| ___ Bear (Animal Collective member) | 35 |
| ___ bearing on (doesn't affect) | 35 |
| ___ Beatty, Oscar nominee for "Network" | 49 |
| ___ Becker of "L.A. Law" | 34 |
| ___ Becker, "L.A. Law" role | 37 |
| ___ Beds National Monument, Calif. | 34 |
| ___ beer (microbrewer's creation) | 37 |
| ___ beer (O'Doul's, e.g.) | 33 |
| ___ Bees (big company in personal care products) | 48 |
| ___ Bell (Anne Brontë pseudonym) | 35 |
| ___ Bell (Emily Brontë pseudonym) | 36 |
| ___ Bell (Emily Brontë's pen name) | 41 |
| ___ Bell (pen name of Anne Brontë) | 37 |
| ___ Belt (constellation feature) | 32 |
| ___ Belvedere (classic sculpture in the Vatican) | 48 |
| ___ Ben Canaan ("Exodus" character) | 45 |
| ___ Ben Canaan ("Exodus" hero) | 40 |
| ___ Ben Canaan of ''Exodus'' | 44 |
| ___ Ben Canaan of "Exodus" | 36 |
| ___ Ben Canaan, hero of "Exodus" | 42 |
| ___ Ben Canaan, of "Exodus" | 37 |
| ___ Beneke ("Breaking Bad" character) | 47 |
| ___ Bensey, in "Tobacco Road" | 39 |
| ___ Berg, the intellectual of Baseball | 38 |
| ___ Berkshire Place (New York City hotel) | 41 |
| ___ Berliner, inventor of the microphone | 40 |
| ___ Berliner, microphone inventor | 33 |
| ___ Bernina (highest peak in the Eastern Alps) | 46 |
| ___ Beru (Luke Skywalker's adoptive mom) | 44 |
| ___ Best of the pre-Ringo Beatles | 33 |
| ___ Best, Beatles' original drummer | 39 |
| ___ Beta Pi (classic spoof fraternity) | 38 |
| ___ Bete (honor-society member, for short) | 42 |
| ___ bid (participate in an auction) | 35 |
| ___ Bill (legendary cowboy of fiction) | 38 |
| ___ Bill Weedles (Land of Oz character) | 39 |
| ___ bin (nickname for the penalty box in hockey) | 48 |
| ___ Bing! ("The Sopranos" club) | 41 |
| ___ Bing! (go-go bar on "The Sopranos") | 49 |
| ___ bird (black-footed albatross) | 33 |
| ___ bisiestos (years with a 29 de febrero) | 42 |
| ___ bite (temporary birthmark on some newborns) | 47 |
| ___ Bits (sandwich cracker brand name) | 38 |
| ___ bitters (cocktail ingredient) | 33 |
| ___ Blacc "Shine Through" | 35 |
| ___ Blake (Oscar-winning role for Jeff Bridges) | 47 |
| ___ Blanc (France's highest peak) | 37 |
| ___ Blanc (highest peak in the Alps) | 36 |
| ___ blanche (full discretionary power) | 38 |
| ___ Blaster (classic arcade game) | 33 |
| ___ Blizzard (Dairy Queen offering) | 35 |
| ___ Bloom (character in "Bloom County") | 49 |
| ___ Blount in the Football Hall of Fame | 39 |
| ___ blue (color named for a school) | 35 |
| ___ blue (color similar to turquoise) | 37 |
| ___ Blue, 1971 Cy Young Award winner | 36 |
| ___ blue, color named after a first daughter | 44 |
| ___ Bluff National Monument, Neb. | 33 |
| ___ Blyton, children's author | 33 |
| ___ Bo ('90s exercise craze) | 32 |
| ___ Bo (Billy Blanks' exercise form) | 40 |
| ___ Bo (Billy Blanks' exercise system) | 42 |
| ___ board (manicurist's tool) | 33 |
| ___ board, for theatrical lighting | 34 |
| ___ board, on a manicurist's tray | 37 |
| ___ bodies (planets, comets, etc.) | 34 |
| ___ Bok, former Harvard president | 33 |
| ___ Bomba (hydrogen bomb nickname) | 34 |
| ___ Bombeck, memorable columnist | 32 |
| ___ Bombers (Yankees' nickname) | 35 |
| ___ Bones (Ichabod's nemesis) | 33 |
| ___ Bones, Ichabod Crane's rival | 36 |
| ___ bonne heure (very well): Fr. | 32 |
| ___ bono (for whose benefit?: Lat.) | 35 |
| ___ boots (knee-high '60s fashion) | 38 |
| ___ Bora (former Taliban stronghold) | 36 |
| ___ Bora (mountain area in old bin Laden news) | 46 |
| ___ Bora, wild part of Afghanistan | 34 |
| ___ boredom (be completely turned off) | 38 |
| ___ Boru, Irish king who defeated the Norse | 43 |
| ___ Bottom, Titania's dreamboat | 35 |
| ___ Bowl (former sporting event) | 32 |
| ___ Bowl (game a week after Super Sunday) | 41 |
| ___ box (computer screen pop-up) | 32 |
| ___ Boy, classic figure in Japanese anime | 41 |
| ___ Bradshaw, "Sex and the City" role | 47 |
| ___ Brainard, the Absent-Minded Professor | 41 |
| ___ Brasi, enforcer in "The Godfather" | 48 |
| ___ Brasi, who sleeps with the fishes | 37 |
| ___ Brazzi, star of "South Pacific" | 45 |
| ___ Bread(bakery-restaurant chain) | 34 |
| ___ breakfast (hodgepodge), in Canada | 37 |
| ___ breath (spoken very rapidly) | 32 |
| ___ Breeze (The Sharper Image air purifier) | 43 |
| ___ Brickell and the New Bohemians | 34 |
| ___ bridge (Euclidean proposition) | 34 |
| ___ Britt on "Desperate Housewives" | 45 |
| ___ Brockovich (Julia Roberts title role) | 41 |
| ___ Brockovich, Julia Roberts title role | 40 |
| ___ Brockovich, Oscar role for Julia Roberts | 44 |