| Besmirched | 10 |
| Besmirched or, alternately, dressy item for the beach? | 54 |
| Besmirched, in a way | 20 |
| Besmirches | 10 |
| Besmirching | 11 |
| Besmirchment | 12 |
| Besom | 5 |
| Besom material | 14 |
| Besom rider | 11 |
| Besom, e.g. | 11 |
| Besoms | 6 |
| Besotted | 8 |
| Besought | 8 |
| Bespangle | 9 |
| Bespangle, e.g. | 15 |
| Bespangled Swedish quartet | 26 |
| Bespangled uncle | 16 |
| Bespangled, in a way | 20 |
| Bespangled, in heraldry | 23 |
| Bespangles | 10 |
| Bespatter | 9 |
| Bespeckle | 9 |
| Bespectacled | 12 |
| Bespectacled "Lord of the Flies" boy | 46 |
| Bespectacled "MASH" character | 39 |
| Bespectacled "Scooby Doo" character | 45 |
| Bespectacled "Scooby-Doo" character | 45 |
| Bespectacled cartoon canine who was once a CEO | 46 |
| Bespectacled comedian Arnold | 28 |
| Bespectacled dwarf | 18 |
| Bespectacled Elton John persona | 31 |
| Bespectacled Ghostbuster | 24 |
| Bespectacled member of the Scooby-Doo gang | 42 |
| Bespectacled Mystery Machine passenger | 38 |
| Bespoke | 7 |
| Bespoke provider | 16 |
| Bess et al. | 11 |
| Bess follower | 13 |
| Bess Truman or Barbara Bush | 27 |
| Bess Truman, ___ Wallace | 24 |
| Bess' follower in the White House | 37 |
| Bess' husband | 17 |
| Bess' love | 14 |
| Bess's follower | 19 |
| Bess's husband | 18 |
| Bess's love | 15 |
| Bess's man | 14 |
| Bess's predecessor | 22 |
| Bess's successor | 20 |
| Bess's title mate | 21 |
| Bessell and Nugent | 18 |
| Bessell of "That Girl" | 32 |
| Bessemer factories | 18 |
| Bessemer leftover | 17 |
| Bessemer material | 17 |
| Bessemer process leftover | 25 |
| Bessemer product | 16 |
| Bessemer-converter owners | 25 |
| Bessemer-process output | 23 |
| Bessemer-process product | 24 |
| Bessie and Maggie | 17 |
| Bessie of the silents | 21 |
| Bessie or Kate | 14 |
| Bessie Smith's forte | 24 |
| Bessie Smith's genre | 24 |
| Best | 4 |
| Best ... or worst | 17 |
| Best a real estate tycoon? | 26 |
| Best accomplishment | 19 |
| Best achievable | 15 |
| Best Actor between Ernest and Alec | 34 |
| Best Actor between Jeff and Jean | 32 |
| Best Actor between Tracy and Stewart | 36 |
| Best Actor Emil | 15 |
| Best Actor Emmy winner, e.g. | 28 |
| Best Actor for ''Ray'' | 38 |
| Best Actor for "Gladiator" | 36 |
| Best Actor for "Hamlet," 1948 | 39 |
| Best actor for "It Happened One Night" | 48 |
| Best Actor for "Scent of a Woman" | 43 |
| Best Actor for "The Story of Louis Pasteur" | 53 |
| Best Actor nominee for "Affliction," 1998 | 51 |
| Best Actor nominee for "American History X" | 53 |
| Best Actor nominee for "My Favorite Year" | 51 |
| Best Actor nominee for "The Fixer" | 44 |
| Best Actor nominee for "Venus," 2006 | 46 |
| Best Actor nominee of 1991 and 1998 | 35 |
| Best Actor nominee of 1992 | 26 |
| Best Actor nominee Stephen | 26 |
| Best Actor nominee, 1999-2001 | 29 |
| Best Actor of '39 | 21 |
| Best Actor of 1931 and 1946 | 27 |
| Best Actor of 1932 and 1946 | 27 |
| Best Actor of 1942 | 18 |
| Best Actor of 1955? | 19 |
| Best Actor of 1957 | 18 |
| Best Actor of 1958 | 18 |
| Best Actor of 1961 | 18 |
| Best Actor of 1964 | 18 |
| Best Actor of 1965 | 18 |