| __ Day (July 14) | 16 |
| __ day (frequent vitamin dose) | 30 |
| __ Day (April 22) | 17 |
| __ Day | 6 |
| __ Dawn Chong | 13 |
| __ David (Israeli flag symbol) | 30 |
| __ date | 7 |
| __ dash | 7 |
| __ Darya River | 14 |
| __ Darya (Asian river) | 22 |
| __ Dantès, the Count of Monte Cristo | 39 |
| __ dancer (disco performer) | 27 |
| __ dancer ('60s performer) | 30 |
| __ dancer | 9 |
| __ dance | 8 |
| __ Dame (Indiana university) | 28 |
| __ Dame | 7 |
| __ da capo (three-part song) | 28 |
| __ DA | 5 |
| __ D.A. | 7 |
| __ d'Orsay: Seine site | 26 |
| __ d'Or: Cannes award | 25 |
| __ d'oeuvre | 15 |
| __ d'honneur: duel | 22 |
| __ d'hôtel: headwaiter | 29 |
| __ d'état | 16 |
| __ d'art | 12 |
| __ d'Aosta (Italian region) | 31 |
| __ d'amour: baroque instrument | 34 |
| __ d'amore | 14 |
| __ d'Alene, Idaho | 21 |
| __ d'Alene | 14 |
| __ d'accusation: charge | 27 |
| __ d': headwaiter | 21 |
| __ Cynwyd, Philadelphia suburb | 30 |
| __ Cynwyd, Pa. | 14 |
| __ curls | 8 |
| __ Cup: classic candy | 21 |
| __ Cup: chocolate candy | 23 |
| __ Cup: Canadian football trophy | 32 |
| __ Cup | 6 |
| __ cum laude (not quite "summa") | 42 |
| __ cum laude (lesser honor than ''summa'') | 58 |
| __ cum laude | 12 |
| __ culpa | 8 |
| __ cuisine | 10 |
| __ cuff: shoulder part | 22 |
| __ cuff: pitching injury site | 29 |
| __ Cuervo tequila | 17 |
| __ Cucamonga, California | 24 |
| __ Cucamonga, Calif. | 20 |
| __ cry | 6 |
| __ Cruz, CA | 11 |
| __ crust | 8 |
| __ Crunch: cereal brand | 23 |
| __ Cruces, NM | 13 |
| __ Cruces, New Mexico | 21 |
| __ Cruces | 9 |
| __ crossroads | 13 |
| __ crossing: white-striped pedestrian area | 42 |
| __ cross | 8 |
| __ Cristo: fried sandwich | 25 |
| __ Cristianos (Canary Islands resort) | 37 |
| __ Creed (4th-century statement of faith) | 41 |
| __ Creed | 8 |
| __ crawl | 8 |
| __ Cranston, a.k.a. "The Shadow" | 42 |
| __ Cranston (the Shadow's alter ego) | 40 |
| __ Cove: Disney's Polynesian Resort pavilion | 48 |
| __ couture | 10 |
| __ courtesy | 11 |
| __ court | 8 |
| __ country: rural area | 22 |
| __ country | 10 |
| __ cotta (type of clay) | 23 |
| __ cotta (kind of clay) | 23 |
| __ cotta | 8 |
| __ cost (no matter what) | 24 |
| __ cost (gratis) | 16 |
| __ cost (free) | 14 |
| __ cost | 7 |
| __ cortex: outermost brain tissue | 33 |
| __ corpus | 9 |
| __ Corning, maker of Fiberglas | 30 |
| __ Corning Corporation | 22 |
| __ Corners | 10 |
| __ corner | 9 |
| __ corn | 7 |
| __ Corleone (Brando's ''Godfather'' role) | 61 |
| __ cordiale: friendly understanding | 35 |
| __ corde: with the soft pedal released, in piano music | 54 |
| __ corda: using the soft pedal, in piano music | 46 |
| __ corda: piano music direction | 31 |
| __ corda (music marking) | 24 |
| __ cord: parachute activator | 28 |
| __ cord: chiropractor's concern | 35 |
| __ contendere: court plea | 25 |
| __ contendere (courtroom phrase) | 32 |
| __ contendere | 13 |
| __ constrictor | 14 |