| Buckthorn trees with medically useful bark | 42 |
| Blues standard first recorded by Ma Rainey | 42 |
| Board game partner from Nixon and Clinton? | 42 |
| Beginning piano student's first scale? | 42 |
| Barbecue veggie eaten with one's hands | 42 |
| Bright, oversized top named for a comedian | 42 |
| Builder of strong bones at the dairy farm? | 42 |
| Beverage that suits its drinker perfectly? | 42 |
| Blondie's "boss-in-law" J.C. | 42 |
| Breed of sheep named for an English county | 42 |
| Basketball film directed by Jack Nicholson | 42 |
| Ben Jonson vis-a-vis Gabriel Spenser, e.g. | 42 |
| Boxer nicknamed "Hands of Stone" | 42 |
| Best Picture of 1996, with "The" | 42 |
| Big name in women's apparel since 1949 | 42 |
| Brown on the arms and the back of the neck | 42 |
| Best Picture of 1971, with "The" | 42 |
| Broadway hit of yore, with "The" | 42 |
| Big ___ ("South Park" character) | 42 |
| Bygone comic who would make a lousy baker? | 42 |
| Be the recipient of some handicapping info | 42 |
| Beaver's search for more dam material? | 42 |
| Band with the 1998 #1 hit "Iris" | 42 |
| Birthplace of Eugene Levy and Martin Short | 42 |
| Baggy pair named for a breakdancing rapper | 42 |
| British financial concern founded in China | 42 |
| Business that supplies shoddy oil changes? | 42 |
| Bellini opera set in the English Civil War | 42 |
| Barenaked Ladies "___ Been Done" | 42 |
| Billy Joel "An Innocent Man" hit | 42 |
| Boxer in his first match for promoter Don? | 42 |
| Be familiar with a city near White Plains? | 42 |
| Burst with pride, as a Yiddish grandparent | 42 |
| Body of water between Ontario and Michigan | 42 |
| Bolivian town meaning "the hill" | 42 |
| Bandleader in the Polka Music Hall of Fame | 42 |
| Body part on a "Twister" spinner | 42 |
| Beethoven's "_____ Overture" | 42 |
| Bendix early TV show, with "The" | 42 |
| Bette Nesmith Graham's invention, 1957 | 42 |
| Bad reaction to a very high interest rate? | 42 |
| Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, casually | 42 |
| Big drinking night, stop #6 (home at last) | 42 |
| Bogart in "The Petrified Forest" | 42 |
| Belafonte's pet name for his daughter? | 42 |
| Breadbasket of sorts, with "the" | 42 |
| Based on a scale other than major or minor | 42 |
| Bad place for a man to be kicked, slangily | 42 |
| Biological specimen replacing the original | 42 |
| Benjamin Bradlee, during the Watergate era | 42 |
| Birthplace of ice dancers Torvill and Dean | 42 |
| Bad news for a job-seeking ski instructor? | 42 |
| Birds of a feather flock together, but ... | 42 |
| Blows it on "The Price Is Right" | 42 |
| Builder of America's first copper mill | 42 |
| Brand that offers "Full Support" | 42 |
| Backing an ancient empire, like King Herod | 42 |
| Boycott Oscar winner Fredric's movies? | 42 |
| Beatrix Potter's waddling Jemima, e.g. | 42 |
| Ben's role in "Pearl Harbor" | 42 |
| Bottle rocket that takes off like a flash? | 42 |
| Blood___ (video game series with vampires) | 42 |
| Beer served without artificial carbonation | 42 |
| Ballet movie of 1948, with "The" | 42 |
| Basis of many countries' legal systems | 42 |
| Boy's outfit with bell-bottom trousers | 42 |
| Bird named for the male's bright color | 42 |
| British monarchy's symbol of authority | 42 |
| Bird usually seen as a clue, not an answer | 42 |
| Bet by scads of people in Washington: 1977 | 42 |
| Berger of ''Major Dundee'' | 42 |
| Bond type whose first purchaser was F.D.R. | 42 |
| Brand whose ads feature the Counting Sheep | 42 |
| Byron's "__ Walks in Beauty" | 42 |
| Birthplace of twin columnists Abby and Ann | 42 |
| Big ___ (phrase on Montana license plates) | 42 |
| Billy Bob Thornton's directorial debut | 42 |
| Biscuits and gravy (in my wife's eyes) | 42 |
| Bob Hoskins's role in "Hook" | 42 |
| Brush-off from a gardener's secretary? | 42 |
| Brand invented by an aluminum pot salesman | 42 |
| Band with the 1998 hit "Circles" | 42 |
| Bill at the "Star Wars" cantina? | 42 |
| Boomer that retired in the early '00s? | 42 |
| Big name in trip planning for young people | 42 |
| Bullwinkle pal who's been working out? | 42 |
| Bas-relief tourist attraction near Atlanta | 42 |
| British Columbia's ____of Juan de Fuca | 42 |
| Billy Corgan has a signature model (abbr.) | 42 |
| Billiard ball feature, about half the time | 42 |
| Butting heads, charging other sheep, etc.? | 42 |
| Benny Goodman is credited with starting it | 42 |
| Bernstein's "Trouble in ___" | 42 |
| Bumping one's head on the ceiling, say | 42 |
| Burns's "___ o' Shanter" | 42 |
| Brando's "Last ___ in Paris" | 42 |
| Benjamin's "The ___ of Pooh" | 42 |
| Business that supplies sailors with money? | 42 |
| Beer made by the same company as Dos Equis | 42 |
| Baseball Hall of Famers Lyons and Williams | 42 |