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- Counterpart of dahs, in Morse code
- Counterpart to nuts
- Counterpart to sciences
- Counterparts of Repubs
- Counterparts to calls, in stock lingo
- Countertop piece
- "___ counting?"
- Country in which men traditionally wear robes called dishdashas
- Country led by a sultan
- Country nearest to the Equator without touching it
- Country singer Combs
- Country singer Loretta
- Country that boycotted the 1984 Olympics
- Country that celebrates National Ceviche Day
- Country that forms a tripoint border with Niger and Nigeria
- Country that was once known as the "Land of a Million Elephants"
- Country where sticky rice is a staple
- Country where the game of dominoes is a national pastime
- Country with many Farsi speakers
- County in western New York
- County north of San Francisco
- Coup d'___
- Couple
- Couple, in gossip
- Course catalog?
- Course list?
- Court order
- Courting gentleman
- Cousin of a Tony
- Cousin of tempeh and seitan
- Cousin of turquoise
- Cousins of cobras
- Covenant keepers
- Cover up
- Covered in grease
- Covering over a wound
- Covers for pots
- Coveter's sin
- Covid-19, colloquially
- Cowboy's friend, informally
- Coyote's cry
- Cozy rooms
- Crab's grabber
- Cracked slightly, as a door
- "___, crackle, pop"
- Crafts seen around the world?
- Crafts' partner
- Crash-investigating org.
- Crave, with "for"
- Craving
- Cravings
- Crazy, in Coahuila
- Creamy pairing with fig jam
- Create a PDF of, maybe
- Creator of the Hawaiian Islands, in myth
- Creature to take a gander at on Haleakala?
- Creature-friendly org.
- Creatures that attack Isengard, in fantasy
- Creditor's claim
- Creep into a creek, say
- Cribbage markers
- Cries in a fútbol stadium
- Cries of self-described "idiots"
- Criminal hothead?
- Cringeily cute
- Crispy flaps of crust on sourdough loaves
- Critical item
- Criticize harshly
- Criticize very harshly
- Croat or Bulgarian
- Crocodile in a classic children's book
- Crones
- Cross
- Cross paths
- Crossed (out)
- Crossword clue, e.g.
- Crowd (in)
- Crown
- Crown and ___ (alliterative bar order)
- Cruising, say
- Crumb carriers
- Crunchy sandwiches, for short
- Crushed, as a test
- Crushed, in a way
- Crushing on
- Crust (over)
- Cry at the end of a countdown
- Cry feebly
- Cry from a crib, perhaps
- Cry from a dog walker
- Cry from a toddler during snack time
- Cry from Miss Piggy
- Cry heard by Old MacDonald
- Cry in a gunfight
- Cry like a baby
- Cry of frustration
- Cry often accompanied by a sigh
- Cry over spilt milk?
- Cry when shaking hands
- Cryptid with a Tibetan name
- Ctrl+S command
- Ctrl-Z action
- Cuatro y dos
- Cuba, por ejemplo
- Cue ... or queue
- Cue from a cuer
- Cuisine from Bangkok
- Cuisine with boat noodles
- Cuisine with massaman curry
- Cuisine with the #1 dish in a CNN "World's 50 Best Foods" poll
- Cuisine with tom kha kai
- Cuisine with tom yum soup
- Culinary institute instructor
- Culprit, in police lingo
- Cultivated, in a way
- Culture medium
- Cumming who won a Tony for "Cabaret"
- Cunning
- Cunning tactic
- Cunning, like Mr. Tod or Swiper
- Curbside call
- Curl
- Curling current
- "Curly W" team
- Currency in Chihuahua
- Currency of Ireland and Italy
- Currency of Yemen
- Curry accompaniment
- "Curses!"
- "Curses, foiled again!"
- Curtail
- Curve on a score
- Cushy
- Customer, in tech-speak
- Cut
- Cut (in)
- Cut and paste, e.g.
- Cut back on
- "Cut it out!"
- Cut of pork or lamb
- Cut quickly
- Cut short
- "Cut that out!"
