| _____ carte | 11 |
| _____ carotene | 14 |
| _____ Carnival, Richmond Hill, Ontario | 38 |
| _____ card (wallet item) | 24 |
| _____ Capital | 13 |
| _____ capita | 12 |
| _____ Canaria island | 20 |
| _____ Canals | 12 |
| _____ canadiens | 15 |
| _____ calling! | 14 |
| _____ California | 16 |
| _____ Calabash | 14 |
| _____ cake | 10 |
| _____ Cadieux | 13 |
| _____ Butterworth | 17 |
| _____ Burnie, Md. | 17 |
| _____ Bulba (Gogol's Cossack warrior) | 41 |
| _____ bug in one's ear (give ideas) | 39 |
| _____ buco (veal dish) | 22 |
| _____ buco | 10 |
| _____ Bruno, Calif. | 19 |
| _____ Brothers (old film slapstick team) | 40 |
| _____ Brook, Newfoundland | 25 |
| _____ Bridge | 12 |
| _____ breve (2/2 time) | 22 |
| _____ breve | 11 |
| _____ bran | 10 |
| _____ Brainard, the Absent-Minded Professor | 43 |
| _____ boy! | 10 |
| _____ boy | 9 |
| _____ Bornes (classic card game) | 32 |
| _____ Boot (movie) | 19 |
| _____ Boot | 10 |
| _____ Bones (Ichabod Crane's rival) | 39 |
| _____ bomb | 10 |
| _____ Boleyn | 12 |
| _____ bodkins | 13 |
| _____ blimp | 11 |
| _____ bleu | 10 |
| _____ blanche (sword) | 21 |
| _____ Blanc | 11 |
| _____ bit surprised | 19 |
| _____ Bingle (Crosby) | 21 |
| _____ Bien Phu (1954 battle site) | 33 |
| _____ bien | 10 |
| _____ Beta Kappa | 16 |
| _____ best friend | 17 |
| _____ Bennett | 13 |
| _____ bene | 10 |
| _____ Benbow ("Treasure Island" film) | 47 |
| _____ Ben Canaan of "Exodus" | 38 |
| _____ Ben Adhem | 15 |
| _____ belli (cause of war) | 26 |
| _____ Bell (Emily Brontë) | 28 |
| _____ Bell | 10 |
| _____ beetle | 12 |
| _____ bean | 10 |
| _____ Beach, Fla. | 17 |
| _____ Beach, Calif. | 19 |
| _____ Bay, Newfoundland bonanza | 31 |
| _____ Bay, Labrador | 19 |
| _____ Bay, Hawaii | 17 |
| _____ Bay, Brooklyn | 19 |
| _____ Bay (New England site) | 28 |
| _____ Basin (Ukranian coal region) | 34 |
| _____ barrel | 12 |
| _____ Barnacle (Mrs. James Joyce) | 33 |
| _____ Barbara | 13 |
| _____ Bandito of commercials | 28 |
| _____ balance (have a decisive effect) | 38 |
| _____ Bakr (first caliph of Mecca) | 34 |
| _____ B'rith | 16 |
| _____ Ã manger (dining room): Fr. | 36 |
| _____ Aviv | 10 |
| _____ avis | 10 |
| _____ aves (nonpareils) | 23 |
| _____ avail (fruitless) | 23 |
| _____ avail | 11 |
| _____ Australis (southern constellation) | 40 |
| _____ atque vale | 16 |
| _____ at Work | 13 |
| _____ at the bit | 16 |
| _____ at all costs | 18 |
| _____ as the hills | 18 |
| _____ as pie | 12 |
| _____ as gold | 13 |
| _____ as ABC | 12 |
| _____ as a peacock | 18 |
| _____ as a door-nail | 20 |
| _____ as a dog | 14 |
| _____ as a bat | 14 |
| _____ Arts | 10 |
| _____ Arnaz | 11 |
| _____ ark | 9 |
| _____ arch | 10 |
| _____ Arabia | 12 |
| _____ Apso | 10 |
| _____ Antony | 12 |
| _____ Annie of "Oklahoma!" | 36 |
| _____ Annie ("Oklahoma!" role) | 40 |