| Calm periods |
12 |
| Carpenter's groovy creation |
27 |
| Cry before "Polo! |
17 |
| Chinese dogs |
12 |
| Catch Me If You ___" (2002 Tom Hanks movie) |
43 |
| Camp ___ (presidential retreat) |
31 |
| Comes to fruition |
17 |
| Classic Diana Ross hairdo |
25 |
| Commit; pledge |
14 |
| Clear the frost from |
20 |
| Cows are sacred to her |
22 |
| Civilization" director Thomas |
29 |
| County in Mich. or N.Y. |
23 |
| Clark's TV partner |
18 |
| China's -- En-lai |
17 |
| C.I.O. affiliate |
16 |
| Cologne's cousin |
16 |
| Crooner who played a singer in "The Godfather |
45 |
| Cram, with "up |
14 |
| Canon camera alternative |
24 |
| City where the musical genre crunk originated |
45 |
| Comic strip lightbulb |
21 |
| Cool guys, to Sammy Davis Jr. |
29 |
| Could It ___ Falling in Love" (The Spinners hit of 1972) |
56 |
| Components of a word game |
25 |
| Californian follower of Santa |
29 |
| Christmas story baddie |
22 |
| Classified ad wds. |
18 |
| Clubs for fairways |
18 |
| Cry of victory: 2 wds. |
22 |
| Cry at a deli |
13 |
| Canyon-creating process |
23 |
| Cape Canaveral's locale: Abbr. |
30 |
| Certain media darling |
21 |
| Checks for ages, say |
20 |
| Choose from a slate |
19 |
| Crush to a pulp |
15 |
| Card got one for "Ender's Game |
30 |
| Country with a 2011 civil war |
29 |
| Confront aggressively |
21 |
| Court great Karl |
16 |
| Corn crop |
9 |
| Cohort of Clark |
15 |
| Casual summer denim attire, colloquially |
40 |
| Classical beginning? |
20 |
| Crack-loving ex-Toronto mayor |
29 |
| Cuba's leading baseball fan |
27 |
| Clique's attitude |
17 |
| Campaign locale |
15 |
| Cowboy's garment |
16 |
| Choose not to do something because of 12 |
40 |
| Close relative of elephant garlic |
33 |
| Classified letters, perhaps |
27 |
| Cousin of a sego |
16 |
| Cheap musical toy |
17 |
| Check books |
11 |
| Certain Jewish month |
20 |
| Critical elements |
17 |
| Cheese tray selection |
21 |
| Cure- -- (panaceas) |
19 |
| Champagne/orange juice drink |
28 |
| Christmas, in another language |
30 |
| Construction on the Nile River |
30 |
| Christine of "Jack & Bobby |
26 |
| Common Justin Timberlake fashion accessory |
42 |
| Comrade of Fidel |
16 |
| Coat of arms study |
18 |
| Child star in “The Children’s Hour.” |
42 |
| Clear, like a hard drive |
24 |
| Concert offering: Abbr. |
23 |
| Cyberbuyer's market |
19 |
| Cleopatre" artist |
17 |
| Census info, e.g. |
17 |
| Comes clean: 2 wds. |
19 |
| Clean up copy |
13 |
| Crew building |
13 |
| Convertibles, informally |
24 |
| Cuba's Raul |
11 |
| Cranberries "Everybody ___ Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? |
56 |
| Cleaning up process |
19 |
| Call, as a basketball game |
26 |
| Capital in SE Asia |
18 |
| Coming-out events |
17 |
| Course for dog trainers? |
24 |
| City near Nice |
14 |
| Cake (from the Black Forest?) |
29 |
| Cheese with a red jacket |
24 |
| Challenge St. Nick to go down a chimney? |
40 |
| Caffeinated quaff |
17 |
| Chef with the catchphrase "Kick it up a notch |
45 |
| Computer bulletin board overseer |
32 |
| Cat-eating alien of TV |
22 |
| Comedic soldier during training? |
32 |
| Commute in the afternoon, say |
29 |
| Caspian Sea delicacy |
20 |
| Careful attention |
17 |
| Closest friend, informally |
26 |
| Consider the job done |
21 |
| Clubby "Because the Night" girl |
31 |
| Colorful flowering bush |
23 |