| ___ company (running with troublemakers) | 40 |
| ___ complaint (officially protest) | 34 |
| ___ complaint (protests formally) | 33 |
| ___ compliment (praises) | 24 |
| ___ compos (out of touch) | 25 |
| ___ compos mentis | 17 |
| ___ compounds are synthesized to mimic the effects of a) adrenaline; b) testosterone; c) serotonin; d) insulin | 110 |
| ___ computet (legal judgment) | 29 |
| ___ con carne | 13 |
| ___ con Dios (Spanish farewell) | 31 |
| ___ con pollo | 13 |
| ___ con pollo (Spanish dish) | 28 |
| ___ concern | 11 |
| ___ concern (unimportant) | 25 |
| ___ concolor (cougar's taxonomic name) | 42 |
| ___ concours (not competing) | 28 |
| ___ concours (unrivaled: Fr.) | 29 |
| ___ condition | 13 |
| ___ condolence | 14 |
| ___ cone | 8 |
| ___ conference (orientation for prospective contractors) | 56 |
| ___ Conference: 1945 | 20 |
| ___ Conferences of 1899 and 1907 | 32 |
| ___ confusion: 46 B.C. | 22 |
| ___ Cong | 8 |
| ___ congestion | 14 |
| ___ connector | 13 |
| ___ Connor of "The Terminator" | 40 |
| ___ cons | 8 |
| ___ consent | 11 |
| ___ consequence | 15 |
| ___ consequence (insignificant) | 31 |
| ___ consequence (trivial) | 25 |
| ___ consequence (unimportant) | 29 |
| ___ Constitution | 16 |
| ___ Constitution (historic frigate) | 35 |
| ___ constrictor | 15 |
| ___ constrictor (snake) | 23 |
| ___ Consumer Products (company in "RoboCop") | 54 |
| ___ contempt (accused in court) | 31 |
| ___ contendere | 14 |
| ___ contendere (Agnew's plea) | 33 |
| ___ contendere (court plea) | 27 |
| ___ contendere (defendant's plea) | 37 |
| ___ contendere (legal plea) | 27 |
| ___ contents | 12 |
| ___ continuum | 13 |
| ___ contraceptive | 17 |
| ___ control | 11 |
| ___ control (Orkin's business) | 34 |
| ___ Conventions | 15 |
| ___ converter (car part) | 24 |
| ___ Cool (Green Day drummer) | 28 |
| ___ Cooler ("Ghostbusters"-themed Hi-C flavor) | 56 |
| ___ Cooper | 10 |
| ___ Cooper (car) | 16 |
| ___ Cooper (fuel-efficient car) | 31 |
| ___ Cooper (popular car) | 24 |
| ___ cord (parachute activator) | 30 |
| ___ cord (parachutist's pull) | 33 |
| ___ cord of wood | 16 |
| ___ corda (music marking) | 25 |
| ___ corda (musical direction) | 29 |
| ___ corda (piano direction) | 27 |
| ___ corda (piano music direction) | 33 |
| ___ corda: Dir. to a pianist | 28 |
| ___ corda: Mus. dir. | 20 |
| ___ corde | 9 |
| ___ corde (music direction) | 27 |
| ___ corde (piano direction) | 27 |
| ___ corde (piano pedaling direction) | 36 |
| ___ cordiale | 12 |
| ___ Cordova, California | 23 |
| ___ corgi (dog breed) | 21 |
| ___ Corleone, Puzo's "Godfather" | 46 |
| ___ corn | 8 |
| ___ corn (picnic side) | 22 |
| ___ corn (spikes) | 17 |
| ___ corn (sweet-and-salty snack) | 32 |
| ___ corner | 10 |
| ___ corner (church area) | 24 |
| ___ Corner (D.C. suburb) | 24 |
| ___ Corner (London area) | 24 |
| ___ corner (make progress) | 26 |
| ___ Corner (Westminster Abbey locale) | 37 |
| ___ Corner, part of Westminster Abbey | 37 |
| ___ Corner, Va. (Washington suburb) | 35 |
| ___ Corner, Virginia (D.C. suburb) | 34 |
| ___ Corners (Western intersection of note) | 42 |
| ___ Corners (Western intersection) | 34 |
| ___ Corning | 11 |
| ___ Corning (insulation maker) | 30 |
| ___ Corning, fiberglass maker | 29 |
| ___ Corp., former name for Royal Crown Cola | 43 |
| ___ Corporal | 12 |
| ___ corporales | 14 |
| ___ Corporation (defense contractor) | 36 |
| ___ Corporation (jewelry retail giant) | 38 |
| ___ corps | 9 |
| ___ corpus | 10 |