| Congressional bone of contention | 32 |
| Congressional Black Caucus, e.g. | 32 |
| Congressional award since 1942: Abbr. | 37 |
| Congressional "coat holder" | 37 |
| Congratulatory slap location, maybe | 35 |
| Congratulatory or consoling gestures | 36 |
| Congratulate oneself for achievement | 36 |
| Congolese president assassinated in 2001 | 40 |
| Congolese dictator Mobutu ___ Seko | 34 |
| Congolese beast that looks like a zebra | 39 |
| Congo's Thomas Lubanga, for one | 35 |
| Congo creature with notable stripes | 35 |
| Congo and Central African Republic separator | 44 |
| Conglomerate in White Plains, N.Y. | 34 |
| Conga line that began in Nazareth? | 34 |
| Cong. panel in "The Majestic" | 39 |
| Cong. investigator of Alger Hiss | 32 |
| Confused Spaniard's utterance | 33 |
| Confused scorekeeper's request for help? | 44 |
| Confused partners in the business world? | 40 |
| Confused ornithologists becoming lousy speakers? | 48 |
| Confused fencers becoming river crossing guides? | 48 |
| Confuse, mentally or emotionally | 32 |
| Confucius’s “Book of ___” | 37 |
| Confucius's "Book of ___" | 39 |
| Confucius's "Book of __" | 38 |
| Confronts, with "with" | 32 |
| Confronted issues in a public forum | 35 |
| Confront some British parliamentarians? | 39 |
| Conforming to Jewish dietary laws | 33 |
| Conformed to a particular format | 32 |
| Conformed to a certain art treatment | 36 |
| Conflict that ended on Nov. 11, 1918 | 36 |
| Conflict that ended Nov. 11, 1918 | 33 |
| Conflict that ended in 1945, briefly | 36 |
| Conflict that ended at 11:00 on 11/11 | 37 |
| Conflict settled by the Treaty of Paris in 1856 | 47 |
| Conflict related to money and status | 36 |
| Conflict over territory or influence | 36 |
| Conflict of 1912-13 lost by the Ottoman Empire | 46 |
| Conflict involving actual fighting | 34 |
| Conflict in the Orange Free State | 33 |
| Conflict in FDR's presidency | 32 |
| Conflict from 1914 to 1918, briefly | 35 |
| Conflict between truly identical twins? | 39 |
| Confiscate a chef's appetizer? | 34 |
| Confirms, as a password, perhaps | 32 |
| Confirmation or Holy Communion, e.g. | 36 |
| Confirmation at the witness stand | 33 |
| Confirm, as a friend on Facebook | 32 |
| Confiners of Circe's victims | 32 |
| Confinement to one's home, perhaps | 38 |
| Confined, with ''up'' | 37 |
| Confined to one's home, perhaps | 35 |
| Confined to one part of the body | 32 |
| Confined critter in an old gasoline ad | 38 |
| Confined (with ''up'') | 38 |
| Confine transmissions to special groups | 39 |
| Confidential town green projects? | 33 |
| Confident, loyal type, supposedly | 33 |
| Confident, ambitious, loyal sort, supposedly | 44 |
| Confident way to solve crosswords | 33 |
| Confident way to solve a crossword | 34 |
| Confident response to a challenge | 33 |
| Confident puzzle-solver's tool | 34 |
| Confident puzzle solver's tool | 34 |
| Confident of one's superiority | 34 |
| Confident crossword solver's tool | 37 |
| Confident crossword solver's implement | 42 |
| Confident crossword solver's choice | 39 |
| Confident bridge bidder's call | 34 |
| Confessions of a happy travel agent? | 36 |
| Confessions may be given under it | 33 |
| Confessional account of a sensational nature | 44 |
| Confession of an artistic magician? | 35 |
| Confession by evolution pioneer's babysitter? | 49 |
| Confessed, with "clean" | 33 |
| Conference USA member, for short | 32 |
| Conference that excludes the jury | 33 |
| Conference teams often have them | 32 |
| Conference site of February 1945 | 32 |
| Conference schedule placeholders | 32 |
| Conference including Duke and UNC | 33 |
| Confer officially with a returned astronaut | 43 |
| Confederate with a disdain for cruise ships? | 44 |
| Confederate officer under Stuart | 32 |
| Confederate Memorial Carving site | 33 |
| Confederate general who won at Chickamauga | 42 |
| Confederate general at Gettysburg | 33 |
| Confederate commander at Gettysburg | 35 |
| Confed. stronghold captured in 1862 | 35 |
| Confectioner/inventor who once worked for Hershey | 49 |
| Confectioner's curious deduction? | 37 |
| Confection with sesame seeds and honey | 38 |
| Confection that's often cane-shaped | 39 |
| Confection created by heating sugar | 35 |
| Conf. whose membership increased by two in 2011 | 47 |
| Coney Island boardwalk attraction | 33 |
| Coneheads' home, so they said | 33 |
| Cone's counterpart in the retina | 36 |