| Second-brightest stars | 22 |
| Radioactive rays | 16 |
| Prominent stars in constellations | 33 |
| Pre-release software programs | 29 |
| Ones being tested | 17 |
| Often buggy versions of software | 32 |
| Obsolete VCR's | 18 |
| NYSE volatility measures | 24 |
| Hellenic B's | 16 |
| Greek Bs | 8 |
| Gammas' predecessors | 24 |
| Fraternity fellows | 18 |
| Followers of alphas | 19 |
| Early releases of a sort | 25 |
| Early recording systems, familiarly | 35 |
| Bugs may lurk in them | 21 |
| Buggy versions, maybe | 21 |
| Bug-ridden software releases | 28 |
| BB? | 3 |
| Software trial run | 18 |
| Software trial | 14 |
| It may reveal some bugs | 23 |
| Electronic trial | 16 |
| Bug catcher? | 12 |
| Try prerelease software | 23 |
| Search for bugs, in a way | 25 |
| Computer software trial | 23 |
| Check for bugs, in a way | 24 |
| Chance to catch bugs | 20 |
| High-tech previews | 18 |
| Pre-marketing trials | 20 |
| Looks for bugs in | 17 |
| Computer trials | 15 |
| Bug catchers? | 13 |
| Fraternity's dessert? | 25 |
| "You __!": "Sure thing!" | 44 |
| "You __!" | 19 |
| "You ___!" ("Yessiree") | 43 |
| The Stylistics' "___ By Golly, Wow" | 49 |
| Slangy "got that right!" | 34 |
| "You __!": "Yep!" | 37 |
| "You __!": "Certainly" | 42 |
| "You __!": "Bingo!" | 39 |
| "You ___!" ("Of course!") | 45 |
| "You ___!" ("Natch!") | 41 |
| "You ___!" ("Absolutely!") | 46 |
| People you gamble with? | 23 |
| ___ noire | 9 |
| ___ noire (bugbear) | 19 |
| ___ noir | 8 |
| ___ noire (fearsome entity) | 27 |
| "La Belle et la ___" | 30 |
| -- noire | 8 |
| __ noire | 8 |
| Animal, in France | 17 |
| ____ noire | 10 |
| Phi __ (honor-society member) | 29 |
| Jean Renoir's ''La ___ Humaine'' | 52 |
| Jean Renoir film "La ___ Humaine" | 43 |
| Belle's counterpart | 23 |
| _____ noire | 11 |
| ___ noire (villainous one) | 26 |
| ___ noire (pet peeve) | 21 |
| ___ noire (bane) | 16 |
| __ noire (bugaboo) | 18 |
| Phi __ (honor society member) | 29 |
| noire | 5 |
| Nice beast | 10 |
| Jacques's beast | 19 |
| French beast | 12 |
| French animal | 13 |
| Émile Zola's "La ___ humaine" | 47 |
| Cheval or tigre | 15 |
| Belle's companion | 21 |
| Belle's amour | 17 |
| Beauty's foil, en français | 33 |
| Beast, to Bardot | 16 |
| Beast, in Tours | 15 |
| Beast, in Brest | 15 |
| Beast, in Bordeaux | 18 |
| Animal: Fr. | 11 |
| Animal, in Arles | 16 |
| "La Belle et la __": 1946 film | 40 |
| "La Belle et la ___" (French fairy tale) | 50 |
| "La Belle et la _____" (Cocteau film) | 47 |
| -- noire (bane) | 15 |
| ___-noire (bugbear) | 19 |
| ___ noire (frightful thing) | 27 |
| __ noire: literally, "black beast" | 44 |
| __ noire: dreaded thing | 23 |
| __ noire: bane | 14 |
| __ noire (bane) | 15 |
| __ de somme: beast of burden | 28 |
| Asian palm | 10 |
| Kind of palm | 12 |
| Some kind of nut | 16 |
| Tropical nut | 12 |
| Asiatic palm | 12 |
| Tropical nut or palm | 20 |
| Pepper plant | 12 |