| The city and beyond | 19 |
| The city in "City of God" | 35 |
| The city in the Pretenders' "My City Was Gone" | 60 |
| The City of a Hundred Spires | 28 |
| The City of a Thousand Minarets | 31 |
| The City of Churches | 20 |
| The City of Five Seasons | 24 |
| The city of Jeddah is on it | 27 |
| The City of Light | 17 |
| The City of Seven Hills | 23 |
| The City of Victory | 19 |
| The City of Witches | 19 |
| The City Without Clocks | 23 |
| The city's baseball team | 28 |
| The city's basketball team | 30 |
| The city's football team | 28 |
| The City, Rome: It. | 19 |
| The civil engineer ... | 22 |
| The Civil War, for the Confederacy | 34 |
| The Clampetts' destination: abbr. | 37 |
| The Clampetts, e.g. | 19 |
| The Clan of the Cave Bear author | 35 |
| The clap, e.g. | 14 |
| The clap, e.g.: abbr. | 21 |
| The Clash "Atom ___" | 30 |
| The Clash "___ Stevens" | 33 |
| The Clash rocked it | 19 |
| The Clash said to rock it | 25 |
| The Clash's "Rock the ___" | 40 |
| The clasp of a necklace may sit on it | 37 |
| The class of '13 in '13, e.g. | 37 |
| The classical elements, e.g. | 28 |
| The classifieds | 15 |
| The clear sky | 13 |
| The clergy | 10 |
| The Clerical State? | 19 |
| The Clermont | 12 |
| The Clermont was one: Abbr. | 27 |
| The Clermont's propellant | 29 |
| The Cleveland Browns were among its original teams: Abbr. | 57 |
| The clever busboy ... | 21 |
| The clink | 9 |
| The Clinton years, e.g. | 23 |
| The Clintons' alma mater | 28 |
| The Clintons' Buddy, e.g. | 29 |
| The Clintons' degs. | 23 |
| The Clintons, circa 1971 | 24 |
| The Clintons, in law school | 27 |
| The Clintons, the Bushes, etc. | 30 |
| The Cloister and the Hearth author | 37 |
| The Cloister and the Hearth writer | 37 |
| The Cloister and the Hearth author | 34 |
| The clone Dolly, e.g. | 21 |
| The closer one | 14 |
| The closest she ever came to winning was in 1958 and 1992 | 57 |
| The Closing Statement "Black Eyes & Bloody ___" | 61 |
| The cloth | 9 |
| The Club alternative | 20 |
| The clue for this word, while not all that poetic, is an example | 64 |
| The CLXXVIIth prime number | 26 |
| The coach's viewpoint comes from here | 41 |
| The coast, to a Spaniard | 24 |
| The Coasters' longtime record label | 39 |
| The Coasters' record label | 30 |
| The Coasters' record label (coincidentally, all its letters appear in their name) | 85 |
| THE COCK ON THE WOODPILE and LITTLE BOY BLUE | 44 |
| The Coen brothers' 1996 release | 35 |
| The Col. Rockies won it in 2007 | 31 |
| The Col.'s chain | 20 |
| The cold shoulder | 17 |
| The Coliseum e.g. | 18 |
| The college life | 16 |
| The college world | 17 |
| The Colonel's business, initially | 37 |
| The Colonel's Co. | 21 |
| The Colonel's company, initially | 36 |
| The Colonel's fast-food chain, briefly | 42 |
| The Colonel's machine | 25 |
| The Colonel's restaurant inits. | 35 |
| The Colonies, now: Abbr. | 24 |
| The Colonies, to G. Washington? | 31 |
| The color of burnt hot dogs? | 28 |
| The color of embarrassment | 26 |
| The color of honey | 18 |
| The color of money | 18 |
| The color of money owed? | 24 |
| The color of no money | 21 |
| The color of no money? | 22 |
| The color of really short grass on a course? | 44 |
| The color of unbleached linen | 29 |
| The color purple | 16 |
| The color purple, e.g. | 22 |
| The color under your eyelids when you're lost in thought? | 61 |
| The Colorado Rockies' first manager | 39 |
| The Colorado runs through it | 28 |
| The Colosseum was completed during his reign | 44 |
| The Colosseum, Circus Maximus, et al. | 37 |
| The Colosseum, e.g. | 19 |
| The Colosseum, e.g., currently | 30 |
| The Colosseum, e.g., today | 26 |