| It begins, "Call me Ishmael." | 39 |
| It begins: "It was the best of times . . . " (with "A") | 75 |
| It begins: "Marley was dead . . . " | 45 |
| It begins: "When in the Course . . . " | 48 |
| It begs for an answer | 21 |
| It behaves best with a good paddling | 36 |
| It belongs forward | 18 |
| It bends in a plea or plie | 26 |
| It bested Betamax | 17 |
| It bestows the gift of flattery | 31 |
| It bestrides the Tevere | 23 |
| It bills itself as "The independent guide to technology" | 66 |
| It bills itself as "The World's Most Famous Arena": Abbr. | 71 |
| It binds | 8 |
| It bisects a court | 18 |
| It bisects Pisa | 15 |
| It bit in a Shakespearean bit | 29 |
| It bit Marlon Brando | 20 |
| It bites | 8 |
| It bites in the Atlantic Bight | 30 |
| It bites the dust | 17 |
| It bites, takes hops and may have a big head | 44 |
| It blasts | 9 |
| It blew in '06 | 18 |
| It blew in 1707 | 15 |
| It blew in 1852 | 15 |
| It blew its stack in 475 B.C. | 29 |
| It blew its stack in December 1991 | 34 |
| It blew its stack in Europe | 27 |
| It blew its stack in Italy | 26 |
| It blew its top in 1832 | 23 |
| It blew its top in 1992 | 23 |
| It blew Mary Poppins to the Banks' house | 44 |
| It blew up in the "Aeneid" | 36 |
| It blooms in the fall | 21 |
| It blooms late in the season | 28 |
| It blows | 8 |
| It blows a lot of hot air | 25 |
| It blows off steam | 18 |
| It blows up in a crash | 22 |
| It blows, sometimes | 19 |
| It blows; I just got scolded for using portable electronic devices and they're out of peanuts | 97 |
| It bodes well | 13 |
| It bollixes up the machinery | 28 |
| It bonds models | 15 |
| It borders Afghanistan | 22 |
| It borders all HOMES save M | 27 |
| It borders Antarctica | 21 |
| It borders Aust. | 16 |
| It borders Brazil | 17 |
| It borders Brazil and Bolivia | 29 |
| It borders Burkina Faso | 23 |
| It borders Fla. | 15 |
| It borders four Great Lakes: Abbr. | 34 |
| It borders France | 17 |
| It borders Georgia | 18 |
| It borders Guinea and Liberia | 29 |
| It borders Ida. | 15 |
| It borders Israel to the north | 30 |
| It borders It. | 14 |
| It borders James Bay: Abbr. | 27 |
| It borders Jordan | 17 |
| It borders Kazakhstan | 21 |
| It borders L. Michigan | 22 |
| It borders la mer | 17 |
| It borders Lake Huron: Abbr. | 28 |
| It borders Marie Byrd Land | 26 |
| It borders Mayfair | 18 |
| It borders N.J. | 15 |
| It borders on Uttar Pradesh | 27 |
| It borders Que. | 15 |
| It borders Regent Street | 24 |
| It borders Sask. | 16 |
| It borders Saudi Arabia and Yemen | 33 |
| It borders Sweden and Poland | 28 |
| It borders Tarzana | 18 |
| It borders Tenn. | 16 |
| It borders the Atl. | 19 |
| It borders the Bering Sea | 25 |
| It borders the Black Sea: Abbr. | 31 |
| It borders the Brooklyn Botanic Garden | 38 |
| It borders the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman | 58 |
| It borders the Land of Lincoln | 30 |
| It borders the Northwest Territories | 36 |
| It borders the South China Sea | 30 |
| It borders the state of Amazonas | 32 |
| It borders two Great Lakes: Abbr. | 33 |
| It borders Uzbekistan | 21 |
| It borders Vietnam | 18 |
| It borders Wash. | 16 |
| It borders Zambia and Tanzania | 30 |
| It bore Balaam | 14 |
| It both aids and hinders | 24 |
| It both precedes and follows James | 34 |
| It bought Carnation in 1985 | 27 |
| It bought CompuServe | 20 |
| It bought Harrisdirect | 22 |
| It bought Kinko's in 2004 | 29 |
| It bought Motown Records in 1988 | 32 |
| It bought Random House in 1965 | 30 |