- Cut the ___ (cancel cable)
- Cut, as with a box cutter
- Cutie pie
- Cuts off
- Cybersecurity assessment
- Cybersecurity concern
- Cyrillic version of "U.S.S.R."
- Cyrillic way to write "U.S.S.R."
- "Cómo ___ usted?"
- D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon"
- ___ d'Ivoire (African nation in the World Cup)
- D.J. and record producer Steve ___
- Daddy-o
- Daffy Duck characteristic
- "Dagnabbit!"
- Daily delivery
- Daily grinds
- Daily Planet reporter Lois
- Damage caused by a mole, maybe
- Damage, as a reputation
- Damp, mildewy quality
- Dampens
- ___ dance (Lunar New Year tradition)
- Dance bit
- Dance done in concentric circles
- Dance move done on the ground, with "the"
- Dance whose name is also a hairstyle
- Dance wildly, in a way
- Dancer's restraint?
- Dancing hippo's wear in Disney's "Fantasia"
- "Dancing Queen" band
- Danny who was UNICEF's's first goodwill ambassador
- Dante divided it into nine circles
- Daredevil's calculation
- Daredevil's mantra, in brief
- Dark beer variety
- Dark crime genre
- Dark green
- Dark leafy green
- Dark shade of blue
- Dark-skinned fruit
- "Darn it!"
- Dart (about)
- Dashboard gauge, for short
- Dashing through the ___ ...
- Dated many years ago?
- Daughter of Saturn, in Roman myth
- Daughters' brothers
- Dauphin, e.g.
- ___ Day and the Knights, fictional R&B band in "Animal House"
- Day care charge
- Days in Spain
- Days of old
- Dayton's state
- "De dónde ___ tú?" ("Where are you from?": Sp.)
- ___-de-camp
- De-ice
- De-wrinkle
- Dead center?
- Dead ends?
- "Deadly" transgressions
- "Deadpool" actor Reynolds
- Deal
- Deal (with)
- Deal with it!
- Debatable
- Debtor's notes
- Debugger?
- Debugging component?
- Decays
- December 25th, for short
- Decides to take part, with "in"
- Deck
- Deck out?
- "Deck the Halls" syllables
- Declare definitively
- Declare publicly
- Declares
- Declares off limits
- Decline
- Decorates, say
- Decorative pitcher
- Decree
- Dee who directed 2017's "Mudbound"
- ___ Dee, lead role on HBO's "Insecure"
- Deep black gemstone
- Deep blue
- Deep cut
- Deep desires
- Deep shade of green
- Deep-fried side dish, familiarly
- Deep-six
- Deer ___ (road sign)
- Deer sir?
- Deets
- Defense grp. since 1949
- Defense in a snowball fight
- Degree holder, informally
- Degrees for boardroom execs
- Degrees for C.F.O.s
- Deity with a temple in Pompeii
- Deliver up
- Dell competitor
- Democrats and Socialists, with "the"
- Demolish
- "___ Demon Hunters" (hit 2025 movie)
- Den
- Denisovich or Ilyich of Russian literature
- Denny's alternative
- Dentist's directive
- Department store department
- Department store eponym
- Depend (on)
- Depicting the world bleakly and cynically
- Dermatologist's focus
- Dermatology case
- Desert country popular for whale watching
- Desert landform
- Deserving a D, say
- Design detail
- Design problem
- Designer ___ Boss
- Designer Cassini
- Designer Saint Laurent
- Designer Wang
- Desirable Vegas couple?
- Desire
- Desires
- Dessert wine
- Dessert with icing
- Destination for 2025's ESCAPADE satellites
- Destination for some sci-fi travelers
- Detective's assignment
- Determination
- Deuce follower
- Deuces
- Developer's projects
- Device outmoded by the smartphone
- Device seen on a front desk
- Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation
- Device used in a lactation room
- Device with an addictive aerosol, for short
- Devices for keyless entry
- Dialect featured in the literature of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, for short
- Dialect that is responsible for a large majority of Gen Z slang
- Diamond edges?
- Diamond figs.
