| ___ Castle (Havana fort) | 24 |
| ___ Castle, Cuban fort | 22 |
| ___ Castle, Havana landmark | 27 |
| ___ Cat (pet food brand) | 24 |
| ___ cat (sandlot game) | 22 |
| ___ cava (blood vessel) | 23 |
| ___ cava (heart connector) | 26 |
| ___ cava (major blood vessel) | 29 |
| ___ cava (path to the heart) | 28 |
| ___ cavae (large veins) | 23 |
| ___ Cayes, city in Haiti | 24 |
| ___ Cayes, Haitian seaport | 26 |
| ___ célèbre | 25 |
| ___ Cenis Tunnel, in the Alps | 29 |
| ___ center (games room) | 23 |
| ___ Center (New Jersey arena) | 29 |
| ___ center (student facility) | 29 |
| ___ center (teen hangout) | 25 |
| ___ Central (French plateau) | 28 |
| ___ ceremony (be formal) | 24 |
| ___ challenge (is tested) | 25 |
| ___ chance (may succeed) | 24 |
| ___ chance! (good luck!) | 24 |
| ___ Chaney of early films | 25 |
| ___ Chang (Thai food brand) | 27 |
| ___ Chapel, in the Vatican | 26 |
| ___ Chase, author-actress | 25 |
| ___ chat (ballet jump) | 22 |
| ___ chat (ballet leap) | 22 |
| ___ chat (ballet move) | 22 |
| ___ check (hunting term) | 24 |
| ___ cheese (pizza order) | 24 |
| ___ cheese (salad topping) | 26 |
| ___ cheese dressing (Var.) | 26 |
| ___ chi (Chinese discipline) | 28 |
| ___ chi (Chinese exercise) | 26 |
| ___ Chi (Chinese martial art) | 29 |
| ___ chi (exercise method) | 25 |
| ___ chi (exercise system) | 25 |
| ___ chi (martial art form) | 26 |
| ___ chi (meditation system) | 27 |
| ___ chi (meditative exercise) | 29 |
| ___ chi (self-defense system) | 29 |
| ___ chi, Oriental martial art | 29 |
| ___ Chiang, Chinese writer | 26 |
| ___ Chief (O. Henry brat) | 25 |
| ___ chief (publ. honcho) | 24 |
| ___ Chin, river in Thailand | 27 |
| ___ Ching (Chinese scripture) | 29 |
| ___ choi (Chinese cabbage) | 26 |
| ___ choice (baseball play) | 26 |
| ___ choice, in baseball | 23 |
| ___ chose: triflingmatter | 27 |
| ___ choy (Chinese cabbage) | 26 |
| ___ choy (Chinese green) | 24 |
| ___ choy (Chinese vegetable) | 28 |
| ___ choy (salad green) | 22 |
| ___ choy (stir-fry veggie) | 26 |
| ___ Christian Andersen | 23 |
| ___ Christian Andersen | 22 |
| ___ circus (novelty show) | 25 |
| ___ Circus (old Vatican area) | 29 |
| ___ cit. (footnote abbr.) | 25 |
| ___ cit. (in the place cited) | 29 |
| ___ cit. (term paper abbr.) | 27 |
| ___ citato (footnote phrase) | 28 |
| ___ citato, footnote words | 26 |
| ___ City (Baghdad area) | 23 |
| ___ City (Baghdad district) | 27 |
| ___ City (computer game) | 24 |
| ___ City (Detroit nickname) | 27 |
| ___ City (Las Vegas nickname) | 29 |
| ___ City (Tampa neighborhood) | 29 |
| ___ City of book and film | 25 |
| ___ City of story and film | 26 |
| ___ City, 1939 film locale | 26 |
| ___ City, Fla., NE of Tampa | 27 |
| ___ City, oater locale | 22 |
| ___ Claire (fashion magazine) | 29 |
| ___ Classic (LPGA Tour event) | 29 |
| ___ Clayton Powell Jr. | 22 |
| ___ clip (bike attachment) | 26 |
| ___ close second (almost won) | 29 |
| ___ cloth (altar carpet) | 24 |
| ___ cloth (lingerie fabric) | 27 |
| ___ cloth (sheer fabric) | 24 |
| ___ cloth (towel fabric) | 24 |
| ___ cloud (cosmic debris) | 25 |
| ___ cloud (source of comets) | 28 |
| ___ clover, forage plant | 24 |
| ___ Club (conservation group) | 29 |
| ___ Club (Costco competitor) | 28 |
| ___ Club (discount chain) | 25 |
| ___ Club (discount store) | 25 |
| ___ club (group of singers) | 27 |
| ___ Club (military hangout) | 27 |
| ___ Club (onetime TV group) | 27 |
| ___ Club (retail chain) | 23 |
| ___ club (singers' group) | 29 |
| ___ club (singing group) | 24 |