| Start of a Dr. Frankenstein comment on his monster | 50 |
| Start of a Dr Pepper jingle | 27 |
| Start of a doubleheader | 23 |
| Start of a Dostoyevsky title | 28 |
| Start of a Doris Day song title | 31 |
| Start of a doo-wop phrase | 25 |
| Start of a Donne quote | 22 |
| Start of a Dolly Parton quote | 29 |
| Start of a dogwatch | 19 |
| Start of a dog star's name | 30 |
| Start of a dog owner's sign | 31 |
| Start of a dog | 14 |
| Start of a doctor's response | 32 |
| Start of a director's directive | 35 |
| Start of a director's cry | 29 |
| Start of a directive to a psychiatrist's receptionist | 57 |
| Start of a diner's question to a B'way waiter | 53 |
| Start of a diehard motto | 24 |
| Start of a dicker | 17 |
| Start of a Dickensian request | 29 |
| Start of a Dickens title | 24 |
| Start of a Dickens novel | 24 |
| Start of a Dickens classic | 26 |
| Start of a Dickenstitle | 24 |
| Start of a diary entry? | 23 |
| Start of a diary entry | 22 |
| Start of a dentist's advice | 31 |
| Start of a deluge | 17 |
| Start of a definition of happiness | 34 |
| Start of a definition of good speakers | 38 |
| Start of a definition of golf | 29 |
| Start of a definition of "microsecond" | 48 |
| Start of a definition of "elbonics" (a word that doesn't exist but should) | 88 |
| Start of a dedicatory title | 27 |
| Start of a declaration | 22 |
| Start of a decision-making process | 34 |
| Start of a David Letterman countdown | 36 |
| Start of a Danny Elfman band | 28 |
| Start of a Daniel Webster quote | 31 |
| Start of a damsel's distressed demand | 41 |
| Start of a daisy-plucker's phrase | 37 |
| Start of a daily school recital | 31 |
| Start of a daffy definition | 27 |
| Start of a D.H. Lawrence title | 30 |
| Start of a D. H. Lawrence title | 31 |
| Start of a cynicism about people | 32 |
| Start of a cynical verse | 24 |
| Start of a cynic's definition of "love" | 53 |
| Start of a cycle? | 17 |
| Start of a curious query | 24 |
| Start of a crystal gazer's statement | 40 |
| Start of a crystal ball user's prediction | 45 |
| Start of a cry by Juliet | 24 |
| Start of a critical call | 24 |
| Start of a crash blossom that ran in the Gloucestershire Echo on 2/2/11 | 71 |
| Start of a cowboy romance? | 26 |
| Start of a court presentation | 29 |
| Start of a court game | 21 |
| Start of a court display | 24 |
| Start of a country song? | 24 |
| Start of a country | 18 |
| Start of a counting-out rhyme | 29 |
| Start of a counting-out refrain | 31 |
| Start of a counting-out process | 31 |
| Start of a counting rhyme | 25 |
| Start of a counting out rhyme | 29 |
| Start of a counterfeiter's lament | 37 |
| Start of a countdown, perhaps | 29 |
| Start of a countdown, often | 27 |
| Start of a countdown | 20 |
| Start of a count-out | 20 |
| Start of a count-off | 20 |
| Start of a count | 16 |
| Start of a couch potato's quip | 34 |
| Start of a couch potato's lament | 36 |
| Start of a cosmetically sound quip | 34 |
| Start of a cosmetical inquiry | 29 |
| Start of a cosmetic question | 28 |
| Start of a correction | 21 |
| Start of a convention-hall lobby sign | 37 |
| Start of a conjecture re a novelty dance | 40 |
| Start of a conjecture | 21 |
| Start of a congratulatory cry | 29 |
| Start of a congratulation song | 30 |
| Start of a Confucian aphorism | 29 |
| Start of a conformist's phrase | 34 |
| Start of a confession, maybe | 28 |
| Start of a confession to a priest | 33 |
| Start of a confession from a certain repeat offender | 52 |
| Start of a confession | 21 |
| Start of a conclusion | 21 |
| Start of a comparison | 21 |
| Start of a common-sense quip | 28 |
| Start of a common run | 21 |
| Start of a comment on proof | 27 |
| Start of a comment on a popular adage | 37 |
| Start of a comment by JFK | 25 |
| Start of a comment by critic George Jean Nathan | 47 |
| Start of a commandment | 22 |
| Start of a comic's quip | 27 |