Letter C
Carrier in "The Aviator"
Carrier once owned by Howard Hughes
Carrier seen in "The Aviator"
Carrier until 2001
Carrier whose JFK terminal is now a landmark hotel
Co. acquired by American Airlines in 2001
Co. founded as Western Air Express
Co. in a 2001 merger with American
Co. now under American's wing
Co. of which Howard Hughes became the principal shareholder in 1939
Co. once owned by Howard Hughes
Co. that Howard Hughes once controlled 78% of
Co. that had an Ambassadors Club
Co. that launched its Ambassadors Club in 1952
Company bought by Carl Icahn in 1985
Company founded in 1930
Company once owned by Howard Hughes
Company once taken over by Carl Icahn
Company subject to the most expensive incident investigation in NTSB history
Company that had Ambassadors Clubs
Company that launched its Ambassadors Club in 1952
Continental rival, once
Containing no nonsense
"Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education" writer
Clemens
Clemens handle
Clemens nom de plume
Clemens pseudonym
Clemens, familiarly
Country music great Shania
Country singer Shania
Creator of Dan'l, the jumping frog
Creator of Finn and Sawyer
Creator of Muff Potter
Creator of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Creator of Sawyer
Creator of Sawyer and Finn
C&W singer's vocal quality
Country guitarist's timbre
Country music sound
Country music tone
Country singer's sound
Country singer's vocal feature
Country guitar player, e.g.
Certain string sounds
"__ Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale": Scott
"__ Christmas told the merriest tale": Scott
Carroll opener
Carroll's "___ brillig . . ."
Christmas classic opening
Christmas or Carroll poem opening
Christmas poem beginning
Christmas poem contraction
Christmas poem lead-in
Christmas poem opening
Christmas poem start
Christmas poem starter
Christmas story opener
Christmas verse opener
Christmas verse starter
Christmas-poem opener
Classic Christmas opener
Clement C. Moore opener
Clement C. Moore opening
Clement C. Moore's opener
Clement Clarke Moore opener
Clement Moore opener
Clement Moore poem opener
Contraction at the start of a sentence
Contraction before "brillig"
Contraction in a Christmas poem
Contraction starting a Christmas poem
Contraction that starts "Jabberwocky"
"__ Christmas, when all through the house . . ."
Change a bit for the better
Change just a bit
Canary note.
Cheep's cousin
Chirping note.
Clothing style with retro and preppy influences
Cutesy to a fault
Cutesy, in Cheshire
Cutesy, in London
Cutesy, to a Brit
Cutesy-wootsy
Casual suit fabric
Certain jacket
Choice for hipster clothing
Classic suit
Classic suit fabric
Classic suit material
Classic suit type
Clichéd jacket fabric for a professor
Coarse wool cloth
Coarse wool fabric
Coarse woolen coat material
Coarse-woven cloth
Corrupt boss
"Contrariwise" character.
C. L. Dodgson character.
Circular cloth of a kind
Certain woolen suits
Change-off for the gray flannel suit.
Coarse clothing
Coarse suits
Coarse wool fabrics
Coarse wool garments
Coarse woolen clothing
Coarse woolens
Country clothes
Country wear
Casually attired
Collegiately attired
Collegiately dressed
Clay covering for mouth of glass furnace.
child of approximately eight to fourteen years of age
Certain social media followers, cutely
Call from a nest
Canary call
Canary comment
Canary cry
Canary s response
Canary's comment
Canary's sound
Canary's statement
Certain follower's reading
Character-limited communication
Chirping sound
Comment from a canary
Comment in 140 characters or fewer
Communicate in 140 characters
Communicate in 140 characters or less
Communicate in 280 characters or less
Communicate with "followers"
Communicate with followers, perhaps
Communication with hashtags
Communicated with followers
Contacted one's followers, nowadays
Contributed to a social network
Certain speaker
Communicating with followers
Cage chatter
Canary calls
Canary output
Certain status updates
Chickadee's chirps
Certain online rant
Certain update that can't be contained in one post
Costar of the cartoon "Bad Ol' Putty Tat"
Cartoon character who says "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!"
CAMANACHD team
CANADIAN football team
CANADIAN gridiron team
Christmas Day total
Clock topper
Common jury count
Certain NFL penalty, informally
Count Basie classic, as of 11/01/09?
Chromatic basis of much modern music
Certain pre-teen
Certain engravings of Andrew Jackson.
Century when boomers were babies
China anniversary
century of wwi and wwi
century of wwi and wwii
coming after the nineteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc
Calling code for Egypt
Complete rotation of the clock
*City outside Joshua Tree National Park
Calif. Marine Corps center
California city by Joshua Tree National Park
Casino game that's the basis of this puzzle's theme
Casino game's goal
*Common Guernsey bull
Classic 1940s-'50s quiz show
Classic guessing game involving yes-or-no answers
Contraction that's an "i" dropper
Can-can dancing?
Cousin of a nerd or wimp
Certain close-knit social media group
Careful way to think
Cautious way to look
Cautious way to think
Cain's postman
COST, COST
Campfire fodder
Campfire kindling
Campfire tidbit
Chickadee's perch
Cotton on; small branch
Covered with shoots.
Camper's gathering?
Campfire base
Candidates for kindling
Crepuscules.
Classic TV show whose first episode was "Where Is Everybody?", with "The"
CHINOS
Certain weave
Chino or herringbone, e.g.
Chino, e.g.
Chinos fabric
Carbon copy of a sort
Castor to Pollux
Cause of "A Comedy of Errors."
Cause of confusion in "Comedy of Errors."
Certain Minnesota pro
Certain bed
Certain bed size
Certain movie theater
Certain moviehouse
Chang, to Eng
Character in old Toni ads
___ Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul
creeping wooden plant
Cord around a bale
Cord around a package
cord Packing
Coiled around
Coiler.
Curls around
City of southern Idaho
City of southern Idaho, and a hint to this puzzle's theme
City south of the Snake River Canyon
Creeping, evergreen plants
Chris Carrabba's folk rock band
Cramp or stab
Caused a sudden sharp pang.
Classic snack cakes
Common battery presentation
Cult classic of 1990s TV
Chang and Eng, e.g.
Cardigan and pullover combo
Cardigan combo
condition of being a twin or twins
Cutesy cry from two people wearing the same outfit
Certain half-time performers
Coiled and curly
Cap-removal motion
Certain garnish
Checker dance?
Checker move
Checker move of old?
Checker's dance
Checker's specialty
Chocolate-and-vanilla soft serve
Chubby Checker dance
Chubby Checker innovation
Chubby Checker's dance
Chubby Checker's dance craze
Citrus garnish in a mixed drink
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