| Bacharach who wrote the music for "Promises, Promises" | 64 |
| Bach’s “Great Fantasia and Fugue ___ Minor” | 55 |
| Bachelor in Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" | 67 |
| Back to the beginning (like how this puzzle's theme goes) | 61 |
| Backdrop for D. H. Lawrence's "Women in Love" | 59 |
| Backdrop for D.H. Lawrence's "Women in Love" | 58 |
| Backs of 45's having a sudden change in direction? | 54 |
| Backup singer on "Midnight Train to Georgia" | 54 |
| Backwoods groom on the cover of "Life" in 1952 | 56 |
| Bacteriologist Paul who coined the word "chemotherapy" | 64 |
| Bad luck, and a hint to the four longest across answers | 55 |
| Bad math teacher saying: "There are three . . ." | 58 |
| Bad Religion guitarist Gurewitz' electro-hardcore band | 58 |
| Bad response upon first seeing one's new haircut? | 53 |
| Bad review of "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"? | 53 |
| Bad thing to be caught with at work, with "a" | 55 |
| Bad thing to hit if one didn't mean to "reply all" | 64 |
| Bad-day-in-the-market headline for a Broadway backer? | 53 |
| Bad-day-in-the-market headline for a lending institution? | 57 |
| Bad-day-in-the-market headline for a sushi restaurant? | 54 |
| Badass who is the subject of the "facts" in this puzzle | 65 |
| Badge-earning level after Bobcat, Tiger Cub, Wolf and Bear | 58 |
| Baffled "Jeopardy!" contestant's effort | 53 |
| Baggins portrayer in "The Lord of the Rings" | 54 |
| Bahamas district where Hemingway lived for two years | 52 |
| Bahamas' ___ Islands (group that includes Castaway Cay) | 59 |
| Baiul in "Cold as Ice: The Skating Musical" | 53 |
| Baked dish made of eggs, cheese, cigarette butts and cocktails? | 63 |
| Baker v. ___ (landmark Supreme Court voting rights case) | 56 |
| Baker vs. ___ (landmark Supreme Court redistricting case) | 57 |
| Baker who sang "Giving You the Best That I Got" | 57 |
| Baker's quote from "Romeo and Juliet"? | 52 |
| Balance sheet item that's mentioned while doing your business? | 66 |
| Baldwin of SNL's "Schweddy Balls" sketch | 54 |
| Baldwin who has hosted "S.N.L." more times than anyone else | 69 |
| Balkan country that declared its independence in 2008 | 53 |
| Ball that falls between an infielder and an outfielder | 54 |
| Ballerina Rubinstein, for whom Ravel wrote "Boléro" | 64 |
| Ballet subtitled "The Courting at Burnt Ranch" | 56 |
| Ballet to Weill's music (with "The"), by George | 61 |
| Ballplayer Banks with the catchphrase "Let's play two" | 68 |
| Ballplayer Brandon who struck out to end the 2006 World Series | 62 |
| Ballplayer closely followed by a U.S. President's mother | 60 |
| Ballplayer with the autobiography "My Prison Without Bars" | 68 |
| Ballplayer's home renovation advice about the bare hallway floor? | 69 |
| Ballplayers Dark and Davis who won Rookie of the Year awards | 60 |
| Baltimore Oriole who played in 2,632 consecutive games | 54 |
| Baltimore Orioles player who led the A.L. in RBIs in 1976 | 57 |
| Baltimore rapper with "Lord Give Me a Sign" | 53 |
| Band featured in a Scooby-Doo spoof on "South Park" | 61 |
| Band featured on the reality show "Rock Star" | 55 |
| Band formed by ex-Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten, for short | 53 |
| Band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 | 57 |
| Band member in "Rock 'n' Roll High School" | 60 |
| Band profiled in Rolling Stone by Cameron Crowe at age 15 | 57 |
| Band that can retrofit your theater to accommodate automobiles? | 63 |
| Band that covered ''Bizarre Love Triangle'' | 59 |
| Band that covered "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | 63 |
| Band that famously remade "Satisfaction" on its first album | 69 |
| Band that hit YouTube with the treadmill-choreographed video | 60 |
| Band that lost out to Sade for the Best New Artist Grammy | 57 |
| Band that lost out to Sade for the Grammy for Best New Artist | 61 |
| Band that released "Pretzel Logic" in 1974 | 52 |
| Band that sings "Don't Stop Believin'" | 56 |
| Band that stopped touring as of September 10, 2009, for short | 61 |
| Band that wrote half the "Xanadu" soundtrack | 54 |
| Band who created the soundtrack for "The Virgin Suicides" | 67 |
| Band who sang "Rikki, Give the Cops That Number"? | 59 |
| Band whose "Man on the Moon" is a tribute to Andy Kaufman | 67 |
| Band whose "No Rain" video had the "Bee Girl" | 65 |
| Band whose 1998 song "One Week" was #1 for one week | 61 |
| Band whose biggest hit's video featured Milton Berle in drag | 64 |
| Band whose debut song was "10538 Overture" | 52 |
| Band whose final new album was "The Visitors" | 55 |
| Band whose last album was "The Slip," for short | 57 |
| Band whose lead guitarist dresses as a British schoolboy | 56 |
| Band whose makeup has stayed the same over the years? | 53 |
| Band whose members formed Hindu Love Gods with Warren Zevon | 59 |
| Band whose members included Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe | 64 |
| Band whose self-titled 1982 album was #1 for nine weeks | 55 |
| Band with "This Too Shall Pass" and other viral video hits | 68 |
| Band with a 1985 U.K. #1 album titled "Meat Is Murder" | 64 |
| Band with a Ben & Jerry's flavor named for it | 53 |
| Band with an umlaut on the "n" in its name | 52 |
| Band with lots of songs about the French Revolution? | 52 |
| Band with the 10x platinum album "Nevermind" | 54 |
| Band with the 1974 #1 hit "The Night Chicago Died" | 60 |
| Band with the 1975 #1 hit "One of These Nights" | 57 |
| Band with the 1977 album "Out of the Blue" | 52 |
| Band with the 1980 hit album "Freedom of Choice" | 58 |
| Band with the 1981 #1 album "Paradise Theater" | 56 |
| Band with the 1982 platinum album "The Number of the Beast" | 69 |
| Band with the 1983 hit "Hungry Like the Wolf" | 55 |
| Band with the 1983 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" | 58 |
| Band with the 1985 hit album "Hunting High and Low" | 61 |
| Band with the 1986 hit 'Tuff Enuff,' with 'the' | 63 |
| Band with the 1988 #1 hit "Need You Tonight" | 54 |
| Band with the 1990 #9 hit "Silent Lucidity" | 53 |
| Band with the 1990 album "Lock Up the Wolves" | 55 |
| Band with the 1990 album "Smooth Noodle Maps" | 55 |