| Carefully cultivated plot | 25 |
| Carefulness with spending | 25 |
| Caregiver's acronym | 23 |
| Careless as an investigation | 29 |
| Careless car wash employee? | 27 |
| Careless trash-tossers | 22 |
| Careless, as workmanship | 24 |
| Carelessly constructed | 22 |
| Carelessly constructed? | 23 |
| Cares for maybe too much | 24 |
| Caretaker's nickname | 24 |
| Caretakers' equipment | 25 |
| Carey leaves shore while ... | 28 |
| Carey of N.Y., for one | 22 |
| Cargo carrier's charge | 26 |
| Cargo measure, perhaps | 22 |
| Cargo of some smugglers | 23 |
| Cargo of the Exxon Valdez | 25 |
| Cargo on the Spanish Main | 25 |
| Cargo ship's route | 22 |
| Cargo thrown overboard | 22 |
| Cargo weight unit, perhaps | 26 |
| Cargo weights, perhaps | 22 |
| Caribbean and Mediterranean | 27 |
| Caribbean baby animal? | 22 |
| Caribbean boating destination | 29 |
| Caribbean calypso cousin | 24 |
| Caribbean capital, to locals | 28 |
| Caribbean coffee additive? | 26 |
| Caribbean cruise destination | 28 |
| Caribbean cruise port of call | 29 |
| Caribbean cruise stops | 22 |
| Caribbean cruiser of old | 24 |
| Caribbean cuisine staple | 24 |
| Caribbean group: Abbr. | 22 |
| Caribbean island nation | 23 |
| Caribbean island native | 23 |
| Caribbean island residents | 26 |
| Caribbean island resort | 23 |
| Caribbean island sharer | 23 |
| Caribbean islands: Abbr. | 24 |
| Caribbean music makers | 22 |
| Caribbean or Mediterranean | 26 |
| Caribbean or Red, e.g. | 22 |
| Caribbean pirate portrayer | 26 |
| Caribbean Queen singer | 25 |
| Caribbean resort island | 23 |
| Caribbean vacation island | 25 |
| Caribbean vacation place | 24 |
| Caribbean vacation spot | 23 |
| Caribbean ___ (casino game) | 27 |
| Caribbean's Gulf of ___ | 27 |
| Caribbean's ___ Islands | 27 |
| Caribou Lou's cousin | 24 |
| Caricatured Leno feature | 24 |
| CARICATURIST MURDERED... | 24 |
| Caring but strict approach | 26 |
| Caring handling, initially | 26 |
| Cariou of Sweeney Todd | 26 |
| Cariou of 'Applause' | 28 |
| Carl Anderson comic strip | 25 |
| Carl Ed comic character | 23 |
| Carl Ed's comical hero | 26 |
| Carl Fredricksen's story | 28 |
| Carl Lewis's domain | 23 |
| Carl of 'Cosmos' fame | 29 |
| Carl of "Cosmos" | 26 |
| Carl of baseball, informally | 28 |
| Carl Perkins hit, 1956 | 22 |
| Carl Ripken Jr. is one | 22 |
| Carl Sagan's fascination | 28 |
| Carl Sagan's PBS series | 27 |
| Carl Sagan's subj. | 22 |
| Carl Sagan's TV program | 27 |
| Carla on "Cheers" | 27 |
| Carla portrayer, on TV | 22 |
| Carla Tortelli portrayer | 24 |
| Carleton College rival | 22 |
| Carlisle of the Go-Go's | 27 |
| Carlisle's favorite son | 27 |
| Carlo Levi's novel town | 27 |
| Carlo Ponti's city | 22 |
| Carlo ___ (Gallo wine brand) | 28 |
| Carlos and Tony of baseball | 27 |
| Carlos Delgado's team | 25 |
| Carlos I, II, III or IV | 23 |
| Carlos who won a French Open | 28 |
| Carlos, when he was a boy | 25 |
| Carlsbad Caverns denizens | 25 |
| Carlsbad Caverns flier | 22 |
| Carlsbad Caverns inhabitant | 27 |
| Carlton Fisk guards it | 22 |
| Carlton Fisk's colleagues | 29 |
| Carlton in "Rhoda" | 28 |
| Carlton was her doorman | 23 |
| Carlton's important stat. | 29 |
| Carlton, in "Rhoda" | 29 |
| Carlyle's native land | 25 |
| Carmaker based in Munich | 24 |
| Carmaker Ransom Eli ___ | 23 |