| The Congolese franc replaced it | 31 |
| The Congo, previously | 21 |
| The Congo, formerly | 19 |
| The Congo today | 15 |
| The Congo today | 16 |
| The conformist ... | 18 |
| The Confessor and G. Robinson | 29 |
| The Confederate States of America | 33 |
| The Coney Island Cyclone, e.g. | 30 |
| The Coneheads, e.g. | 19 |
| The Coneheads' show, for short | 34 |
| The conductor keeps it | 22 |
| The Concordes, when they flew | 29 |
| The Concordes, initially | 24 |
| The Concorde, for one (abbr.) | 29 |
| The Concorde, for one | 21 |
| The Concorde, e.g. | 18 |
| The Concorde was one | 20 |
| The Concorde fleet, e.g. (abbr.) | 32 |
| The Concord Sage's monogram | 31 |
| The Concert for Bangladesh instrument | 37 |
| The competitor | 14 |
| The competition | 15 |
| The Company: abbr. | 18 |
| The Company, for short | 22 |
| The company you keep? | 21 |
| The company one keeps, often | 28 |
| The Company | 11 |
| The common vetch | 16 |
| The common type? | 16 |
| The common stag | 15 |
| The common plantain | 19 |
| The common people, generally | 28 |
| The common people | 17 |
| The Common Mkt. | 15 |
| The Common Market: Abbr. | 24 |
| The Common Market letters | 25 |
| The Common Market initials | 26 |
| The common guy? | 15 |
| The Commandant of the Marine Corps is one | 41 |
| The comics' Luann or Jughead, e.g. | 38 |
| The comical Caesar | 18 |
| The comic book Hulk's alter ego | 35 |
| The Comets' leader | 22 |
| The comedian ordered ___ | 24 |
| The comeback kids? | 18 |
| The Columbia R. forms part of its border | 40 |
| The Columbia R. forms much of its northern border | 49 |
| The Colts, on a scoreboard | 26 |
| The Colts retired his #19 | 25 |
| The Colossus was here | 21 |
| The Colosseum, today | 20 |
| The Colosseum, the Forum, etc. | 30 |
| The Colosseum, e.g., today | 26 |
| The Colosseum, e.g., currently | 30 |
| The Colosseum, e.g. | 19 |
| The Colosseum, Circus Maximus, et al. | 37 |
| The Colosseum was completed during his reign | 44 |
| The Colorado runs through it | 28 |
| The Colorado Rockies' first manager | 39 |
| The color under your eyelids when you're lost in thought? | 61 |
| The color purple, e.g. | 22 |
| The color purple | 16 |
| The color of unbleached linen | 29 |
| The color of really short grass on a course? | 44 |
| The color of no money? | 22 |
| The color of no money | 21 |
| The color of money owed? | 24 |
| The color of money | 18 |
| The color of honey | 18 |
| The color of embarrassment | 26 |
| The color of burnt hot dogs? | 28 |
| The Colonies, to G. Washington? | 31 |
| The Colonies, now: Abbr. | 24 |
| The Colonel's restaurant inits. | 35 |
| The Colonel's machine | 25 |
| The Colonel's fast-food chain, briefly | 42 |
| The Colonel's company, initially | 36 |
| The Colonel's Co. | 21 |
| The Colonel's business, initially | 37 |
| The college world | 17 |
| The college life | 16 |
| The Coliseum e.g. | 18 |
| The cold shoulder | 17 |
| The Col.'s chain | 20 |
| The Col. Rockies won it in 2007 | 31 |
| The Coen brothers' 1996 release | 35 |
| THE COCK ON THE WOODPILE and LITTLE BOY BLUE | 44 |
| The Coasters' record label (coincidentally, all its letters appear in their name) | 85 |
| The Coasters' record label | 30 |
| The Coasters' longtime record label | 39 |
| The coast, to a Spaniard | 24 |
| The coach's viewpoint comes from here | 41 |
| The CLXXVIIth prime number | 26 |
| The clue for this word, while not all that poetic, is an example | 64 |
| The Club alternative | 20 |
| The cloth | 9 |
| The Closing Statement "Black Eyes & Bloody ___" | 61 |
| The closest she ever came to winning was in 1958 and 1992 | 57 |
| The closer one | 14 |