| Start of a sentence said while squinting at small print | 55 |
| Start of a semiserious question | 31 |
| Start of a self-defense art | 27 |
| Start of a selection ritual | 27 |
| Start of a selection process | 28 |
| Start of a selecting rhyme | 26 |
| Start of a segue | 16 |
| Start of a seasonal song title | 30 |
| Start of a seasonal song | 24 |
| Start of a seasonal passage from Luke | 37 |
| Start of a seasonal letter | 26 |
| Start of a seasonal greeting | 28 |
| Start of a seasonal definition | 30 |
| Start of a Scrabble game | 24 |
| Start of a Scott Adams quip | 27 |
| Start of a Schwarzenegger quote | 31 |
| Start of a Schwarzenegger catchphrase | 37 |
| Start of a Schubert song | 24 |
| Start of a school rule | 22 |
| Start of a scale with no flats or sharps | 40 |
| Start of a scale | 16 |
| Start of a saying on forgiveness | 32 |
| Start of a saying about violent TV news | 39 |
| Start of a saying about forgiveness | 35 |
| Start of a savvy woman's reply | 34 |
| Start of a sarcastic question | 29 |
| Start of a sarcastic laugh | 26 |
| Start of a Samuel Johnson quotation | 35 |
| Start of a Sam Levenson book title | 34 |
| Start of a Salinger title | 25 |
| Start of a sailor's warning | 31 |
| Start of a sailing caveat | 25 |
| Start of a sage thought | 23 |
| Start of a saga, maybe | 22 |
| Start of a Russian proverb | 26 |
| Start of a Russian author's quote | 37 |
| Start of a run | 14 |
| Start of a rumor report | 23 |
| Start of a rumor | 16 |
| Start of a rule with numerous exceptions | 40 |
| Start of a rule that keeps you from spelling weirdly? | 53 |
| Start of a round | 16 |
| Start of a Ross Thatcher quote | 30 |
| Start of a romantic rhyme | 25 |
| Start of a Roger Ebert quip | 27 |
| Start of a rocket's journey | 31 |
| Start of a Robin Williams quip | 30 |
| Start of a Robert Pirsig title | 30 |
| Start of a roadside verse | 25 |
| Start of a Rita Rudner quip | 27 |
| Start of a ristorante order for the family | 42 |
| Start of a ringmaster's announcement | 40 |
| Start of a riddle | 17 |
| Start of a rhyming taunt | 24 |
| Start of a rhyming song title featuring a little Spanish | 56 |
| Start of a rhyming quip | 23 |
| Start of a rhyming dog's name | 33 |
| Start of a rhyming Basque game | 30 |
| Start of a rhyme featuring a butcher and baker | 46 |
| Start of a rhyme by E. C. Bentley | 33 |
| Start of a rhyme about a tiger | 30 |
| Start of a rhyme about a spry lad | 33 |
| Start of a revival? | 19 |
| Start of a revealing observation | 32 |
| Start of a retort that ends "but names will never hurt me" | 68 |
| Start of a restaurant order | 27 |
| Start of a response to a brainteaser | 36 |
| Start of a response to "What?" | 40 |
| Start of a resolution by comedian Steven Wright | 47 |
| Start of a request to a genie | 29 |
| Start of a request for divine intervention | 42 |
| Start of a request | 18 |
| Start of a reprimand | 20 |
| Start of a reply to Virginia | 28 |
| Start of a reminder | 19 |
| Start of a Remarque title | 25 |
| Start of a remark by Mae West | 29 |
| Start of a remark by Ambrose Bierce | 35 |
| Start of a remark about basic economics | 39 |
| Start of a religious title | 26 |
| Start of a religious observance? | 32 |
| Start of a rejected suitor's "sour grapes" | 56 |
| Start of a refusal | 18 |
| Start of a refrain | 18 |
| Start of a reformed debtor's quip | 37 |
| Start of a referral | 19 |
| Start of a recipe directive, perhaps | 36 |
| Start of a recipe direction | 27 |
| Start of a rap joke? | 20 |
| Start of a Rand title | 21 |
| Start of a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote | 36 |
| Start of a Ralph Kramden laugh | 30 |
| Start of a race? | 16 |
| Start of a quote you'll piece together | 42 |
| Start of a quote that appears in both testaments | 48 |
| Start of a quote on obstinacy by James Russell Lowell | 53 |
| Start of a quote from the kitchen | 33 |
| Start of a quote from the boss | 30 |
| Start of a quote from Proverbs | 30 |
| Start of a quote from physicist Marcelo Gleiser | 47 |