| __ boy (timid one) | 18 |
| __ boy (timid lad) | 18 |
| __ boy (timid guy) | 18 |
| __ boy (sissy) | 14 |
| __ box (TV) | 11 |
| __ Bowl (annual Texas game) | 27 |
| __ Bowl | 7 |
| __ bourguignon | 14 |
| __ Bourguiba, Tunisian president from 1957-87 | 45 |
| __ bottoms | 10 |
| __ Bornes: card game | 20 |
| __ borealis (northern lights) | 29 |
| __ borealis | 11 |
| __ Bora: Taliban stronghold | 27 |
| __ Bora: Afghan region | 22 |
| __ Bora: Afghan mountain area | 29 |
| __ Bora (Afghan region) | 23 |
| __ boost | 8 |
| __ boom bah | 11 |
| __ boom (SST sound) | 19 |
| __ boom (jet sound) | 19 |
| __ boom | 7 |
| __ Book: 11th-century English land survey | 41 |
| __ Book Club | 12 |
| __ book (enjoy Stephen King) | 28 |
| __ bono: "Who stands to gain?" in law | 47 |
| __ Bones: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character | 59 |
| __ bonding | 10 |
| __ bomb | 7 |
| __ board (manicurist's tool) | 32 |
| __ Bo | 5 |
| __ blues: Mississippi genre | 27 |
| __ blue: color named for a school | 33 |
| __ blue streak | 14 |
| __ blue sea | 11 |
| __ blue | 7 |
| __ bloom: pond buildup | 22 |
| __ blood | 8 |
| __ blocker | 10 |
| __ bloc | 7 |
| __ blanche | 10 |
| __ Blanc, the Alps' highest peak | 36 |
| __ Blanc | 8 |
| __ Blair: George Orwell's birth name | 40 |
| __ bit: slightly | 16 |
| __ bit (totally) | 16 |
| __ bit (slightly) | 17 |
| __ bit (completely) | 19 |
| __ bit | 6 |
| __ birth to | 11 |
| __ Birds: cellphone game | 24 |
| __ bird | 7 |
| __ Bingle: Crosby nickname | 26 |
| __ Bing!: "The Sopranos" nightclub | 44 |
| __ bind | 7 |
| __ biloba: claimed memory-enhancing extract | 43 |
| __ biloba | 9 |
| __ Bill: legendary cowboy | 25 |
| __ big way | 10 |
| __ Bete | 7 |
| __ Beta Kappa | 13 |
| __ best friend (a dog) | 22 |
| __ best friend | 14 |
| __ Bernardo, Chile | 18 |
| __ Bernardino | 13 |
| __ Bernardi, who played Tevye on Broadway | 41 |
| __ Benedict XVI | 15 |
| __ Benedict | 11 |
| __ bene | 7 |
| __ belt | 7 |
| __ belli (act of war) | 21 |
| __ Bell: Emily Brontë pen name | 33 |
| __ Bell (Kremlin attraction) | 28 |
| __ Bell | 7 |
| __ behind the ears | 18 |
| __ before | 9 |
| __ beer: low-alcohol beverage | 29 |
| __ beef (sandwich meat) | 23 |
| __ beef | 7 |
| __ bee | 6 |
| __ bed | 6 |
| __ Beaumont, hero of King's "The Dark Half" | 57 |
| __ bears (candy variety) | 24 |
| __ Bear: Ursa Minor | 19 |
| __ Bear, original name of Winnie-the-Pooh | 41 |
| __ bear (white beast) | 21 |
| __ bear (Arctic beast) | 22 |
| __ bear | 7 |
| __ beans (Mexican side dish) | 28 |
| __ beans | 8 |
| __ Beanies ('90s fad toys) | 30 |
| __ bean: sprouts source | 23 |
| __ bean | 7 |
| __ Beach: Southern California resort | 36 |
| __ Beach: South Carolina resort | 31 |
| __ Beach: resort near Santa Ana | 31 |
| __ Beach, SC | 12 |
| __ Beach, Florida | 17 |
| __ Beach, Fla. | 14 |
| __ Beach, FL | 12 |