Letter C 167000–167250

Cards taken with a pat hand Chances left after Slim left town, in a saying Choice of one who's too hard to please Christie's "And Then There Were ___" Contest for runners Counterpart of "all" Cornish meat-filled pastry snack Closureless close to a story Choice excluded from listed options Calends, ___, ides. Canonical hour, 3 P. M. Comes before ides COMPOSITION for nine Cards in play at once, e.g. Certain jazz combo Certain musical ensemble Certain musical group Certain string ensemble Chamber composition Chamber group, maybe Chamber players for Schubert's "Eine Kleine Trauermusik," e.g. Chamber work Combination of nine voices Composer's product Composition for an ennead Composition for nine instruments Composition for nine musicians Composition for nine performers Composition for nine voices Chamber group income? Certain combos Chamber compositions Chamber groups Compositions for nine Campaign catchphrase of 1988 Calorie-reduced, perhaps Curve of the ninth degree: Math. Creative, as reasoning Coffee add-in not for Tyler Moore? Club outsider Carbon or sulfur chemical element that forms acidic oxides and is a poor conductor of heat and electricity Cautionary exclamation. Cell phone ring in a theater, e.g. Censored item Censored item on TV Censored word on TV Child's taboo Cigarette-smoking on planes, e.g. Coloring on the walls, e.g. Comment with a wrist-slap Composer Luigi ___ Cake and cookies, to dieters Cake and ice cream, to a dieter Cake and ice cream, to dieters Cautionary list Cautionary list items Censor's collection Censored items on TV Cheating and such Child's taboos Childhood taboos Children's proscriptions Cookies and cake, to a dieter Clash "You didn't stand by me, ___" Chocolate disks coated with sugar pellets capable of being bought without a doctor's prescription College player, e.g. College tennis tourney champ, e.g. Charity, typically Consumers of audio and visual media only Citified Common prefixes. Col. Stoopnagle's artistry. Cry of disagreement Conclusion that doesn't follow Certain airlines, briefly coated with a substance that food will not stick to when cooked Cook's convenience Certain flights Classic peacenik's protest sign Cold War protest sign slogan Caregiver who doesn't pay dues? Cause of obsolescence. Cobwebs may be a sign of it Clean fellow Clean type Champagne blended from multiple years' harvests Clueless "Skyrim" player, e.g. Clueless gamer Clueless player, slangily Clueless gamers Chronic pest Constantly complaining sorts Casserole item Casserole tidbit *College football game for milquetoasts? Common potluck dinner Casserole often eaten during Passover Chicken go-with Chicken soup add-ins Chow mein accompaniment. Chow-mein ingredients Components of some casseroles Campbell can Casually improvising music Catching catfish bare-handed Caesar order, possibly Cause of a blown engine, maybe Certain salad orderer's request Comfy corner Common library area Corner for breakfast Corner of a room Corner of the house Corner or cozy place Corner recess Corner's companion. Cozy alcove Cozy breakfast area Cozy breakfast spot Cozy cubbyhole Cozy dining spot Cozy kitchen corner Cozy little spot Cozy place to read Cozy reading corner Cozy reading spot Cozy recess Cozy spot for reading Cranny cohort Cranny colleague Cranny companion Cranny counterpart Cranny partner Cranny relative Cranny's colleague Cranny's companion Cranny's counterpart Cranny's cousin Cranny's kin Cranny's partner Cranny's relative Cubby, e.g. Certain tablets Corners of rooms. Counterparts of crannies Cozy breakfast spots Crannies' companions Crannies' counterparts Crannies' cousins. Crannies' go-withs Crannies' partners Cranny relatives Center mark on a sundial Certain halfway point Chime time Cinematic duel time Cinematic shootout time Cinematic showdown hour Cinematic showdown time Classic showdown time Cliché drawing time Climactic time in Westerns Climactic time in a Cooper film Climactic time in a Gary Cooper film Common lunch hour Common lunch time Common lunchtime Common time for a lunch break Common time for lunch Cooper's was "High" Columnist Peggy Conservative columnist Peggy Conservative commentator Peggy Caldwell's "___ Hears" Chart-topping 2007 Alicia Keys hit Cheeky response to "Who's there?" Clarinetist Jimmie ___ Clarinetist Jimmy of jazz fame Certain trysts Clown's lament? Certain twelves. Common lunchtimes Common times for duels Colloquial denial colloquial speech Calf grabber Calf-roping loop Cattle roper's need Cause of a pain in the neck Choke chain kin Choke chain, essentially Choking Offspring song (with "The")? Condemned's neckwear? Cowboy's rope loop Cowpoke's loop Caught in a snare Caught in a springe Caught, as a dogie Cowboys, at times Captures with a rope Captures with a springe Catches in a springe. Cattle snares Causes of some untimely ends Certain loops Chokers Cowpoke creations Cul-de-sac sign Cactus resembling a prickly pear Cactus used in tacos Cochineal cactus. Cactuses. City sign "Can't say as I do" Casual disagreement Casual dissent Casual no Casual refusal ... and, another way, a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers Casual turndown word Cooper's negative Curt contradiction Curt negative Curt turndown Christmas order Casual dissents Casual negatives Casual rebuffs Common apartment rental contract stipulation Common beach policy Common co-op rule Common complex rule Common condo restriction Common lease restriction Common motel prohibition Common motel restriction Common motel sign Common rental restriction Condo prohibition, perhaps Companion of "all work." Casual reply to "Thanks" Casual response to "Thanks" Comment that might follow "I used to be a banker until I lost interest" "... confirm ___ deny ..." "Conjunction Junction" conjunction Certain Boolean operator Certain conjunction Certain correlative Certain logic gate