| ___ Baline (Irving Berlin) | 26 |
| ___ ball (arcade game) | 22 |
| ___ ball (catcher's goof) | 29 |
| ___ ball (hot toy of 1988) | 26 |
| ___ ball (popular toy) | 22 |
| ___ ball (rifle bullet) | 23 |
| ___ ball (spongy plaything) | 27 |
| ___ ball rolling (begins) | 25 |
| ___ ball rolling (initiate) | 27 |
| ___ balls (chocolaty snacks) | 28 |
| ___ Balls (Hostess brand) | 25 |
| ___ Balls (Hostess product) | 27 |
| ___ Balls (Hostess snack) | 25 |
| ___ Balls (snack brand) | 23 |
| ___ Balls (snack cakes) | 23 |
| ___ Balls (snack choice) | 24 |
| ___ banana (burlesque bigwig) | 29 |
| ___ Band (Boss backers) | 23 |
| ___ Banos, city in Calif. | 25 |
| ___ bar (acts the mixologist) | 29 |
| ___ bar (Hershey product) | 25 |
| ___ Bara, early movie actress | 29 |
| ___ Bara, née Goodman | 24 |
| ___ bargain (court deal) | 24 |
| ___ bargain (legal stratagem) | 29 |
| ___ bark beetle (pest) | 22 |
| ___ bark, cinnamon source | 25 |
| ___ Barrani, W.W. II town | 25 |
| ___ barrel (in trouble) | 23 |
| ___ barrel (the whole works) | 28 |
| ___ Barrett of Pink Floyd | 25 |
| ___ base (be stranded) | 22 |
| ___ Baseball (NES classic) | 26 |
| ___ bases (R. Henderson stat) | 29 |
| ___ Basin (German coal area) | 28 |
| ___ Basin, German coal region | 29 |
| ___ basque (dance step) | 23 |
| ___ bat for (supports) | 22 |
| ___ Bath (prank call name) | 26 |
| ___ bath (shallow tub) | 22 |
| ___ Bator (Mongolian capital) | 29 |
| ___ Bator, city in Mongolia | 27 |
| ___ Bator, Far East city | 24 |
| ___ Bator, in Mongolia | 22 |
| ___ Bator, Mongolian capital | 28 |
| ___ Bator, Mongolian city | 25 |
| ___ Battle (video game) | 23 |
| ___ Bay (Honshu inlet) | 22 |
| ___ Bay (Jamaica resort) | 24 |
| ___ Bay (Manhattan area) | 24 |
| ___ Bay, 1898 battle site | 25 |
| ___ Bay, Baltic Sea inlet | 25 |
| ___ Bay, Calif. resort | 22 |
| ___ Bay, Canadian port | 22 |
| ___ Bay, part of Lake Huron | 27 |
| ___ Bay, Yellow Sea inlet | 25 |
| ___ be (don't bother) | 25 |
| ___ Beach (California resort) | 29 |
| ___ Beach (D-Day code name) | 27 |
| ___ Beach (D-Day site) | 22 |
| ___ Beach, Fla. resort | 22 |
| ___ Beach, of D-day fame | 24 |
| ___ Beach, South Carolina | 25 |
| ___ Beach, Western city | 23 |
| ___ bean (leguminous seed) | 26 |
| ___ bean (source for sprouts) | 29 |
| ___ bean (versatile legume) | 27 |
| ___ bean, used in perfumes | 26 |
| ___ beans (Mexican dish) | 24 |
| ___ beans (miso ingredients) | 28 |
| ___ Bearcat (classic car) | 25 |
| ___ Beat (1960's music) | 27 |
| ___ Beauty (apple type) | 23 |
| ___ Beauty (apple variety) | 26 |
| ___ Beeb (BBC nickname) | 23 |
| ___ beetle (orchard pest) | 25 |
| ___ before (at the latest) | 26 |
| ___ before (no later than) | 26 |
| ___ before (not later than) | 27 |
| ___ Bell (Anne Brontë) | 25 |
| ___ bell (easily understood) | 28 |
| ___ Bell (Emily Brontë) | 26 |
| ___ Bell (fast-food chain) | 26 |
| ___ bell (seemed familiar) | 26 |
| ___ bell (sound familiar) | 25 |
| ___ bell (sounded familiar) | 27 |
| ___ bell (was familiar) | 23 |
| ___ Bell, Brontë pen name | 28 |
| ___ belli (act of war) | 22 |
| ___ belli (war starter) | 23 |
| ___ belli (war-provoking act) | 29 |
| ___ Belvedere, Vatican statue | 29 |
| ___ Ben Adhem, Sufi saint | 25 |
| ___ bender (minor accident) | 27 |
| ___ Benedict (breakfast dish) | 29 |
| ___ Bernardino Mountains | 24 |
| ___ Bernardino, California | 26 |
| ___ Berry (Jones Soda flavor) | 29 |
| ___ bet (take on the field) | 27 |
| ___ bet (wagers badly) | 22 |