| INCIPIT | Opening words of a text |
| ITWAS | Opening words of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| ADANO | "Invasion had come to the town of ___" (opening words of a 1944 novel) |
| THEBEST | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
| OFTIMES | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
| OSAY | Opening words of a poem originally titled "Defence of Fort McHenry" |
| DEARSIRS | Opening words of a formal letter (4,4) |
| ADIT | Opening words of a song forgotten are on top |
| DEARGOD | Opening words of a prayer |
| DEARSIR | Opening words of a formal letter (4,3) |
| ATTENTIONCSPAN | Opening words of a TV executive's annual corporate speech? |
| ARMS | Opening word of a Bernard Shaw comedy |
| CREDO | From the opening words of the Apostles' statement of Christian principles, "I believe", a term for a canon, doctrine or other set of beliefs (5) |
| RONDEAU | A poem consisting of 13 or 10 lines with two rhymes, with the opening words of the first line used as an unrhymed refrain |
| IFI | Opening words of "Time in a Bottle" |
| ONCE | Opening words of many fairy tales, ... upon a time |
| ISEE | Opening words of "What a Wonderful World" |
| OPUS | Opening words of 'Ode to a Manx Cat', perhaps, in this work (4) |
| OKING | Approving of the opening words of Ode to Charles? (5) |
| DEPROFUNDIS | Opening words of Psalm 130; Latin, literally, 'out of the depths' (2,9) |
