| The candidate was accused of having a ___ | 41 |
| The Caped Crusader's sidekick | 33 |
| The capital of Liberia is named after him | 41 |
| The Captain and Tennille, for one | 33 |
| The Cardigans "___ Turismo" | 37 |
| The Cardigans: "___ Turismo" | 38 |
| The Cardinals on NFL scoreboards | 32 |
| The cardiologist's routine was a little ___ | 47 |
| The Caribbean Sea, e.g., to Haitians | 36 |
| The Carnegie of Carnegie Mellon University | 42 |
| The Carolinas' ___ Dee River | 32 |
| The Carolinas, e.g., to the French | 34 |
| The Carpenters and Sonny & Cher | 35 |
| The Carpenters' 'Close --' | 38 |
| The Carpenters: "Crescent ___" | 40 |
| The Cars sometime-singer Benjamin | 33 |
| The Carters' daughter and others | 36 |
| The Cartwright played by Dan Blocker | 36 |
| The Caspian or the Caribbean, e.g. | 34 |
| The Caspian Sea, as often classified | 36 |
| The cast of "Jersey Shore," e.g. | 42 |
| The cast of "SNL," say | 32 |
| The cat in "Peter and the Wolf" | 41 |
| The Catcher in the Rye author | 32 |
| The Catskills in the 1950s, e.g. | 32 |
| The cautious tightrope artist ... | 33 |
| The cellar dweller in every single tournament? | 46 |
| The Celtic Sea, e.g., to the French | 35 |
| The Celtics' "Hondo" | 34 |
| The characters in "Inception," e.g. | 45 |
| The Chattahoochee R. forms part of its border | 45 |
| The Chattahoochee River forms part of it | 40 |
| The cheapest version of fitness guru Jack? | 42 |
| The Cherokee deemed it good training for war | 44 |
| The chess columnist had occasionally ___ | 40 |
| The Chi-Lites "Have You ___ Her" | 42 |
| The Chi-___ ("Oh Girl" group) | 39 |
| The Chi-___ (1970s R & B group) | 35 |
| The Chi. Cubs play games on this | 32 |
| The Chicago Bulls had two in the '90s | 41 |
| The Chicago ___ (financial exchange, familiarly) | 48 |
| The Chieftains "Mason's ___" | 42 |
| The Chiffons "___ Fine" | 33 |
| The Chiffons' ''___ So Fine'' | 49 |
| The Chiffons' '-- Fine' | 35 |
| The Chiffons' "___ So Fine" | 41 |
| The chimney sweep promised to... | 32 |
| The chirping of a bird or the spraying of a hose? | 49 |
| The chocolate parts of Oreos, e.g. | 34 |
| The Christian Science Monitor founder | 37 |
| The Chrysler Building's style | 33 |
| The Chrysler Building's style, briefly | 42 |
| The Church Lady's first name | 32 |
| The city in "City of God" | 35 |
| The Civil War, for the Confederacy | 34 |
| The Clampetts' destination: abbr. | 37 |
| The Clan of the Cave Bear author | 35 |
| The Clash "___ Stevens" | 33 |
| The Clash's "Rock the ___" | 40 |
| The clasp of a necklace may sit on it | 37 |
| The class of '13 in '13, e.g. | 37 |
| The Cloister and the Hearth author | 37 |
| The Cloister and the Hearth writer | 37 |
| The Cloister and the Hearth author | 34 |
| The coach's viewpoint comes from here | 41 |
| The Coasters' longtime record label | 39 |
| THE COCK ON THE WOODPILE and LITTLE BOY BLUE | 44 |
| The Coen brothers' 1996 release | 35 |
| The Colonel's business, initially | 37 |
| The Colonel's company, initially | 36 |
| The Colonel's fast-food chain, briefly | 42 |
| The Colonel's restaurant inits. | 35 |
| The color of really short grass on a course? | 44 |
| The Colorado Rockies' first manager | 39 |
| The Colosseum was completed during his reign | 44 |
| The Colosseum, Circus Maximus, et al. | 37 |
| The Columbia R. forms much of its northern border | 49 |
| The Columbia R. forms part of its border | 40 |
| The comic book Hulk's alter ego | 35 |
| The comics' Luann or Jughead, e.g. | 38 |
| The Commandant of the Marine Corps is one | 41 |
| The Concert for Bangladesh instrument | 37 |
| The Concorde fleet, e.g. (abbr.) | 32 |
| The Coneheads' show, for short | 34 |
| The Confederate States of America | 33 |
| The constellation Camelopardalis | 32 |
| The construct-ive criticism begins | 34 |
| The construct-ive criticism continues ... | 41 |
| The cook will be with you in . . . | 34 |
| The Cookie Never Crumbles author | 32 |
| The copy-room worker brought ... | 32 |
| The corner squares, clockwise from the lower left | 49 |
| The corner squares, clockwise from the upper left | 49 |
| The cosmos prior to the Big Bang? | 33 |
| The costs of smoking and drinking? | 34 |
| The cotton shirt in the washer got ___ | 38 |
| The Countess of Lovelace and others | 35 |
| The court's Bucharest Buffoon | 33 |
| The Cowardly Lion's alter ego | 33 |
| The Cowardly Lion's Kansas counterpart | 42 |