| ___ Central (French plateau) | 28 |
| ___ Centre, Minn. | 17 |
| ___ Centre, Minn. (Sinclair Lewis's birthplace) | 51 |
| ___ Cerberus (bribe) | 20 |
| ___ ceremony | 12 |
| ___ ceremony (be formal) | 24 |
| ___ ceremony (demanded formality) | 33 |
| ___ Ceti (Sun-like stellar neighbor) | 36 |
| ___ Ch'ang, Chinese god of literature | 41 |
| ___ cha beef (Chinese food option) | 34 |
| ___ cha chicken (Chinese dish) | 30 |
| ___ chai | 8 |
| ___ Chaiken, co-creator/writer of "The L Word" | 56 |
| ___ Chaiken, creator and writer of "The L Word" | 57 |
| ___ chain | 9 |
| ___ Chair | 9 |
| ___ chairman | 12 |
| ___ chairman (serve) | 20 |
| ___ challenge (is tested) | 25 |
| ___ Chalmers (old tractor company) | 34 |
| ___ chamber | 11 |
| ___ Championship (annual August tournament) | 43 |
| ___ Championship: August golf tournament | 40 |
| ___ chance | 10 |
| ___ chance (may succeed) | 24 |
| ___ chance (muffed) | 19 |
| ___ chance (no way) | 19 |
| ___ chance (pressed one's luck) | 35 |
| ___ chance! (good luck!) | 24 |
| ___ Chandler, ex-Yankee pitcher | 31 |
| ___ Chandler, longtime publisher of the Los Angeles Times | 57 |
| ___ Chanel | 10 |
| ___ Chaney of early films | 25 |
| ___ Chaney, Jr. | 15 |
| ___ Chang ("Harry Potter" character) | 46 |
| ___ Chang (Thai food brand) | 27 |
| ___ change | 10 |
| ___ change (mission to be accomplished January 20, 2009) | 56 |
| ___ change (or a hint to the puzzle theme) | 42 |
| ___ Channel ("Hannah Montana" airer) | 46 |
| ___ Chao, only cabinet member to serve through George W. Bush's entire administration | 89 |
| ___ Chapel | 10 |
| ___ Chapel, in the Vatican | 26 |
| ___ Chapelle Winery | 19 |
| ___ Chaplin | 11 |
| ___ characters (common Chinese writing) | 39 |
| ___ charge account | 18 |
| ___ charges against (chose to prosecute) | 40 |
| ___ charmed life | 16 |
| ___ chart | 9 |
| ___ chart (horoscope based on one's birth) | 46 |
| ___ chart (horoscope) | 21 |
| ___ Chase | 9 |
| ___ Chase, author-actress | 25 |
| ___ Chase, Chief Justice: 1864-73 | 33 |
| ___ chat (ballet jump) | 22 |
| ___ chat (ballet leap) | 22 |
| ___ chat (ballet move) | 22 |
| ___ cheap | 9 |
| ___ check | 9 |
| ___ check (hunting term) | 24 |
| ___ check (method for detecting computer errors) | 48 |
| ___ checker | 11 |
| ___ checkers (game with marbles) | 32 |
| ___ cheer (raspberry) | 21 |
| ___ cheese | 10 |
| ___ cheese (pizza order) | 24 |
| ___ cheese (salad topping) | 26 |
| ___ cheese dressing | 19 |
| ___ cheese dressing (Var.) | 26 |
| ___ Chemical (Fortune 500 company) | 34 |
| ___ cheri | 9 |
| ___ cherry | 10 |
| ___ chest (dowry) | 17 |
| ___ Chex | 8 |
| ___ chi | 7 |
| ___ chi (Chinese discipline) | 28 |
| ___ chi (Chinese exercise system) | 33 |
| ___ chi (Chinese exercise) | 26 |
| ___ Chi (Chinese martial art) | 29 |
| ___ chi (exercise method) | 25 |
| ___ chi (exercise system) | 25 |
| ___ chi (martial art form) | 26 |
| ___ chi (martial art) | 21 |
| ___ chi (meditation system) | 27 |
| ___ chi (meditative exercise) | 29 |
| ___ chi (meditative martial art) | 32 |
| ___ chi (Oriental martial art) | 30 |
| ___ chi (self-defense system) | 29 |
| ___ Chi Ch'uan | 18 |
| ___ chi ch'uan (Chinese exercise) | 37 |
| ___ chi ch'uan (Chinese martial art) | 40 |
| ___ chi ch'uan (martial art) | 32 |
| ___ chi chu'an | 18 |
| ___ chi chuan | 13 |
| ___ chi, Oriental martial art | 29 |
| ___ chi: martial art | 20 |
| ___ Chiang, Chinese writer | 26 |
| ___ chic | 8 |
| ___ Chicago Grill | 17 |