| Confucius say "Passionate kiss like spider's web; leads to ___" | 77 |
| Confucius' dynasty | 22 |
| Confucius's "Book of __" | 38 |
| Confucius's "Book of ___" | 39 |
| Confucius-quoting detective | 27 |
| Confucius’s “Book of ___” | 37 |
| Confuse | 7 |
| Confuse an issue | 16 |
| Confuse author Thomas? | 22 |
| Confuse designer Vera? | 22 |
| Confuse or perplex | 18 |
| Confuse or upset, in slang | 26 |
| Confuse with booze | 18 |
| Confuse, as words | 17 |
| Confuse, mentally or emotionally | 32 |
| Confuse—or what to do to four common phrases to form this puzzle's theme answers | 88 |
| Confused | 8 |
| Confused actor's request | 28 |
| Confused battle | 15 |
| Confused between ports? | 23 |
| Confused brawl | 14 |
| Confused combat | 15 |
| Confused comments | 17 |
| Confused condition | 18 |
| Confused expressions | 20 |
| Confused fencers becoming river crossing guides? | 48 |
| Confused fight | 14 |
| Confused fighter pilot? | 23 |
| Confused fights | 15 |
| Confused jumble | 15 |
| Confused locomotive buffs becoming Iberian tourists? | 52 |
| Confused mass | 13 |
| Confused mental states | 22 |
| Confused mess | 13 |
| Confused misunderstanding | 25 |
| Confused noise | 14 |
| Confused ornithologists becoming lousy speakers? | 48 |
| Confused partner? | 17 |
| Confused partners in the business world? | 40 |
| Confused person's options? | 30 |
| Confused questions | 18 |
| Confused response | 17 |
| Confused responses | 18 |
| Confused roar | 13 |
| Confused scene | 14 |
| Confused scorekeeper's request for help? | 44 |
| Confused situation | 18 |
| Confused situations | 19 |
| Confused skirmish | 17 |
| Confused sounds | 15 |
| Confused Spaniard's utterance | 33 |
| Confused state | 14 |
| Confused state of mind | 22 |
| Confused states | 15 |
| Confused struggle | 17 |
| Confused struggles | 18 |
| Confused talks | 14 |
| Confused thoughts | 17 |
| Confused, informally | 20 |
| Confused, with "up" | 29 |
| Confused; upset | 15 |
| Confusedly | 10 |
| Confuses | 8 |
| Confusing | 9 |
| CONFUSING AMORISTS | 18 |
| Confusing mess | 14 |
| Confusing mixtures of sounds | 28 |
| Confusing network | 17 |
| Confusing pathways | 18 |
| Confusing pattern | 17 |
| Confusing phrase for nonnatives | 31 |
| Confusing pictures | 18 |
| Confusing place | 15 |
| Confusing places | 16 |
| Confusing problem | 17 |
| Confusing query | 15 |
| Confusing question | 18 |
| Confusing route | 15 |
| Confusing rush | 14 |
| Confusing scuffles | 18 |
| Confusing situation | 19 |
| Confusing situations | 20 |
| Confusion | 9 |
| Confusion descriptor | 20 |
| Confusion in profusion | 22 |
| Confusion in the middle ages? | 29 |
| Confusion of voices | 19 |
| Confusion, slangily | 19 |
| Confusion, to a G.I. | 20 |
| Confusion; turmoil | 18 |
| Confute | 7 |
| Confutes | 8 |
| Confuzzled | 10 |
| Cong or Nam predecessor | 23 |
| Cong. act | 9 |
| Cong. bigwig | 12 |
| Cong. established it in 1958 | 28 |
| Cong. go-getter | 15 |
| Cong. group | 11 |
| Cong. hearing airer | 19 |