| O.K. mark | 9 |
| Not-so-impressive grade | 23 |
| Not-so-great grade | 18 |
| Neighbor of ef on a typewriter | 30 |
| Middling exam mark | 18 |
| Mid-grade? | 10 |
| Mid grade? | 10 |
| Mercury's core? | 19 |
| Manufacturing center? | 21 |
| Major component of the euro symbol | 34 |
| Local center? | 13 |
| Letter upon which this puzzle's theme is built | 50 |
| Letter switched to ess in this puzzle's theme | 49 |
| Leader of Chile? | 16 |
| Just-OK grade | 13 |
| Jay or em follower | 18 |
| Jay or em attachment | 20 |
| Jay follower? | 13 |
| It's soft in "Cinderella" | 39 |
| It's passable | 17 |
| It's hard in "cash" | 33 |
| It's average for students | 29 |
| It'll easily pass you | 25 |
| Indifferent grade | 17 |
| Hooked letter | 13 |
| Honor student's blemish, perhaps | 36 |
| Homonym of sea | 14 |
| Homonym of "sea" | 26 |
| Homonym for see | 15 |
| Ho-hum grade | 12 |
| Head of compliance? | 19 |
| Hard part of mathematics? | 25 |
| Grade of mediocrity | 19 |
| Grade of 70 or so | 17 |
| Grade in the 70's | 21 |
| Grade between bee and dee | 25 |
| Grade below bee minus | 21 |
| GPA reducer, usually | 20 |
| Gnarls Barkley member ___-Lo | 28 |
| Four before gee | 15 |
| First to come? | 14 |
| First character to appear in "Carmen" | 47 |
| Em follower? | 12 |
| Dramatic ending? | 16 |
| Decent grade | 12 |
| Daycare center? | 15 |
| Crank starter? | 14 |
| Corner opening? | 15 |
| Cork has one | 12 |
| Copyright letter | 16 |
| Cool head? | 10 |
| Company opening? | 16 |
| Company head? | 13 |
| Comic's beginning or end? | 29 |
| Comet head? | 11 |
| Clinton's inagural? | 23 |
| Clever opening? | 15 |
| Circled letter, often | 21 |
| Checkers opening? | 17 |
| Center of success? | 18 |
| Center of focus? | 16 |
| Cave opening? | 13 |
| Capital of Chile? | 17 |
| Capital of California? | 22 |
| California capital? | 19 |
| Cadillac's front or back | 28 |
| Bush's Yale average | 23 |
| Between bee and dee | 19 |
| Bee's follower | 18 |
| Bee–dee connection | 25 |
| Bee follower? | 13 |
| B follower | 10 |
| Average, in school | 18 |
| Artichoke heart? | 16 |
| Arced letter | 12 |
| Arc shape | 9 |
| After jay or em | 15 |
| Adequate grade | 14 |
| About 75 percent, in school | 27 |
| A Scrabble tile | 15 |
| 2.0 GPA component, probably | 27 |
| 2.0 equivalent | 14 |
| 2.0 average | 11 |
| "The Voice" judge ___-Lo | 34 |
| "Cinderella" opener? | 30 |
| "Cabaret" intro | 25 |
| 'Meh' grade | 19 |
| 'Eh' grade | 18 |
| ''Jay'' or ''em'' attachment | 60 |
| ''Em'' follower | 31 |
| ___-Lo Green | 12 |
| ___ Lo Green ("Fuck You" singer) | 42 |
| ___ Lo Green ("Fuck You!" singer) | 43 |
| So-so grades | 12 |
| Homophone for seize | 19 |
| Average grades | 14 |
| Civic boundaries? | 17 |
| Big bills | 9 |
| Average marks | 13 |
| Mediocre grades | 15 |