start of a skin doc's motto | 31 |
| Start of a simple request | 25 |
| Start of a simple game | 22 |
| Start of a Simon opus | 21 |
| Start of a silly underwear joke | 31 |
| Start of a silly quip | 21 |
| Start of a silly question | 25 |
| Start of a silly ad jingle | 26 |
| Start of a sign on a gate | 25 |
| Start of a sign in a restaurant's window | 44 |
| Start of a sign in a costume store | 34 |
| Start of a Sierra Club tour? | 28 |
| Start of a showbiz question about whether a hit in one town will be a hit in a different town | 93 |
| Start of a show-off kid's cry | 33 |
| Start of a show | 15 |
| Start of a Shirley Chisholm quote | 33 |
| Start of a Sherwood title | 25 |
| Start of a Shaw title | 21 |
| Start of a Shakespearean title | 30 |
| Start of a Shakespeare title | 28 |
| Start of a Shakespeare line that ends "Then fall, Caesar" | 67 |
| Start of a Seuss title | 22 |
| Start of a series starring Mario Lopez | 38 |
| Start of a series of 24 | 23 |
| Start of a series | 17 |
| Start of a serial | 17 |
| Start of a sequel title | 23 |
| Start of a sequel | 17 |
| Start of a September 1 query | 28 |