| Beginning for tend or text | 26 |
| Bout before the main event | 26 |
| Before surgery, informally | 26 |
| Buyer's reading matter | 26 |
| Blotch on one's record | 26 |
| Bit of elbow encouragement | 26 |
| Bring legal action against | 26 |
| Boston skyscraper nickname | 26 |
| Bible book before Proverbs | 26 |
| Bake sale organizer, maybe | 26 |
| Bake sale sponsor, briefly | 26 |
| Basketball scoreboard nos. | 26 |
| Bass guzzler's hangout | 26 |
| Beating of one's heart | 26 |
| Build, with "up" | 26 |
| Bush's opposite number | 26 |
| Bootleg runners, for short | 26 |
| British monarch, initially | 26 |
| Broccoli __ (salad veggie) | 26 |
| Beachgoer's take-along | 26 |
| Blew a gasket, so to speak | 26 |
| Brand with a Robusto! line | 26 |
| Bit of motivational speech | 26 |
| British rule prior to 1947 | 26 |
| Bump in bumper cars, maybe | 26 |
| Boardwalk-to-beach passage | 26 |
| Battle reenactment devices | 26 |
| Blogger's entry, maybe | 26 |
| Big Daddy Kane's style | 26 |
| Blue Ridge Mountains river | 26 |
| Burger order specification | 26 |
| Beefsteak order, sometimes | 26 |
| Bay south of Staten Island | 26 |
| Buckwheat was a little one | 26 |
| Bad way to make a decision | 26 |
| Blacksmith's implement | 26 |
| Birth or interest follower | 26 |
| Bob's longtime partner | 26 |
| Bob and ____ of old radio | 26 |
| Bandleader Eberle or Bloch | 26 |
| Baseball Triple Crown stat | 26 |
| Big stat for Manny Ramirez | 26 |
| Baseball hitter's stat | 26 |
| Best Actor nominee of 1992 | 26 |
| Best Actor nominee Stephen | 26 |
| Belfast-born actor Stephen | 26 |
| Bring in the sheaves, e.g. | 26 |
| Basis of McCormick fortune | 26 |
| Behind, or hit from behind | 26 |
| Book's right-hand page | 26 |
| Be environmentally correct | 26 |
| Bad ink color for business | 26 |
| Baseball's oldest team | 26 |
| Beatty flick set in Russia | 26 |
| Bassoon part in two pieces | 26 |
| Bassoonist's equipment | 26 |
| Brought a cutthroat to net | 26 |
| Base-stealing leader: 1952 | 26 |
| Brand of peanut butter cup | 26 |
| Boxing official, for short | 26 |
| Book like a dict. or ency. | 26 |
| Betty Ford Center offering | 26 |
| Buggy driver's control | 26 |
| Bit of history in a museum | 26 |
| Brother, aunt, etc.: Abbr. | 26 |
| Bug-eyed cartoon character | 26 |
| Budget allocation for many | 26 |
| Broadway staple until 2008 | 26 |
| Blockbuster's business | 26 |
| Brings back home, in a way | 26 |
| Button on a cruise control | 26 |
| Be a good environmentalist | 26 |
| Busy man on April 18, 1775 | 26 |
| Bounty hunter's payoff | 26 |
| Bears quarterback Grossman | 26 |
| Big name in film criticism | 26 |
| Baseball scorecard letters | 26 |
| Big birds of South America | 26 |
| Butler in a Civil War epic | 26 |
| Butler who emerged in 1936 | 26 |
| BTO "Let It ___" | 26 |
| Bond girl opposite Lazenby | 26 |
| B.B. King's first name | 26 |
| Boss at the jewelry store? | 26 |
| Brazilian city, familiarly | 26 |
| Brilliant display of color | 26 |
| Becomes ready for plucking | 26 |
| Beatles meter maid of song | 26 |
| Bris or confirmation, e.g. | 26 |
| Baptisms and confirmations | 26 |
| Baptism and marriage, e.g. | 26 |
| Bar and bat mitzvahs, e.g. | 26 |
| Bygone gas-station freebie | 26 |
| B-52's "___" | 26 |
| Bookbinder's sheepskin | 26 |
| Boxer's pre-fight wear | 26 |
| Beast in a Marco Polo tale | 26 |
| Bargain-hunter's dream | 26 |
| Big Apple precision dancer | 26 |
| Beavers or squirrels, e.g. | 26 |