| "There was a time ..." | 32 |
| "There was a time . . ." | 34 |
| "The ___ and Future King" | 35 |
| "If I've told you ___ . . ." | 42 |
| "Going ___, going twice" | 34 |
| "Going ___, going ..." | 32 |
| "Going ___ . . ." (auctioneer's cry) | 50 |
| "Going ___ . . ." (auction phrase) | 44 |
| "For ___ in My Life" (Stevie Wonder) | 46 |
| "Fool me ___, shame on you . . ." | 43 |
| "___ upon a time" | 27 |
| "___ upon a time . . ." | 33 |
| ''The ___ and Future King'' | 43 |
| ___-over (cursory glance) | 25 |
| ___ upon a time | 15 |
| ___ around the bases | 20 |
| ___ again | 9 |
| You only live ____ | 18 |
| You only live ___ | 17 |
| When the time comes that | 24 |
| Upon the instant that | 21 |
| Tots' story starter | 23 |
| This is usually enough | 22 |
| Talking Heads "___ in a Lifetime" | 43 |
| Tale opening | 12 |
| Tale head? | 10 |
| Tale beginning? | 15 |
| Tale beginning | 14 |
| Storybook starter | 17 |
| Story's start | 17 |
| Story word | 10 |
| Story opening | 13 |
| Start of fairy tale | 19 |
| Start of an epic spaghetti western | 34 |
| Start of a story | 16 |
| Start of a Grimm story | 22 |
| Sometimes it's enough | 25 |
| Some say it's not enough | 28 |
| Smashing Pumpkins "___ in a While" | 44 |
| Single instance | 15 |
| Siete + cuatro | 14 |
| Second word of a limerick | 25 |
| Second word in many limericks | 29 |
| Rod Stewart "___ in love you're never out of danger" | 66 |
| Popular story starter | 21 |
| Pearl Jam's "Alive" B-side | 40 |
| Pearl Jam trilogy: "Footsteps," "Alive," ___ | 64 |
| Pearl Jam "Ten" opener | 32 |
| Partner of for all | 18 |
| Opportunity's frequency | 27 |
| On one occasion | 15 |
| Ocho + tres | 11 |
| Not twice | 9 |
| Not never, but close | 20 |
| Not enough, according to Susann | 31 |
| Not again? | 10 |
| Not a second time | 17 |
| Nostalgic adverb | 16 |
| No longer | 9 |
| Neil Diamond "___ in a While" | 39 |
| More than never | 15 |
| Just more than never | 20 |
| José's 11 | 16 |
| John Berger's "_____ in Europa" | 45 |
| It's enough, it's said | 30 |
| It's enough, for some | 25 |
| It's enough, according to some | 34 |
| It may be enough for some | 25 |
| In some yesterday | 17 |
| In other days | 13 |
| In former times | 15 |
| In another life | 15 |
| In a past life | 14 |
| In a bygone era | 15 |
| Immediately, after "at" | 33 |
| How often are you young? | 24 |
| How many times Laurence Olivier won a Best Actor Oscar | 54 |
| How coffee filters are used | 27 |
| How "get out of jail" cards are used | 46 |
| Head of a tale? | 15 |
| Halfway to twice | 16 |
| Half of veintidós | 20 |
| Grimm start? | 12 |
| Grimm start | 11 |
| Grimm opening | 13 |
| Great White "___ Bitten, Twice Shy" | 45 |
| Give the ___-over | 17 |
| Give it a ___-over (scan) | 25 |
| For ___ (on this occasion) | 26 |
| First word of fairy tale | 24 |
| First word of "Shrek" | 31 |
| First word of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" | 65 |
| First word of The Raven | 26 |
| First word in many a fairy tale | 31 |
| First word in children's stories | 36 |
| Film whose "Falling Slowly" won the Best Original Song Oscar | 70 |
| Fairytale beginning | 19 |
| Fairy-tale opening | 18 |
| Fairy-tale first word | 21 |
| Fairy tale starting word | 24 |