| __ Center (Louisville museum) | 29 |
| __ center (teen hangout) | 24 |
| __ champêtre: garden party | 29 |
| __ Chapel: Vatican landmark | 27 |
| __ chi: Chinese martial art | 27 |
| __ choy (Chinese cabbage) | 25 |
| __ choy: Chinese veggie | 23 |
| __ circumstances (conditions) | 29 |
| __ cit. (footnote abbr.) | 24 |
| __ cit. (footnote notation) | 27 |
| __ cit.: footnote abbr. | 23 |
| __ cit.: in the place sited | 27 |
| __ citato: in the work cited | 28 |
| __ Citros: flavored vodka | 25 |
| __ City: Baghdad suburb | 23 |
| __ Club (Costco competitor) | 27 |
| __ Club (Costco rival) | 22 |
| __ Club: conservation group | 27 |
| __ club: singing group | 22 |
| __ Cluck (Daisy Duck pal) | 25 |
| __ cluster (military award) | 27 |
| __ code (telegraphy system) | 27 |
| __ coin: decide randomly | 24 |
| __ colada (rum cocktail) | 24 |
| __ consequence (significant) | 28 |
| __ consequence (unimportant) | 28 |
| __ contendere: court plea | 25 |
| __ cord: parachute activator | 28 |
| __ corda (music marking) | 24 |
| __ Corning Corporation | 22 |
| __ cost (no matter what) | 24 |
| __ cotta (kind of clay) | 23 |
| __ cotta (type of clay) | 23 |
| __ country: rural area | 22 |
| __ Cristo: fried sandwich | 25 |
| __ Crunch: cereal brand | 23 |
| __ Cucamonga, California | 24 |
| __ cuff: pitching injury site | 29 |
| __ cuff: shoulder part | 22 |
| __ Cup: chocolate candy | 23 |
| __ d'accusation: charge | 27 |
| __ d'hôtel: headwaiter | 29 |
| __ d'honneur: duel | 22 |
| __ d'Or: Cannes award | 25 |
| __ d'Orsay: Seine site | 26 |
| __ da capo (three-part song) | 28 |
| __ Dame (Indiana university) | 28 |
| __ dancer (disco performer) | 27 |
| __ Darya (Asian river) | 22 |
| __ Day (time to plant trees) | 28 |
| __ Day (tree planting time) | 27 |
| __ Day (tree-planting time) | 27 |
| __ days (time long past) | 24 |
| __ de Boulogne: Paris park | 26 |
| __ de Chine: light fabric | 25 |
| __ de coeur: pained outburst | 28 |
| __ de espera: waiting room | 26 |
| __ de gallo: Mexican salsa | 26 |
| __ de menthe (liqueur) | 22 |
| __ de soie: silk cloth | 22 |
| __ de somme: beast of burden | 28 |
| __ de Toulouse-Lautrec | 22 |
| __ de vente: bill of sale | 25 |
| __ de vie: French brandies | 26 |
| __ Decor: home fashion mag | 26 |
| __ Deion: NFL nickname | 22 |
| __ dicta (incidental remarks) | 29 |
| __ dictum: passing remark | 25 |
| __ diem: seize the day | 22 |
| __ difference (mattered) | 24 |
| __ diminishing returns | 22 |
| __ dire: juror examination | 26 |
| __ dire: jury interview | 23 |
| __ Direct: online bank | 22 |
| __ disease: bovine infection | 28 |
| __ dish (coleslaw, e.g.) | 24 |
| __ dish (French fries, e.g.) | 28 |
| __ dish (fries or rice) | 23 |
| __ dish (lab container) | 23 |
| __ dish (rice or beans, e.g.) | 29 |
| __ dish (rice, for instance) | 28 |
| __ dixit: unfounded assertion | 29 |
| __ dixit: unfounded claim | 25 |
| __ dixit: unproven claim | 24 |
| __ doble (Latin dance) | 22 |
| __ doble (Spanish dance) | 24 |
| __ dog (Hawaiian mutt) | 22 |
| __ Dogg, Snoop's cousin | 27 |
| __ double take (react) | 22 |
| __ down (pillow filling) | 24 |
| __ dry eye in the house | 23 |
| __ du jour: bistro special | 26 |
| __ du pays: homesickness | 24 |
| __ duck (Chinese entrée) | 27 |
| __ dye: chemical colorant | 25 |
| __ dye: chemical coloring | 25 |
| __ dye: methyl orange, e.g. | 27 |
| __ ease: uncomfortable | 22 |
| __ en scène: stage setting | 29 |
| __ energy (nuclear power) | 25 |