| Breaker of the 400-meter freestyle world record at the 2000 Olympics | 68 |
| Breakfast chain that doesn't serve real maple syrup | 55 |
| Breakfast chain with a Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity | 54 |
| Breakfast in bed, say, that's almost always eaten in disgust | 64 |
| Breakfast item that's only around for a short time? | 55 |
| Breakfast option for prisoners in the depths of the castle? | 59 |
| Breakfast serving, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters | 66 |
| Breaking Point lyric "Baby I'm all ___ up in you" | 63 |
| Brecht's "Threepenny Opera" collaborator | 54 |
| Bree ___, one of Charlie Sheen's "goddesses" | 58 |
| Bree's ex-husband on "Desperate Housewives" | 57 |
| Bree's husband on "Desperate Housewives" | 54 |
| Breed of the dog Evita, in the musical "Rent" | 55 |
| Brenda Lee's "___ Around the Christmas Tree" | 58 |
| Brendan Emmett Quigley's advice to all engaged couples | 58 |
| Brendan Fraser movie that made many Top 10 Worst of 2010 movie lists | 68 |
| Brent who played Data on "Star Trek: T.N.G." | 54 |
| Bret and Jemaine of "Flight of the Conchords," e.g. | 61 |
| Brew whose name is an article of clothing when read backward | 60 |
| Brewer of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable | 55 |
| Brewing industry name, as a craft beer brand since 1984 | 55 |
| Brian Eno "Small Craft on a Milk Sea" collaborator Abrahams | 69 |
| Brian who admitted to composing the Windows 95 startup music on a Mac | 69 |
| Brian who co-authored "Oblique Strategies" | 52 |
| Brian who composed the Microsoft Windows startup sound | 54 |
| Brian who coproduced U2's "The Unforgettable Fire" | 64 |
| Brian who produced Coldplay's "Mylo Xyloto" | 57 |
| Brian who produced or co-produced several Talking Heads albums | 62 |
| Brian who scored the soundtrack to "The Lovely Bones" | 63 |
| Brian who wrote "The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire" | 66 |
| Brian who's a self-professed "nonmusician" | 56 |
| Bricks inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998 | 58 |
| Bridge dividing the San Marco and San Polo districts | 52 |
| Bridge officer on the original "Star Trek" | 52 |
| Bridge player's need, and hint to this puzzle's theme | 61 |
| Bridge that is large for a dog that may be small (7) | 52 |
| Bridget Riley's "Movement in Squares," e.g. | 57 |
| Bridget's portrayer in "Bridget Jones's Diary" | 64 |
| Brief cause for celebration, and this puzzle's title | 56 |
| Brief relative of ''yada, yada, yada'' | 54 |
| Briefly, a feature of each starred clue, and a chunk of its answer | 66 |
| Briefly, show whose name appears under "123" in its logo | 66 |
| Bright star, one corner of "the summer triangle" | 58 |
| Brilliant young man in "The Brothers Karamazov" | 57 |
| Bring the "mee mee mee!" Muppet into the military? | 60 |
| Briscoe's portrayer on "Law & Order" | 54 |
| Brit's ''jolly,'' to an American | 52 |
| Brit's honorary title won by J. K. Rowling and Hugh Laurie: Abbr. | 69 |
| Brit. Broadcasting Corp., familiarly (with "the") | 59 |
| Brit. reference that added "uplink" in 2013 | 53 |
| Britain's Arthur Wellesley, with "the" | 52 |
| Britain's biggest-selling paper, with "The" | 57 |
| British actor nicknamed "Serena" after his knighthood | 63 |
| British artist William with a 1745 portrait of him and his pug dog | 66 |
| British author of the so-called "London Trilogy" | 58 |
| British band with the 1967 hit "Itchycoo Park" | 56 |
| British band with the 1991 #1 hit "Unbelievable" | 58 |
| British college entrance exams (or parking-garage ground floors) | 64 |
| British comedian who toured a "Dress to Kill" show | 60 |
| British critic Kenneth who created "Oh! Calcutta!" | 60 |
| British dance-punk band with "Welcome to Goon Island" | 63 |
| British dish with an American version called a Hot Brown | 56 |
| British Film Institute's "greatest film director" | 63 |
| British game show in which has-beens compete in a jungle, briefly | 65 |
| British heavy metal band with the album "Ace of Spades" | 65 |
| British Invasion genre named for Liverpool's river | 54 |
| British leader from whom the "bobbies" got their name | 63 |
| British military governor in the American Revolution | 52 |
| British name of the 1960s series "Secret Agent" | 57 |
| British novelist who coined the term "dinner party" | 61 |
| British novelist who wrote "London Fields" | 52 |
| British P.M. who said "justice is truth in action" | 60 |
| British period beginning in 1660, with "the" | 54 |
| British Petroleum took majority ownership of it in 1978 | 55 |
| British philosopher who wrote "Language, Truth and Logic" | 67 |
| British philosopher who wrote "Principia Ethica" | 58 |
| British poet who coined the term "runcible spoon" | 59 |
| British Prime Minister during U.S. Grant's presidency | 57 |
| British scientist Tim credited with inventing the World Wide Web | 64 |
| British ship that shares its name with a New York "village" | 69 |
| British singer known for the "folktronica" sound | 58 |
| British tabs' moniker for Charles's bride-to-be | 55 |
| British techno band that recorded "Regret" | 52 |
| British term for pantry that sounds more like a yellowy color | 61 |
| British TV network, familiarly (with "the") | 53 |
| Britpop group behind the hit 1999 album "Leisure Noise" | 65 |
| Brits' search for a Revolutionary War spy in their midst? | 61 |
| Britton who wrote "The President's Daughter," 1927 | 64 |
| Broadcast-friendly version of a pop single with profanity | 57 |
| Broadway character who sings "Tea for Two" | 52 |
| Broadway composer Fred's laundry detergent of choice? | 57 |
| Broadway flop about an introduction to actor Bridges? | 53 |
| Broadway flop about singers with financial problems? | 52 |
| Broadway hit subtitled "A Musical Arabian Night" | 58 |
| Broadway hit that originally opened in London in 1978 | 53 |
| Broadway musical about a G.I. Joe collectors' convention? | 61 |
| Broadway musical based on ''La Boheme'' | 55 |
| Broadway musical subtitled "The Timeless Love Story" | 62 |
| Broadway musical that featured "Bosom Buddies" | 56 |
| Broadway musical with the song "Bosom Buddies" | 56 |