| Start of an exaggeration | 24 |
| Start of an evolutionary quip | 29 |
| Start of an Erma Bombeck quip | 29 |
| Start of an engagement, often | 29 |
| Start of an encouraging cry | 27 |
| Start of an encouraging adage | 29 |
| Start of an Emerson quote | 25 |
| Start of an emergency call | 26 |
| Start of an elimination rhyme | 29 |
| Start of an elimination | 23 |
| Start of an Elgar title | 23 |
| Start of an elementary lesson | 29 |
| Start of an Einstein quote | 26 |
| Start of an egotistical quip | 28 |
| Start of an Edna Millay verse | 29 |
| Start of an Ed McMahon intro | 28 |
| Start of an Eastern title | 25 |
| Start of an Easter prayer | 25 |
| Start of an Eagles hit title | 28 |
| Start of an Ayn Rand title | 26 |
| Start of an Austen title | 24 |
| Start of an auction offer | 25 |
| Start of an aside, for short | 28 |
| Start of an anonymous quip | 26 |
| Start of an annual request | 26 |
| Start of an animated query | 26 |
| Start of an Andy Rooney quote | 29 |
| Start of an Andy Rooney quip | 28 |
| Start of an Andy Capp toast | 27 |
| Start of an ancient boast | 25 |
| Start of an amusing musing | 26 |
| Start of an alphabet song | 25 |
| Start of an alphabet book | 25 |
| Start of an algebra problem | 27 |
| Start of an aging question | 26 |
| Start of an age-old quip | 24 |
| Start of an afterthought | 24 |
| Start of an African capital | 27 |
| Start of an admonition | 22 |
| Start of an Adams hymn | 22 |
| Start of an 1880 song title | 27 |
| Start of Alaska's motto | 27 |
| Start of adolescence and war | 28 |
| Start of a Zsa Zsa quip | 23 |
| Start of a Yuletide reading | 27 |
| Start of a yule reading | 23 |
| Start of a Yogi Berra quote | 27 |
| Start of a Yogi Berra quip | 26 |
| Start of a WWW address | 22 |
| Start of a workplace quip | 25 |
| Start of a workout motto | 24 |
| Start of a workout credo | 24 |
| Start of a word ladder | 22 |
| Start of a Woody Allen title | 28 |
| Start of a Woody Allen quip | 27 |
| Start of a Wolfe title | 22 |
| Start of a wk., workwise | 24 |
| Start of a wishful comment | 26 |
| Start of a winning line | 23 |
| Start of a Williams title | 25 |
| Start of a Will Rogers quip | 27 |
| Start of a Will Rogers line | 27 |
| Start of a Wilde comment | 24 |
| Start of a wife's remark | 28 |
| Start of a wife's lament | 28 |
| Start of a wife's comment | 29 |
| Start of a whispered comment | 28 |
| Start of a whaler's cry | 27 |
| Start of a whale of a story | 27 |
| Start of a well-known series | 28 |
| Start of a well-known round | 27 |
| Start of a well-known poem | 26 |
| Start of a well-known hymn | 26 |
| Start of a weird infraction? | 28 |
| Start of a wedding proverb | 26 |
| Start of a Web site address | 27 |
| Start of a web address? | 23 |
| Start of a web address | 22 |
| Start of a warm weather pun | 27 |
| Start of a Wagner title | 23 |
| Start of a vowel sequence | 25 |
| Start of a vowel recital | 24 |
| Start of a voter's quip | 27 |
| Start of a Vol. I heading | 25 |
| Start of a Vol. 1 heading | 25 |
| Start of a verbal quip | 22 |
| Start of a valentine message | 28 |
| Start of a Union anthem | 23 |
| Start of a U.S. capital | 23 |
| Start of a U.S. Army slogan | 27 |
| Start of a typing exercise | 26 |
| Start of a TV improv title | 26 |
| Start of a tuneful lament | 25 |
| Start of a tryst request | 24 |
| Start of a Trump book title | 27 |
| Start of a trivia question | 26 |
| Start of a triple jump | 22 |
| Start of a tots' song | 25 |
| Start of a tot's tune | 25 |
| Start of a tot's song | 25 |