| Common occasion for leaving work early: Abbr. | 45 |
| Common number of spots on a ladybug | 35 |
| Common New Year's resolution | 32 |
| Common name in Norway's royal history | 41 |
| Common name for Thanksgiving Day charity runs | 45 |
| Common name for sodium hydroxide | 32 |
| Common name for a black-and-white dog | 37 |
| Common miniature golf course feature | 36 |
| Common military decoration, briefly | 35 |
| Common middle name for someone named Francis | 44 |
| Common Market abbreviation, once | 32 |
| Common lunchbox sandwiches, informally | 38 |
| Common Lower East Side sight, once | 34 |
| Common listing of award finalists | 33 |
| Common liner note abbr. on a folk album | 39 |
| Common letters in an email address | 34 |
| Common item in still-life paintings | 35 |
| Common Italian restaurant fixture | 33 |
| Common internet message board phenomena | 39 |
| Common interjection in Shakespeare | 34 |
| Common ingredient in Nigerian cuisine | 37 |
| Common ingredient in feta cheese | 32 |
| Common ingredient in Chinese dishes | 35 |
| Common inert gas in the atmosphere | 34 |
| Common Indian cooking ingredients | 33 |
| Common household compound, formulaically | 40 |
| Common house event before moving | 32 |
| Common Halloween attire for young girls | 39 |
| Common ground for Dr. King and Governor Wallace | 47 |
| Common ground for Bush and Kerry | 32 |
| Common gathering in a public square | 35 |
| Common game show consolation prize | 34 |
| Common French word with two accents | 35 |
| Common foot injury of football players | 38 |
| Common flavorer in Italian sausage | 34 |
| Common first floor apartment designation | 40 |
| Common features in Georgia OÂ’Keeffe paintings | 49 |
| Common feature of a Dracula mask | 32 |
| Common feature in Roman statuary | 32 |
| Common feature in comic book dialogue | 37 |
| Common exclamation after "Well" | 41 |
| Common event the day after Thanksgiving | 39 |
| Common entree at a potluck dinner | 33 |
| Common English place name ending | 32 |
| Common enemy in Dungeons & Dragons | 38 |
| Common easy crossword theme answers | 35 |
| Common Dungeons & Dragons foe | 33 |
| Common domain name extension for nonprofits | 43 |
| Common document requiring signature | 35 |
| Common diagnosis for kids: Abbr. | 32 |
| Common destination on a return flight | 37 |
| Common crowd reaction in monster films | 38 |
| Common costume for a costume party | 34 |
| Common coronary heart disease cause | 35 |
| Common cooking compound, chemically | 35 |
| Common contraction hidden in "river" | 46 |
| Common companion of a dry throat | 32 |
| Common command in Basic programming | 35 |
| Common college admissions requirement | 37 |
| Common college admission requirement | 36 |
| Common clue for "erne" | 32 |
| Common church or arena instrument | 33 |
| Common cellphone feature, briefly | 33 |
| Common caveat in crossword clues | 32 |
| Common cause of hair loss in men | 32 |
| Common cause of fainting at the sight of blood | 46 |
| Common catch off the coast of Maryland | 38 |
| Common career choice, with "the" | 42 |
| Common campus for Bush and Kerry | 32 |
| Common black European thrush (Var.) | 35 |
| Common beneficiary of a pledge campaign | 39 |
| Common bedroom furniture material | 33 |
| Common bar order, with "the" | 38 |
| Common background for British P.M.'s | 40 |
| Common B-school application requirement | 39 |
| Common average for holes above 250 yards | 40 |
| Common authorial attribution abbr. | 34 |
| Common authorial attribution (abbr.) | 36 |
| Common answering machine message | 32 |
| Common answer to "How are you doing?" | 47 |
| Common airline carry-on, these days | 35 |
| Common ailment whose name falsely describes it | 46 |
| Common affliction in teen sex comedies | 38 |
| Common advertising selling point | 32 |
| Common activity among high school students | 42 |
| Common "Wheel of Fortune" purchase | 44 |
| Common "point" of j and i | 35 |
| Common "Dungeons & Dragons" foe | 45 |
| Common "assaisonnement" | 33 |
| Common '80s-'90s failure | 32 |
| Commodores "___, I can't sleep" | 45 |
| Commodores "Three Times ___" | 38 |
| Commodore's branch of service | 33 |
| Commodore Perry's victory site | 34 |
| Commodore Perry's headquarters | 34 |
| Commodore computer introduced in 1985 | 37 |
| Commodity in the Parker Brothers game Pit | 41 |
| Commodity first registered on Syros in 1898 | 43 |
| Commodities market concern, casually? | 37 |
| Commodious crafts like Noah's | 33 |