| Crew team member nearest the stern | 34 |
| Crew, not counting the cox, perhaps | 35 |
| Crichton's "__ of Need" | 37 |
| Crick who co-discovered DNA structure | 37 |
| Crick who co-discovered DNA's structure | 43 |
| Cricket position behind the wicketkeeper | 40 |
| Cricket World Cup powerhouse: Abbr. | 35 |
| Cricket, soccer or field hockey team | 36 |
| Cried ''uncle!'' | 32 |
| Cries akin to "Shucks!" | 33 |
| Cries from one standing on a chair, maybe | 41 |
| Cries from successful puzzle solvers | 36 |
| Cries from the momentarily stupid | 33 |
| Cries heard around baby pictures | 32 |
| Cries of dismay from the mishpocha | 34 |
| Crime Alley-to-Wayne Manor dir., in Gotham City | 47 |
| Crime and romance writer Johansen | 33 |
| Crime bigwig or guitar attachment | 33 |
| Crime boss brought down by Sammy the Bull | 41 |
| Crime boss known as "Lucky" | 37 |
| Crime boss known as the Teflon Don | 34 |
| Crime boss nicknamed "Lucky" | 38 |
| Crime bosses lease Citizen Kane's mansion? | 46 |
| Crime committed by carpet installers? | 37 |
| Crime fiction author's first name | 37 |
| Crime fighters dubbed the Dynamic Duo | 37 |
| Crime for which one takes the heat | 34 |
| Crime lord in "Star Wars" films | 41 |
| Crime mandating immediate imprisonment | 38 |
| Crime of a judge influenced by bribery | 38 |
| Crime of an overattentive attorney? | 35 |
| Crime of selling flying carpets? | 32 |
| Crime perpetrators, in police slang | 35 |
| Crime scene investigator's find | 35 |
| Crime scene investigator's need | 35 |
| Crime scene investigator, at times | 34 |
| Crime show based on a federal org. | 34 |
| Crime sometimes done for the insurance | 38 |
| Crime syndicate, with ''Cosa'' | 46 |
| Crime that might bring you bad luck? | 36 |
| Crime-fighter Eliot Ness, notably | 33 |
| Crime-fighting gp. with an academy in Quantico | 46 |
| Crime-fighting group based in a harbor? | 39 |
| Crime-fighting group based in Lyon, France | 42 |
| Crime-fighting group of 187 countries | 37 |
| Crime-solving couple of old radio | 33 |
| Crimea conference attended by Churchill | 39 |
| Crimean resort in 1945 headlines | 32 |
| Crimefighter of early '60s TV | 33 |
| Crimefighting quintet of potheads? | 34 |
| Crimes more serious than misdemeanors | 37 |
| Crimethink offender flushed down the memory hole | 48 |
| Criminal accomplice with a healthy complexion? | 46 |
| Criminal court, ___ and terminer | 32 |
| Criminal defendant, with "the" | 40 |
| Criminal gives to Goodwill? [England] | 37 |
| Criminal investigator's stick | 33 |
| Criminal investigator, for short | 32 |
| Criminal plea without admitting guilt, for short | 48 |
| Criminal with a signature trick? | 32 |
| Criminal's "a k a" name | 37 |
| Criminal's creation, perhaps | 32 |
| Criminal's identifying trait, maybe | 39 |
| Criminal's procedure (Abbr.) | 32 |
| Criminal's undoer, informally | 33 |
| Criminals and computer operators may use one | 44 |
| Crimminy -- look at those trains! | 33 |
| Crimson and white school, for short | 35 |
| Crimson Tide's costumed mascot | 34 |
| Crimson ___ (Alabama's team) | 32 |
| Crimson-painted biology lab display? | 36 |
| Crinkly-leaved cabbage and a London hotel | 41 |
| Cris Collinsworth, for most of the 1980s | 40 |
| Crisis at a Hollywood publisher? | 32 |
| Crisp salad ingredient from across the Pacific | 46 |
| Crisp? Tuber splinter? Whatever! I'm a PC | 45 |
| Cristofori made the first one: 1709 | 35 |
| Criteria for climbing the corporate ladder? | 43 |
| Critic and former German president | 34 |
| Critic on "The Today Show" | 36 |
| Critic Reed and football coach Ryan | 35 |
| Critic who offers opinions after the fact | 41 |
| Critic who recently lost his voice | 34 |
| Critic who's a Chicago talk radio co-host | 45 |
| Critic who's a real thumb-body? | 35 |
| Critic with a bowtie and a handlebar | 36 |
| Critic with a cameo in "Superman" | 43 |
| Critic with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star | 41 |
| Critic with an influential thumb | 32 |
| Critic's job at a Nicholson movie? | 38 |
| Critic's negative review of a newsmagazine? | 47 |
| Critic's negative review of singer Courtney? | 48 |
| Critic's pan of a Jim Morrison rock concert? | 48 |
| Critic's word for a boring show | 35 |
| Critic's words of high praise | 33 |
| Critical interpretations of a text | 34 |
| Critical mission in a coup d'etat? | 38 |
| Critical moment (with "in the") | 41 |
| Critical moment, after "in the" | 41 |
| Critical review of a museum exhibit? | 36 |