| Starting point for a flight test? | 33 |
| Starting point for a ferry ride to Alcatraz | 43 |
| Starting places for some long drives | 36 |
| Starting place for many puzzlers | 32 |
| Starting pitcher who was the 2000 NLCS MVP | 42 |
| Starting part of a bit of bad news | 34 |
| Starting material in coal formation | 35 |
| Starting letters in military code | 33 |
| Starting five of Chamberlain, Bol, Ewing et al.? | 48 |
| Starting figure on a utility bill | 33 |
| Starting digits under ''RHE'' | 45 |
| Starting cryptogram guess, perhaps | 34 |
| Starting cryptogram guess, maybe | 32 |
| Starting circuit followed by the green flag | 43 |
| Starters at some seafood restaurants | 36 |
| Starter of James Bond's car? | 32 |
| Starter meaning ''everything'' | 46 |
| Starter for "fast" or "sayer" | 49 |
| Starter for "cure" or "greed" | 49 |
| Starter for "chute" or "sail" | 49 |
| Starter course at a Spanish meal | 32 |
| Starter at an Italian restaurant | 32 |
| Started some Photoshopping, perhaps | 35 |
| Started sneezing and sniffling, say | 35 |
| Started paying attention, perhaps | 33 |
| Started in Jamaica in late '50s | 35 |
| Started again as a former habit, | 32 |
| Started a horseless carriage, say | 33 |
| Started a hole, with "up" | 35 |
| Started a golf round, with "up" | 41 |
| Started a golf round (with "up") | 42 |
| Started a golf hole, with "up" | 40 |
| Start-press order for a New York daily? | 39 |
| Start ___ (be extremely aggressive) | 35 |
| Start using a successfully tested system | 40 |
| Start up, as electronic equipment | 33 |
| Start to this puzzle's theme, appropriately | 47 |
| Start to take off, as a tot's outfit | 40 |
| Start to take off one's pants, say | 38 |
| Start to sort out, as stored boxes | 34 |
| Start to show one's real potential | 38 |
| Start to make a living from something | 37 |
| Start to KISS, as a matter of principle? | 40 |
| Start to improve, as a movie plot | 33 |
| Start to flutter one's eyes, say | 36 |
| Start to a Holmesian explanation | 32 |
| Start to "Civil Disobedience" | 39 |
| Start time for many a military mission | 38 |
| Start time for Judy, Violet and Doralee | 39 |
| Start something that one shouldn't start | 44 |
| Start something enthusiastically | 32 |
| Start serving one's electors | 32 |
| Start over (with "go") | 32 |
| Start out in the morning, perhaps | 33 |
| Start or finish of an aphorism regarding justice | 48 |
| Start one's workday, perhaps | 32 |
| Start of Willa Cather's Great Plains trilogy | 48 |
| Start of Welk's introduction | 32 |
| Start of Vasco da Gama's expeditions | 40 |
| Start of untold millions of addresses | 37 |
| Start of Uncle Sam's pronouncement | 38 |
| Start of two Henry Miller titles | 32 |
| Start of two constellation names | 32 |
| Start of tourist's cliché | 32 |
| Start of titles by Auden, Wharton and Paine | 43 |
| Start of Tiny Tim's theme song | 34 |
| Start of three John Wayne titles | 32 |
| Start of three John Wayne movie titles | 38 |
| Start of the writing on the wall | 32 |
| Start of the Wicked Queen's question | 40 |
| Start of the United Negro College Fund slogan | 45 |
| Start of the title of many an ode | 33 |
| Start of the title of a Broadway musical | 40 |
| Start of the title for every Oscar | 34 |
| Start of the Three Musketeers' motto | 40 |
| Start of the song "Mother" | 36 |
| Start of the Seven Dwarfs' song | 35 |
| Start of the second half of the alphabet | 40 |
| Start of the riddle's answer | 32 |
| Start of the reign of Philip V of Spain | 39 |
| Start of the reign of Henry VIII | 32 |
| Start of the Order of the Garter's motto | 44 |
| Start of the names of some health care plans | 44 |
| Start of the name of a first volume, perhaps | 44 |
| Start of the Musketeers' slogan | 35 |
| Start of the Lone Ranger's shout | 36 |
| Start of the handwriting on the wall | 36 |
| Start of the Greek spelling of Hera | 35 |
| Start of the Gem State's motto | 34 |
| Start of the French Lord's Prayer | 37 |
| Start of the first Millhone title | 33 |
| Start of the explanation of the arrangement | 43 |
| Start of the description of our heritage | 40 |
| Start of the critic's response | 34 |
| Start of the Beatles' walrus song | 37 |
| Start of the Bay State's motto | 34 |
| Start of the barber customer's reply | 40 |
| Start of the academic yr., often | 32 |
| Start of the "Yellow Submarine" chorus | 48 |
| Start of the 'Sesame Street' theme song | 47 |