- Diamond stats
- Diamond wear
- Diamonds, but not clubs
- Dice peppers, e.g.
- Dice rolls from Jail to Free Parking, in Monopoly
- Dice, e.g.
- Dickens's Oliver Twist, for one
- Did a number, say
- Did some laps
- Did the backstroke, say
- Did the butterfly, e.g.
- Didn't have a match in Go Fish, say
- "Didn't mean to do that!"
- "Didn't you get the ___?"
- Diez minus dos
- Difficult ice skating maneuver, in brief
- Difficult position
- Difficult weather condition for driving
- Digging
- Digital know-it-all
- Digitize, maybe
- Diktat
- Diminishing return?
- Diminutive for "Elizabeth"
- "Diminutive" Greek letter
- Ding thing?
- Dinghy gear
- Dinosaur ___, vegetable so-named for its bumpy green texture
- Dinosaur in Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur"
- Diplomat's skill
- Directed
- Direction for prairie schooners
- Direction headed by Lewis and Clark
- Direction to bow, in music
- Directive in an order
- Director Johnson of "Knives Out"
- Director Johnson of the "Knives Out" movies
- Director Kazan
- Dirk Nowitzki's longtime team, to fans
- Dirt pie ingredient
- Dirty film
- "Dirty Jobs" host Mike
- Disaccustom
- Disappointments
- Disapproving sounds
- Disapproving syllables
- Disaster relief org.
- Disc dropped on center ice
- Discipline for the flexible
- Discount Chinese e-tailer
- Discouraged action
- Discover alternative
- Discovery sites
- Dish commonly made in a Dutch oven
- Dish whose name means "barley" in Italian
- Disney antagonist who rules the Pride Lands
- Disney character who sings "In Summer"
- Disney heroine who builds her own palace
- Disney subsidiary
- Disney villain based on Shakespeare's King Claudius
- Disney-owned channel
- Disneyland transport
- Disoriented
- Display
- Display amazement, in a way
- Display, with "out"
- Displaying finesse
- "Dissent is patriotic" grp.
- Distance from end to end
- Distantly
- Distort, as data
- Diva's time to shine
- Divan
- "Divergent" author Veronica
- Divinely appointed successor of Muhammad, in Shia Islam
- Divisions in a tennis match
- Divulge
- DNA sample implement
- "Do ___ others ..." (start of the Golden Rule)
- "Do ___ others …"
- Do a bad job of helping?
- Do a little too well?
- Do for Jimi Hendrix
- "Do I ___ to eat a peach?": T.S. Eliot
- Do pretty much nothing
- Do some cleaning
- Do some crafting
- Do some farmwork
- Do some kitchen work
- Do some laps
- Do some rhythmic tapping
- Do some roadwork on
- "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria
- "Do you mind?"
- Doc who might screen for HPV
- Docs that deal with sensitive information
- Docs who really get in your face?
- Doctor
- "Doctor Who" and "Doctor Foster" airer, with "the"
- Dodgy
- Does as a group?
- Does poorly
- Does something about it
- Does the math, in a way
- Doesn't just assume one has permission
- Doesn't just talk
- Doesn't settle, say
- Doesn't sit by
- Doesn't wait to find out, say
- Dog howling at night, maybe
- Dog in "The Thin Man"
- Dog treat
- Dog-___
- "Doggone it!"
- Dogs and cats ... or less commonly, frogs and rats
- "Dogs are a ___ best friend"
- Dogs with smushed-looking faces
- Doha dignitary
- "Doing as we speak!"
- Dole (out)
- Dominant hand for Shohei Ohtani when batting, but not pitching
- Dominates, like a team in a blowout victory
- Dominican slugger Sammy
- "Don't dillydally!"
- "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" singer ___ Dee
- "Don't go!"
- "Don't leave me!," e.g.
- [Don't open this at the office!]
- "Don't Tell ___" ("Cabaret" song)
- "Don't tell me how it ___!"
- "___, don't tell" (writing adage)
- "Don't walk" symbol at a crosswalk
- "Don't worry, ___ pass"
- "Don't worry, boss!"
