| Start of a generous claim | 25 |
| Start of a Garland vehicle | 26 |
| Start of a Gardner title | 24 |
| Start of a G.B.S. title | 23 |
| Start of a G.B.S. quote | 23 |
| Start of a frisky quip | 22 |
| Start of a French toast | 23 |
| Start of a French protest | 25 |
| Start of a French oath | 22 |
| Start of a Franklin quotation | 29 |
| Start of a frank discussion | 27 |
| Start of a Fran Lebowitz quip | 29 |
| Start of a four-part saying | 27 |
| Start of a four-line verse | 26 |
| Start of a four-legged quip | 27 |
| Start of a form to fill out | 27 |
| Start of a forbiddance | 22 |
| Start of a football play | 24 |
| Start of a football game | 24 |
| Start of a Fonda film title | 27 |
| Start of a Flintstone cry | 25 |
| Start of a Flintstone cheer | 27 |
| Start of a fitness motto | 24 |
| Start of a few choice words? | 28 |
| Start of a Faulkner title | 25 |
| Start of a Faulkner novel | 25 |
| Start of a Fats Domino title | 28 |
| Start of a fatheaded quip | 25 |
| Start of a farm riddle | 22 |
| Start of a famous soliloquy | 27 |
| Start of a famous palindrome | 28 |
| Start of a famous motto | 23 |
| Start of a famous hymn | 22 |
| Start of a famous adage | 23 |
| Start of a familiar series | 26 |
| Start of a familiar poem | 24 |
| Start of a familiar lineup | 26 |
| Start of a famed soliloquy | 26 |
| Start of a famed palindrome | 27 |
| Start of a fallibility adage | 28 |
| Start of a fairy tale chant | 27 |
| Start of a Durante tune | 23 |
| Start of a Durante title | 24 |
| Start of a Durante song title | 29 |
| Start of a Durante refrain | 26 |
| Start of a droll observation | 28 |
| Start of a driver's quip | 28 |
| Start of a Dr. Seuss title | 26 |
| Start of a Dr Pepper jingle | 27 |
| Start of a doubleheader | 23 |
| Start of a Dostoyevsky title | 28 |
| Start of a doo-wop phrase | 25 |
| Start of a Donne quote | 22 |
| Start of a Dolly Parton quote | 29 |
| Start of a director's cry | 29 |
| Start of a diehard motto | 24 |
| 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 definition of golf | 29 |
| Start of a dedicatory title | 27 |
| Start of a declaration | 22 |
| Start of a Danny Elfman band | 28 |
| Start of a daffy definition | 27 |
| Start of a cynical verse | 24 |
| Start of a curious query | 24 |
| Start of a cry by Juliet | 24 |
| Start of a critical call | 24 |
| Start of a cowboy romance? | 26 |
| Start of a court presentation | 29 |
| Start of a court display | 24 |
| Start of a country song? | 24 |
| Start of a counting-out rhyme | 29 |
| Start of a counting rhyme | 25 |
| Start of a counting out rhyme | 29 |
| Start of a countdown, perhaps | 29 |
| Start of a countdown, often | 27 |
| Start of a cosmetical inquiry | 29 |
| Start of a cosmetic question | 28 |
| Start of a congratulatory cry | 29 |
| Start of a Confucian aphorism | 29 |
| Start of a confession, maybe | 28 |
| Start of a common-sense quip | 28 |
| Start of a comment on proof | 27 |
| Start of a comment by JFK | 25 |
| Start of a commandment | 22 |
| Start of a comic's quip | 27 |
| Start of a comic query | 22 |
| Start of a colorful mnemonic | 28 |
| Start of a colorful comment | 27 |
| Start of a Cockney toast | 24 |
| Start of a clinical trial | 25 |
| Start of a classic question | 27 |
| Start of a classic palindrome | 29 |
| Start of a classic JFK line | 27 |
| Start of a clarification | 24 |