| A deuce used as an ace, e.g. | 28 |
| A detective might flash it | 26 |
| A destructive behaviour | 23 |
| A destroyer may be in one | 25 |
| A dessert with frosting ... | 27 |
| A dessert that quivers ... | 26 |
| A dessert in a glass ... | 24 |
| A Desert Shield supporter | 25 |
| A desert in central Asia | 24 |
| A descendant of Benjamin | 24 |
| A departure for Sagan? | 22 |
| A department of Greece | 22 |
| A dentist's number? | 23 |
| A demonstrated position? | 24 |
| A deliveryman may have one | 26 |
| A defendant, in law: Abbr. | 26 |
| A decision after a bout | 23 |
| A decade before A.D. 9 | 22 |
| A day's march, for troops | 29 |
| A Day with Durocher, once | 25 |
| A day off for the stevedores? | 29 |
| A Day in the life of Durocher | 29 |
| A day in Livy's life | 24 |
| A day ago, dialectally | 22 |
| A daughter of Rose Kennedy | 26 |
| A daughter of Pandareus | 23 |
| A daughter of Mnemosyne | 23 |
| A daughter of King Lear | 23 |
| A daughter of Hyperion | 22 |
| A daughter of Agamemnon | 23 |
| A daredevil takes them | 22 |
| A Danny Thomas role on TV | 25 |
| A dancer can't become __ | 28 |
| A Dafoe charge, for short | 25 |
| A D'Urberville lass | 23 |
| A cyclops has only one | 22 |
| A cyclone is a big one | 22 |
| A Cy Young Award winner: 1988 | 29 |
| A Cy Young Award winner: 1983 | 29 |
| A Cy Young Award winner: 1975 | 29 |
| A Cy Young Award winner: 1974 | 29 |
| A cut of tenderized beef | 24 |
| A cut above Truman's Deal | 29 |
| A cut above flank steak | 23 |
| A custard dessert: Sp. | 22 |
| A current flows into it | 23 |
| A cupid, in Italian paintings | 29 |
| A cupcake's may be creamy | 29 |
| A cup of joe may be on it | 25 |
| A Cubic meter, in Quebec | 24 |
| A Cub's offensive weapon | 28 |
| A crystalline compound | 22 |
| A crystal ball user has it | 26 |
| A crowd, it's said | 22 |
| A crow's-nest tops it | 25 |
| A crow's-nest is atop it | 28 |
| A Crosby-Hope destination | 25 |
| A crisscross structure | 22 |
| A crisis might accompany it | 27 |
| A criminal might be on it | 25 |
| A criminal may have one | 23 |
| A criminal may go by it | 23 |
| A creditor may hold it | 22 |
| A crankshaft drives it | 22 |
| A crab makes a sour one | 23 |
| A CPA might recommend one | 25 |
| A cowboy might have a big one | 29 |
| A cowboy might drive one | 24 |
| A cowboy may have a big one | 27 |
| A cowboy hat has a wide one | 27 |
| A covenant signer: Neh. 10:26 | 29 |
| A couple words to Brutus | 24 |
| A couple words from Santa | 25 |
| A couple words from Popeye | 26 |
| A couple thousand pounds | 24 |
| A couple of words from Santa | 28 |
| A couple of words from Caesar | 29 |
| A couple of things in common | 28 |
| A couple of Spaniards? | 22 |
| A couple of snare drum sounds | 29 |
| A couple of sizes too big | 25 |
| A couple of English queens | 26 |
| A couple of December days | 25 |
| A couple of dates, say | 22 |
| A couple of chips, maybe | 24 |
| A couple of CBS spinoffs | 24 |
| A couple of bucks, say | 22 |
| A couple in Cancún? | 22 |
| A couple hundred milligrams | 27 |
| A couple from Connecticut? | 26 |
| A country's CEO, often | 26 |
| A counterfeiter said . . . | 26 |
| A cotillion in a pastry shop? | 29 |
| A cop on the beat, e.g. | 23 |
| A convertiplane, for short | 26 |
| A contemporary of The Bard | 26 |
| A contemporary of Shakespeare | 29 |
| A contemporary of Loti | 22 |
| A contemporary of Haydn | 23 |
| A contemporary of Edison | 24 |