| Start of a quotable boast | 25 |
| Start of a quip from a hunter | 29 |
| Start of a quip for parents | 27 |
| Start of a quip by Lady Astor | 29 |
| Start of a quip by Bob Hope | 27 |
| Start of a question to ponder | 29 |
| Start of a puzzler's wish | 29 |
| Start of a pun about pounds | 27 |
| Start of a proscription | 23 |
| Start of a promise, perhaps | 27 |
| Start of a prohibition | 22 |
| Start of a progression | 22 |
| Start of a profound question | 28 |
| Start of a pressurized quip | 27 |
| Start of a presidential march | 29 |
| Start of a preschool song | 25 |
| Start of a prehistoric yell? | 28 |
| Start of a pregame ritual | 25 |
| Start of a pregame number | 25 |
| Start of a prank, maybe | 23 |
| Start of a postwar period | 25 |
| Start of a popular saying | 25 |
| Start of a popular round song | 29 |
| Start of a popular phrase | 25 |
| Start of a popular palindrome | 29 |
| Start of a popular cheer | 24 |
| Start of a Pope string | 22 |
| Start of a Poitier title | 24 |
| Start of a Poitier film title | 29 |
| Start of a point to ponder | 26 |
| Start of a poetic quip | 22 |
| Start of a playground rhyme | 27 |
| Start of a playground chant | 27 |
| Start of a pirate's chant | 29 |
| Start of a pirate chant | 23 |
| Start of a piece of advice | 26 |
| Start of a phrase of regret | 27 |
| Start of a personal note | 24 |
| Start of a Perry Mason title | 28 |
| Start of a performance | 22 |
| Start of a Penn film title | 26 |
| Start of a patriotic song | 25 |
| Start of a patriotic cheer | 26 |
| Start of a Parisian protest | 27 |
| Start of a paraphrased quote | 28 |
| Start of a one-two punch | 24 |
| Start of a nursery song | 23 |
| Start of a nursery rhyme | 24 |
| Start of a noted palindrome | 27 |
| Start of a noted mongoose | 25 |
| Start of a noted JFK quote | 26 |
| Start of a noted Italian song | 29 |
| Start of a noted B-29 name | 26 |
| Start of a nostalgic quote | 26 |
| Start of a Noel Coward song | 27 |
| Start of a Niels Bohr quote | 27 |
| Start of a Nichols title | 24 |
| Start of a newspaper banner | 27 |
| Start of a newsboy's cry | 28 |
| Start of a new Yule tree | 24 |
| Start of a new season: Abbr. | 28 |
| Start of a Neapolitan lament | 28 |
| Start of a nautical order | 25 |
| Start of a nautical day | 23 |
| Start of a nautical caveat | 26 |
| Start of a national anthem | 26 |
| Start of a Musketeer credo | 26 |
| Start of a musical series | 25 |
| Start of a musical scale | 24 |
| Start of a musical riddle | 25 |
| Start of a musical refrain | 26 |
| Start of a Mozart title | 23 |
| Start of a Mozart piece | 23 |
| Start of a Mozart opera | 23 |
| Start of a Mother Goose rhyme | 29 |
| Start of a money motto | 22 |
| Start of a modern address | 25 |
| Start of a mocking guffaw | 25 |
| Start of a Mitchell title | 25 |
| Start of a Mitch Albom quote | 28 |
| Start of a Milton Berle quip | 28 |
| Start of a Miller title | 23 |
| Start of a military motto | 25 |
| Start of a mil. career | 22 |
| Start of a Midwestern capital | 29 |
| Start of a message to the Met | 29 |
| Start of a message to Mom | 25 |
| Start of a memo heading | 23 |
| Start of a McCullers title | 26 |
| Start of a master plan | 22 |
| 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 magician's cry | 29 |
| Start of a magical word | 23 |
| Start of a magical chant | 24 |
| Start of a magic phrase | 23 |
| Start of a magic incantation | 28 |