- Like a cook's water, perhaps
- Like a cooked noodle
- Like a cool autumn day
- Like a Cool cat
- Like a cool cat of the '40s
- Like a cool fall morning
- Like a coot
- Like a copse
- Like a Coquette
- like a coquette
- Like a coral reef
- Like a cordial greeting
- Like a corkscrew
- Like a cornered cat
- Like a corporal facing punishment, perhaps
- Like a corrupt cop
- Like a corset
- Like a costly victory
- Like a cotton farm, e.g.
- Like a Couch potato
- Like a country gentleman
- Like a couple on old TV
- Like a course labeled "101"
- Like a court decision, often
- Like a Cousteau exploration
- Like a cowboy out of retirement?
- Like a coxcomb
- Like a cozy infant
- Like a CPO
- Like a crab apple
- like a crab Move
- Like a cracked door
- like a cracker
- Like a crank call
- Like a crankcase
- Like a crash-causing PC error
- Like a Crayon Burnt color
- Like a crazy hombre
- Like a creaky door at midnight
- Like a cream puff
- Like a creative type
- Like a creepazoid
- Like a creepy flick
- Like a crescent moon
- Like a cricket field
- Like a crime-ridden neighborhood
- Like a criminal's eyes
- Like a critic's annual list
- Like a crocodile's skin
- Like a Crone
- Like a crookedly hung picture
- Like a crossing guard's vest
- Like a crosswise wind, nautically
- Like a crossword
- Like a crossword puzzle
- Like a crossword solver in big trouble?
- Like a crossword?
- Like a crow or lark
- Like a crow's call
- Like a crowbar
- Like a crowd after a home-team touchdown
- Like a crowd after a homer by the home team
- Like a crowd in awe
- Like a crowd in full voice
- Like a crowd when the headliner takes the stage
- Like a crucifix
- Like a cruel beast: Var.
- Like a cryptogram
- Like a crystal
- Like a Cube
- like a cucumber
- Like a cucumber?
- Like a cumulus cloud
- Like a cup of hemlock
- Like a curious dog's head
- Like a curious eyebrow
- Like a curled-up position
- Like a curmudgeon
- Like a curtain call
- Like a cushioned sofa
- like a cushy job
- Like a custom suit
- Like a cut diamond
- Like a cute baby
- Like a cute snoot
- Like a Cyclops
- Like a D-
- Like a D, gradewise
- Like a D. W. Griffith film
- Like a D.C. office
- Like a dab hand
- Like a dachshund
- Like a dad
- Like a Dagwood sandwich
- Like a Dali watch
- Like a dame or earl
- Like a damp basement
- Like a damp cellar
- Like a damp rock
- Like a damp sponge
- Like a damsel in a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie?
- Like a dancer or an antelope
- like a dandy
- Like a dangerous 35-Across
- Like a dangerous neighborhood
- Like a dangerous prisoner
- Like a dangerous raccoon
- Like a dangerous wire
- Like a daredevil stunt
- Like a daring rascal
- Like a dark room
- Like a dark room, perhaps
- Like a dark-brown banana
- Like a darkened room
- Like a darker purple
- Like a date without a heart?
- Like a dauphin
- Like a day for saving?
- Like a day in Houston, often
- Like a day in June, according to Lowell
- Like a day off, ideally
- Like a day to save for
- Like a day when it's hard to hold on to your hat
- Like a day when it's hard to keep one's hat
- Like a day with blue skies
- Like a day-old baguette
- Like a dazed boxer's eyes
- Like a DC comics "man"
- Like a deaccessioned book, for short
- Like a dead dragon
- Like a dead weight
- Like a deadeye's aim
- Like a deal that won't happen again
- Like a Dean Koontz book
- Like a Dean Koontz novel
- Like a debater's skills
- Like a Debbie Downer
- Like a debtor's ink
- Like a debut
- Like a decal
- Like a deciding moment
- Like a deck covered with water
- like a deer
- Like a deerhound
- Like a defeated chess player
- Like a defeated sucker?
- Like a defective roof
- Like a defendant
- Like a defendant in court
- Like a deformed tree trunk
- Like a delirious crowd
- Like a delta
- Like a DeMille production
- like a demiurge
- like a demoniac, a person possessed by a demon or evil spirit
- Like a dental exam
- Like a dental school exam?
- Like a dentist's exams
- Like a department store Santa's work
- Like a deposed ruler, maybe
- Like a depth finder
- Like a desert
- Like a desert climate
- Like a designated driver
- Like a designated driver, presumably
- Like a desk blotter
- Like a desk that's a sign of genius, it's said
- Like a desperate effort
- Like a despot, typically
- like a detective
- Like a diamond
- Like a diamond in the sky
- Like a Dickensian curiosity shop
- Like a Dickensian curiosity shoppe
- Like a die
- Like a die-hard fan
- Like a diehard 67-Down
- Like a diehard fan
- Like a dieter's meat
- Like a difficult battle
- Like a difficult order
- Like a dilapidated house
- Like a Dime
- Like a dime, in a saying
- Like a diner eying a dessert tray
- Like a dingbat
- Like a Dior dress
- Like a diorama
- Like a dipstick
- Like a dipstick, sometimes
- Like a dire situation
- Like a direct descendant
- Like a Dirigible
- Like a dirigible, vis-a-vis a blimp
- Like a dirt road
- Like a dirty blackboard
- Like a dirty chimney
- Like a dirty cop, perhaps
- Like a dirty fireplace
- Like a dirty hearth
- Like a dirty old man
- Like a dirty rotten scoundrel
- Like a dirty-tricks campaign
- Like a disappointing golf game
- like a disc
- Like a disciplinarian
- Like a disciplinarian's talk
- Like a discounted amount
- Like a disengaged engine
- Like a dish
- Like a dish with lots of Vidalias
- Like a dishrag
- Like a dismal day
- Like a disreputable bar
- Like a disreputable hotel
- Like a dissenter
- like a dithyramb, wildly enthusiastic in statement or writing
- Like a ditz
- Like a diva
- Like a dive
- Like a dive bar
- Like a diving catch in baseball
- Like a divorce, in some places
- Like a DIYer
- Like a doctor's diagnosis
- Like a doctor's patients
- Like a doctor's penmanship, stereotypically
- Like a doddering old woman
- Like a dodgeball winner
- Like a dog
- Like a dog being trained
- like a dog Drink
- Like a dog on a walk, usually
- Like a dog sprayed by a skunk
- Like a dog that might go on the drug Slentrol
- like a dog Threaten
- like a dog Treat
- Like a dog's back legs
- Like a dog's hind leg
- Like a dog's kiss
- Like a dog's nose, typically
- Like a dogfight missile
- Like a dogleg
- Like a doily
- Like a doily's trim
- Like a dominant male
- Like a done deal
- Like a donut
- Like a doofus
- Like a door after a raid