- "Don't you ___!"
- Donahue on TV Guide's list of "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time"
- Donate
- Donations for the poor
- Done
- Done deal
- Doodled
- Doofus
- Door fastener
- Doozy
- Dorado fish, informally
- Dos + cuatro
- Dos cubed
- "___, dos, tres, catorce!" (famously inaccurate start to U2's "Vertigo")
- Dot on a transit map
- Dots on faces
- Double-decker checker
- Doubles team, e.g.
- Dough in tamales
- Dour
- Dove's dwelling
- Dowels, e.g.
- Down Under band with 10 multiplatinum albums
- Down Under runners
- Downfall in pinball
- Downfall of the boy in 2018's "Beautiful Boy," in brief
- "Downton Abbey" countess
- Dr. Seuss' "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street"
- Drab color for una casa
- Draft cattle
- Drag show accessories
- Dragon's den
- Dragon's spot
- Drains the life out of
- Drake and Kendrick Lamar had a high-profile one
- Dramatic "Not you, too?"
- Draped garment
- Draped Indian garment
- Draw
- Draw together, as brows
- "Dread river of oath," per Homer
- "Dream on!"
- Dreamcast developer
- "___ Dreams of Sushi" (acclaimed 2011 documentary)
- Dress length that reaches the calf
- Drifter
- Drifter in search of work
- Drill
- Drink from a small cup
- Drink garnish
- Drink in a red, white and blue cup
- Drink in a sippy cup, to a toddler
- Drink known also as "honey wine"
- Drink that might cause brain freeze
- Drink that's often served hot in the winter
- Drink very quickly
- Drink with junmai and nigori variants
- Drinks daintily
- Drive
- Drive-___ menu
- Driven by envy toward his comrades, he fabricated events that led to their downfall
- Driving range?
- Drone's sound
- Drones, e.g.
- Drop
- Dropbox and Roblox
- Drove over the legal limit
- Droves
- Drubbing
- Drug agent, informally
- Drug bust unit
- Drug buster
- Drug enforcer, informally
- Drug you can trip on
- Drummer Peart
- Dry and withered
- Dry streambed
- Dry, as the desert
- Dubai dignitary
- Duchess of ___ (noted Spanish title)
- Dude
- Dudes
- Dudes, in British English
- Duds
- Dueling weapon
- Duet minus one
- Dull
- Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish)
- ___ Duncan, education secretary under Obama
- Dunham who wrote the memoir "Famesick"
- Dunkable cookie
- Dust-ups
- Dutch artist Jan van der ___
- Dutch for "farmer"
- Dutch soccer club that shares its name with a cleaning brand
- Duty
- DVR pioneer
- Dwindle
- Dye-yielding shrub
- Dynamic starter?
- Dynasty after the Tang
- Düsseldorf denial
- E, on a compass
- "E.T. phone ___"
- Each
- Each "point" of Taurus's horns, e.g.
- Eager
- Eagle's grabber
- Early 007 adversary
- Early 2000s babies are part of it
- Early empire builder
- Early Ron Howard TV role
- Early TV role for Ron Howard
- Earned
- Earring type
- Earth
- Earth Day subj.
- Earth goddess
- Earth's pull, informally
- Easily crushed
- Easily recite, with "off"
- East Coast convenience store chain with a reduplicative name
- Easter basket treat
- Easter egg colorings
- Easter egg decorating supplies
- Eastern city with a famous mausoleum
- Eastern currency
- Eastern ties
- Easternmost member of the Arab League
- Easy gait
- Easy triumph
- Eat by candlelight, say
- Eccentric
- Eccentric sort
- Ecological concern
- Eczema symptom
- Edge jump in figure skating
- "Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary)
- Edit menu command
- "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim)
- Eerie forest sound
- Effortlessness
- Effrontery
- Egg (on)
- Egg's outline
- Egg-shaped
- Egg-shaped tomato
- Eggplant ___ (vegetarian dish)
- EGOT-winning composer Menken
- Egyptian fertility goddess
- Egyptian god of the sun disk
- Egyptian sun deity
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