| Start of a message to the Met | 29 |
| Start of a message to Mom | 25 |
| Start of a message on a Lincoln Center T-shirt | 46 |
| Start of a message I saw on a sign in front of a certain church | 63 |
| Start of a message | 18 |
| Start of a memorable tongue twister | 35 |
| Start of a memorable JFK quote | 30 |
| Start of a memorable 1961 admonition | 36 |
| Start of a memo heading | 23 |
| Start of a McCullers title | 26 |
| Start of a maxim published in 1735 | 34 |
| Start of a master plan, perhaps | 31 |
| Start of a master plan | 22 |
| Start of a massive renovation, for short | 40 |
| Start of a Marx Brothers title | 30 |
| Start of a marksman's orders | 32 |
| Start of a market forecast | 26 |
| Start of a Mark Twain quote | 27 |
| Start of a Mark Twain quip | 26 |
| Start of a Mark Twain comment | 29 |
| Start of a March 17 greeting | 28 |
| Start of a major scale with no sharps or flats | 46 |
| Start of a magician's word | 30 |
| Start of a magician's phrase | 32 |
| Start of a magician's incantation | 37 |
| Start of a magician's cry | 29 |
| Start of a magical word | 23 |
| Start of a magical incantation | 30 |
| Start of a magical chant | 24 |
| Start of a magic phrase | 23 |
| Start of a magic incantation | 28 |
| Start of a Mae West quote | 25 |
| Start of a MacArthur quote | 26 |
| Start of a lyrical dedication | 29 |
| Start of a lunar calendar abroad | 32 |
| Start of a Lulu hit | 19 |
| Start of a loyalty oath | 23 |
| Start of a lover's request | 30 |
| Start of a lover's quatrain | 31 |
| Start of a love letter | 22 |
| Start of a Louis XV quote | 25 |
| Start of a lothario's question | 34 |
| Start of a Longfellow poem | 26 |
| Start of a long-odds phrase | 27 |
| Start of a long-distance instruction | 36 |
| Start of a long-distance call | 29 |
| Start of a long story? | 22 |
| Start of a long story | 21 |
| Start of a long drive? | 22 |
| Start of a long distance call | 29 |
| Start of a long battle | 22 |
| Start of a logical argument | 27 |
| Start of a little daredevil's declaration | 45 |
| Start of a literary series | 26 |
| Start of a list of examples | 27 |
| Start of a list | 15 |
| Start of a line for Juliet | 26 |
| Start of a line ending in a sum? | 32 |
| Start of a line by Tennyson | 27 |
| Start of a line by Juliet | 25 |
| Start of a Lincoln address | 26 |
| Start of a limerick | 19 |
| Start of a lilt, perhaps | 24 |
| Start of a life crisis? | 23 |
| Start of a library volume discussion? | 37 |
| Start of a library conversation | 31 |
| Start of a letter to Landers | 28 |
| Start of a letter of request | 28 |
| Start of a letter arrangement | 29 |
| Start of a letter accompanying a manuscript | 43 |
| Start of a letter | 17 |
| Start of a legal plea | 21 |
| Start of a legal memo | 21 |
| Start of a legal conclusion | 27 |
| Start of a legal clarification | 30 |
| Start of a learning song | 24 |
| Start of a law professor's statement of conjecture | 54 |
| Start of a law observed by Charles Schulz | 41 |
| Start of a Laurence J. Peter quote | 34 |
| Start of a laugh | 16 |
| Start of a Latin trio | 21 |
| Start of a Latin I conjugation | 30 |
| Start of a Latin hymn | 21 |
| Start of a Latin conjugation for "love" | 49 |
| Start of a Latin conjugation | 28 |
| Start of a Latin boast | 22 |
| Start of a Latin 101 trio | 25 |
| Start of a Latin 101 series | 27 |
| Start of a Latin 101 conjugation | 32 |
| Start of a lapel-button warning message | 39 |
| Start of a Langston Hughes title | 32 |
| Start of a Langston Hughes quote | 32 |
| Start of a lament from Juliet | 29 |
| Start of a lament by Juliet | 27 |
| Start of a lad's first beard | 32 |
| Start of a laconic saying | 25 |
| Start of a Kramden laugh | 24 |
| Start of a kooky version of a fairy tale | 40 |
| Start of a kitchen quip | 23 |
| Start of a Kipling trio | 23 |