| Carson-Sajak alternative | 24 |
| Carson-O'Brien link | 23 |
| Carson, the scout | 17 |
| Carson, e.g. | 12 |
| Carson, Cavett and Miss Piggy | 29 |
| Carson's TV predecessor | 27 |
| Carson's swami | 18 |
| Carson's successor | 22 |
| Carson's substitute | 23 |
| Carson's sub | 16 |
| Carson's stand-in, once | 27 |
| Carson's spinning-toy essay? | 32 |
| Carson's sidekick | 21 |
| Carson's replacement | 24 |
| Carson's predecessor on "The Tonight Show" | 56 |
| Carson's predecessor at NBC | 31 |
| Carson's predecessor | 24 |
| Carson's late-night successor | 33 |
| Carson's late-night predecessor | 35 |
| Carson's high cost of leaving | 33 |
| Carson's heir | 17 |
| Carson's guest host | 23 |
| Carson's erstwhile ABC rival | 32 |
| Carson's Carnac, for one | 28 |
| Carson's Carnac, e.g. | 25 |
| Carson's "___ Spring" | 35 |
| Carson's "Tonight Show" predecessor | 49 |
| Carson's "Silent ___" | 35 |
| Carson's "doctor" | 31 |
| Carson ___ of MTV | 17 |
| Carson was one | 14 |
| Carson tale of well-behaved classroom clock watchers? | 53 |
| Carson successor | 16 |
| Carson subject | 14 |
| Carson sub | 10 |
| Carson stand-in | 15 |
| Carson specialty | 16 |
| Carson role | 11 |
| Carson rival | 12 |
| Carson quip | 11 |
| Carson predecessor | 18 |
| Carson preceder | 15 |
| Carson or Paar, e.g. | 20 |
| Carson or Letterman | 19 |
| Carson or Griffin | 17 |
| Carson of the West | 18 |
| Carson of dime novels | 21 |
| Carson of "The Voice" | 31 |
| Carson National Forest locale | 29 |
| Carson McCullers's Miss ___ Evans | 37 |
| Carson McCullers' was sad | 29 |
| Carson McCullers opus | 21 |
| Carson forerunner | 17 |
| Carson follower | 15 |
| Carson followed him | 19 |
| Carson expenditure | 18 |
| Carson et al. | 13 |
| Carson Daly's old MTV show, for short | 41 |
| Carson Daly's former MTV show | 33 |
| Carson City's state: Abbr. | 30 |
| Carson City's state | 23 |
| Carson City's st. | 21 |
| Carson City's loc. | 22 |
| Carson City's home: Abbr. | 29 |
| CARSON CITY produces boxes for shipping frozen goods | 52 |
| Carson City neighbor | 20 |
| Carson City is its capital | 26 |
| Carson City dweller | 19 |
| Carson | 6 |
| Carsick passenger? | 18 |
| Cars, trains, etc. | 18 |
| Cars' smash ballad | 22 |
| Cars' scars | 15 |
| Cars' bars | 14 |
| CARS word | 9 |
| Cars with Teletouch transmission | 32 |
| Cars with rumble seats | 22 |
| Cars with meters | 16 |
| Cars with low m.p.g. | 20 |
| Cars with logos of four rings | 29 |
| Cars with floor-mounted ignitions | 33 |
| Cars with bars | 14 |
| Cars with a coat of arms logo | 29 |
| Cars whose only color until 1952 was bottle green | 49 |
| Cars used while yours is in the shop | 36 |
| Cars to the Oscars | 18 |
| Cars that sound weepy? | 22 |
| Cars that have seen better days | 31 |
| Cars that go toward other cars | 30 |
| Cars that don't need gas | 28 |
| Cars that are in the shop a lot | 31 |
| Cars such as the Rio and Soul | 29 |
| Cars sold at auction, casually | 30 |
| Cars rebranded as Chevrolets in 1998 | 36 |
| Cars over the road | 18 |
| Cars or desserts | 16 |
| Cars once advertised as "The Gold Standard of Value" | 62 |
| Cars on tracks | 14 |
| Cars on rails | 13 |
| Cars of yesteryear | 18 |