| Castle protectors |
17 |
| Closet nuisance |
15 |
| Casualty |
8 |
| Creepy pencil-and-paper "game" popularized in 2015 via YouTube and Twitter (and basis of the theme answers) |
107 |
| CIA operative |
13 |
| Common crystals, chemically |
27 |
| Chatty beasts? |
14 |
| Container in an armored car |
27 |
| County in southeastern England |
30 |
| Central quality |
15 |
| Coll. acquisitions |
18 |
| Cinematic slayer Norman |
23 |
| Contemptible guy, but slightly less vulgarly |
44 |
| Calculators of old |
18 |
| Constellation between Lynx and Hydra |
36 |
| Cornball |
8 |
| Congressional divide |
20 |
| Coral rings |
11 |
| College study |
13 |
| Cowpoke's rope |
14 |
| Conduits from a reservoir. |
26 |
| Complains sotto voce |
20 |
| Canine cleaner |
14 |
| Cervine animal |
14 |
| Common events in whodunits |
26 |
| Contagious illness |
18 |
| Chicago's Peter |
15 |
| Coloratura Gluck |
16 |
| Cheesy movie snack |
18 |
| Careful writer's concern |
24 |
| Cynical comeback |
16 |
| Confident, stylish and charming |
31 |
| Coach Shula |
11 |
| Calamities |
10 |
| Coating for fish that you might think would make you tipsy |
58 |
| Counterculture icon Hoffman |
27 |
| Castaway's dream come true |
26 |
| Common slur on political talk radio |
35 |
| Curly, in Cannes |
16 |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm" actress Hines when she's on Oriental Avenue, Vermont Avenue, Kentucky Avenue, Indiana Avenue, Short Line, or Park Place? |
142 |
| Capital of Lebanon |
18 |
| Clerical garment |
16 |
| Common parental "explanation |
28 |
| Cassis-flavored aperitif |
24 |
| Clothing store designations |
27 |
| Clamorous criticism |
19 |
| Cozy place |
10 |
| Carp relatives |
14 |
| Crabby |
6 |
| Check (accounts) |
16 |
| Concave or convex object |
24 |
| Chisel's cutting edge |
21 |
| Causes to exist |
15 |
| Citric quaff |
12 |
| Creature lacking color |
22 |
| Cluttered Ed Sheeran song "I'm ___ |
34 |
| Comedian David |
14 |
| Cleo's way out |
14 |
| Chemist's condiment |
19 |
| Convent seamstress' workshop items? |
35 |
| Certain terrible actor |
22 |
| Crisis center connections |
25 |
| Completely kaput, like a battery |
32 |
| Cereal box figure with a hat |
28 |
| Coconut fibres |
14 |
| Crude qty. |
10 |
| Campfire residues |
17 |
| Credits over newspaper stories |
30 |
| Collar and cuff |
15 |
| Concave lint trap? |
18 |
| Clinton aide Panetta |
20 |
| Campaigners' slip-ups |
21 |
| Chem lab bottle |
15 |
| Coldwell Banker workers |
23 |
| Critical remark |
15 |
| Coalition |
9 |
| Class comprising ants, flies, etc. |
34 |
| Cordial greeting |
16 |
| Caesar's 950 |
12 |
| Convenience store locations, at times |
37 |
| Contract phrase |
15 |
| Cellular opening? |
17 |
| Chinese province where Mao was born |
35 |
| Controlling things once more |
28 |
| Concentrated scent |
18 |
| Charming |
8 |
| Cartoonist. |
11 |
| Couples' transportation? |
24 |
| Children's author/ illustrator Asquith |
38 |
| Clamshell" computers of old |
27 |
| Count Dracula's garb |
20 |
| Certain "easy-access" female undergarments |
42 |
| Charitable donations to the needy |
33 |
| Credit rating |
13 |
| Crushing defeat |
15 |
| Cheep accommodation? |
20 |
| Cattail locale |
14 |
| Concentrated extracts |
21 |
| Carbon suffixes |
15 |
| Coach Parseghian of the Fighting Irish |
38 |