| ___ contendere (court plea) | 27 |
| ___ constrictor (snake) | 23 |
| ___ consequence (unimportant) | 29 |
| ___ consequence (trivial) | 25 |
| ___ confusion: 46 B.C. | 22 |
| ___ concours (unrivaled: Fr.) | 29 |
| ___ concours (not competing) | 28 |
| ___ concern (unimportant) | 25 |
| ___ con pollo (Spanish dish) | 28 |
| ___ computet (legal judgment) | 29 |
| ___ compos (out of touch) | 25 |
| ___ compliment (praises) | 24 |
| ___ Como, Italian resort | 24 |
| ___ common denominator | 22 |
| ___ Comment (blog link) | 23 |
| ___ comes (artery companion) | 28 |
| ___ Comeau, Quebec town | 23 |
| ___ column (building support) | 29 |
| ___ Collins (gin drink) | 23 |
| ___ colada (tropical drink) | 27 |
| ___ colada (rum cocktail) | 25 |
| ___ coil (electrical device) | 28 |
| ___ coil (1891 invention) | 25 |
| ___ Coeur, Parisian landmark | 28 |
| ___ Coeur, Paris landmark | 25 |
| ___ Coeur (Paris landmark) | 26 |
| ___ Coeur (Paris cathedral) | 27 |
| ___ codicil (bequeath) | 22 |
| ___ Code, in military usage | 27 |
| ___ code (three-digit number) | 29 |
| ___ code (number on a letter) | 29 |
| ___ code (long-distance need) | 29 |
| ___ coat (sailor's wear) | 28 |
| ___ coat (Japanese jacket) | 26 |
| ___ coat (colorful annual) | 26 |
| ___ Club (warehouse store) | 26 |
| ___ Club (Wal-Mart offshoot) | 28 |
| ___ club (singing group) | 24 |
| ___ club (singers' group) | 29 |
| ___ Club (retail chain) | 23 |
| ___ Club (onetime TV group) | 27 |
| ___ Club (military hangout) | 27 |
| ___ club (group of singers) | 27 |
| ___ Club (discount store) | 25 |
| ___ Club (discount chain) | 25 |
| ___ Club (Costco competitor) | 28 |
| ___ Club (conservation group) | 29 |
| ___ clover, forage plant | 24 |
| ___ cloud (source of comets) | 28 |
| ___ cloud (cosmic debris) | 25 |
| ___ cloth (towel fabric) | 24 |
| ___ cloth (sheer fabric) | 24 |
| ___ cloth (lingerie fabric) | 27 |
| ___ cloth (altar carpet) | 24 |
| ___ close second (almost won) | 29 |
| ___ clip (bike attachment) | 26 |
| ___ Clayton Powell Jr. | 22 |
| ___ Classic (LPGA Tour event) | 29 |
| ___ Claire (fashion magazine) | 29 |
| ___ City, oater locale | 22 |
| ___ City, Fla., NE of Tampa | 27 |
| ___ City, 1939 film locale | 26 |
| ___ City of story and film | 26 |
| ___ City of book and film | 25 |
| ___ City (Tampa neighborhood) | 29 |
| ___ City (Las Vegas nickname) | 29 |
| ___ City (Detroit nickname) | 27 |
| ___ City (computer game) | 24 |
| ___ City (Baghdad district) | 27 |
| ___ City (Baghdad area) | 23 |
| ___ citato, footnote words | 26 |
| ___ citato (footnote phrase) | 28 |
| ___ cit. (term paper abbr.) | 27 |
| ___ cit. (in the place cited) | 29 |
| ___ cit. (footnote abbr.) | 25 |
| ___ Circus (old Vatican area) | 29 |
| ___ circus (novelty show) | 25 |
| ___ Christian Andersen | 22 |
| ___ Christian Andersen | 23 |
| ___ choy (stir-fry veggie) | 26 |
| ___ choy (salad green) | 22 |
| ___ choy (Chinese vegetable) | 28 |
| ___ choy (Chinese green) | 24 |
| ___ choy (Chinese cabbage) | 26 |
| ___ chose: triflingmatter | 27 |
| ___ choice, in baseball | 23 |
| ___ choice (baseball play) | 26 |
| ___ choi (Chinese cabbage) | 26 |
| ___ Ching (Chinese scripture) | 29 |
| ___ Chin, river in Thailand | 27 |
| ___ chief (publ. honcho) | 24 |
| ___ Chief (O. Henry brat) | 25 |
| ___ Chiang, Chinese writer | 26 |
| ___ chi, Oriental martial art | 29 |
| ___ chi (self-defense system) | 29 |
| ___ chi (meditative exercise) | 29 |
| ___ chi (meditation system) | 27 |
| ___ chi (martial art form) | 26 |
| ___ chi (exercise system) | 25 |
| ___ chi (exercise method) | 25 |