| ___ contendere (Agnew's plea) | 33 |
| ___ Constitution (historic frigate) | 35 |
| ___ Connor of "The Terminator" | 40 |
| ___ Conferences of 1899 and 1907 | 32 |
| ___ concolor (cougar's taxonomic name) | 42 |
| ___ complaint (protests formally) | 33 |
| ___ complaint (officially protest) | 34 |
| ___ company (running with troublemakers) | 40 |
| ___ Commander (plane built by Rockwell) | 39 |
| ___ Command ('80s arcade game) | 34 |
| ___ coming (warrants punishment) | 32 |
| ___ combined: Winter Olympics event | 35 |
| ___ column (concrete-filled steel cylinder) | 43 |
| ___ Colonies, started in Iowa in the 1850s | 42 |
| ___ Cologne (skunk of old cartoons) | 35 |
| ___ Collins, former space shuttle commander | 43 |
| ___ Collins, first female space shuttle commander | 49 |
| ___ College, north of Albany, N.Y. | 34 |
| ___ College (campus in Annandale-on-Hudson) | 43 |
| ___ College ("Animal House" setting) | 46 |
| ___ collar (tuxedo jacket feature) | 34 |
| ___ Coliseum (home of the Islanders) | 36 |
| ___ Cohn, 1991 Grammy winner for Best New Artist | 48 |
| ___ code (part of a phone number) | 33 |
| ___ cochere (covered carriage entrance) | 39 |
| ___ clubs (opening card in hearts) | 34 |
| ___ Club, 1930s-'60s New York hot spot | 42 |
| ___ club (school singers' group) | 36 |
| ___ Club (conservationist group) | 32 |
| ___ Club (civic group since 1917) | 33 |
| ___ cloud (solar system outlier) | 32 |
| ___ cloud (region of comets far beyond Pluto) | 45 |
| ___ cloud (distant part of the solar system) | 44 |
| ___ cloud (astronomical sighting) | 33 |
| ___ clock (self-winding timepiece) | 34 |
| ___ Cliff Walk (Rhode Island attraction) | 40 |
| ___ classicus (standard passage) | 32 |
| ___ Clark, U.S. Atty. Gen.: 1967-69 | 35 |
| ___ Claire, stage star of the 30's | 38 |
| ___ claim (establish mining rights) | 35 |
| ___ City, suburb of Tampa/St. Petersburg | 40 |
| ___ City, seat of Pasco County, Fla. | 36 |
| ___ City, Florida (historic district of Tampa) | 46 |
| ___ City, California locale named for local flora | 49 |
| ___ City Hall, Nobel ceremony locale | 36 |
| ___ City (society-building computer game) | 41 |
| ___ City (slum outside of Baghdad) | 34 |
| ___ City (seat of Pasco County, Fla.) | 37 |
| ___ City (Saratoga Springs nickname) | 36 |
| ___ Cité, Notre Dame location | 32 |
| ___ Circus (where St. Peter was crucified) | 42 |
| ___ Circus (site of Peter's crucifixion) | 44 |
| ___ Circus (ancient Roman stadium) | 34 |
| ___ Circus (ancient Roman arena) | 32 |
| ___ Cime di Lavaredo (peaks in the Alps) | 40 |
| ___ Christiansen, founder of the Lego company | 45 |
| ___ Chris Steak House (restaurant chain) | 40 |
| ___ chore of habit (usual job in Canea?) | 40 |
| ___ choice (lack of an alternative) | 35 |
| ___ chloride (dyemaking chemical) | 33 |
| ___ Chinmoy (late spiritual leader) | 35 |
| ___ Chimpsky (chimp in a language experiment) | 45 |
| ___ Chief Justice (England's top judge) | 43 |
| ___ chi ch'uan (martial art) | 32 |
| ___ chi ch'uan (Chinese martial art) | 40 |
| ___ chi ch'uan (Chinese exercise) | 37 |
| ___ chi (meditative martial art) | 32 |
| ___ chi (Chinese exercise system) | 33 |
| ___ Chemical (Fortune 500 company) | 34 |
| ___ checkers (game with marbles) | 32 |
| ___ check (method for detecting computer errors) | 48 |
| ___ Chase, Chief Justice: 1864-73 | 33 |
| ___ chart (horoscope based on one's birth) | 46 |
| ___ charges against (chose to prosecute) | 40 |
| ___ characters (common Chinese writing) | 39 |
| ___ Channel ("Hannah Montana" airer) | 46 |
| ___ change (or a hint to the puzzle theme) | 42 |
| ___ Chang ("Harry Potter" character) | 46 |
| ___ chance (pressed one's luck) | 35 |
| ___ Championship: August golf tournament | 40 |
| ___ Championship (annual August tournament) | 43 |
| ___ Chalmers (old tractor company) | 34 |
| ___ cha beef (Chinese food option) | 34 |
| ___ Ch'ang, Chinese god of literature | 41 |
| ___ Ceti (Sun-like stellar neighbor) | 36 |
| ___ ceremony (demanded formality) | 33 |
| ___ Center, second-tallest building in Chicago | 46 |
| ___ Center, home of the New Jersey Nets | 39 |
| ___ Center of "Main Street" fame | 42 |
| ___ Center (home of the New Jersey Nets) | 40 |
| ___ Center (home of the Nets and Devils) | 40 |
| ___ Center (home arena of the Washington Wizards) | 49 |
| ___ Centauri, nearest star to the Sun | 37 |
| ___ Centauri (closest star to the sun) | 38 |
| ___ Caverns (New Mexico tourist attraction) | 43 |
| ___ cava (large vessel to the heart) | 36 |
| ___ Cats ("Rock This Town" group) | 43 |
| ___ Cassin, Nobelist for Peace: 1968 | 36 |
| ___ Cassin, 1968 Nobelist for Peace | 35 |
| ___ Cassidy, 1970s teen heartthrob | 34 |