| ___ better (improve upon) | 25 |
| ___ Bieber, U.A.W. head | 23 |
| ___ big (prevails easily) | 25 |
| ___ Bill (folklore figure) | 26 |
| ___ Bill (tall tale hero) | 25 |
| ___ Bill, legendary cowboy | 26 |
| ___ BILLS (sign on a wall) | 26 |
| ___ Bingle (Crosby moniker) | 27 |
| ___ Bingle (Crosby nickname) | 28 |
| ___ Bird, daughter of L.B.J. | 28 |
| ___ Bird, of Sesame Street | 26 |
| ___ Biscuit (1912 debut) | 24 |
| ___ Blahniks (chic shoes) | 25 |
| ___ Blair (George Orwell) | 25 |
| ___ Blanc (white wine grape) | 28 |
| ___ Blanc, Alpine peak | 22 |
| ___ Blanc, in the Alps | 22 |
| ___ Blanc, popular wine grape | 29 |
| ___ blanche, chivalry weapon | 28 |
| ___ blank (had no idea) | 23 |
| ___ bleu (blue stocking) | 24 |
| ___ bleu (learned woman) | 24 |
| ___ Blixen (Isak Dinesen) | 25 |
| ___ Blixen a k a Isak Dinesen | 29 |
| ___ blossom (cocktail) | 22 |
| ___ blue (a basic dye) | 22 |
| ___ Blue (old kerosene brand) | 29 |
| ___ blue streak (chatter) | 25 |
| ___ Bluff National Monument | 27 |
| ___ Bo (Billy Blanks program) | 29 |
| ___ Bo (exercise system) | 24 |
| ___ Bo (workout method) | 23 |
| ___ Bo (workout system) | 23 |
| ___ Bo: fitness system | 22 |
| ___ board (nail shaper) | 23 |
| ___ board (racetrack fixture) | 29 |
| ___ board (track fixture) | 25 |
| ___ Bobbin of the Oz books | 26 |
| ___ bodlkins, old oath | 22 |
| ___ bolt from the blue | 22 |
| ___ Bombeck, author-columnist | 29 |
| ___ bomber (new U.S. plane) | 27 |
| ___ bone (pelvis component) | 27 |
| ___ bone, in the wrist | 22 |
| ___ Bongo, Gabonese statesman | 29 |
| ___ Bongo, President of Gabon | 29 |
| ___ bonne heure! (right!) | 25 |
| ___ bono (of what good?) | 24 |
| ___ book (be literate) | 22 |
| ___ Book (old English record) | 29 |
| ___ boomers (Generation Y) | 26 |
| ___ boots ('60s footwear) | 29 |
| ___ boots (knee-high style) | 27 |
| ___ boots: '60s fashion | 27 |
| ___ Bora (Afghan region) | 24 |
| ___ Bora (Afghanistan locale) | 29 |
| ___ Bora, Afghan region | 23 |
| ___ Borch, Dutch artist | 23 |
| ___ Borch, Dutch painter | 24 |
| ___ Bornes (card game) | 22 |
| ___ Bornes (French card game) | 29 |
| ___ boss (casino employee) | 26 |
| ___ bounds (very fast) | 22 |
| ___ bourgeoisie (gentry) | 24 |
| ___ bourrée (ballet move) | 28 |
| ___ Bow, river in Wyo. | 22 |
| ___ bower (spare anchor) | 24 |
| ___ Bowl (postseason game) | 26 |
| ___ Bowl, for all-pro teams | 27 |
| ___ box (carpentry device) | 26 |
| ___ Boy (dog food brand) | 24 |
| ___ boy (hero sandwich) | 23 |
| ___ branch (peace emblem) | 25 |
| ___ branch (peace offering) | 27 |
| ___ Brasi (Corleone hood) | 25 |
| ___ break for it (ran) | 22 |
| ___ break for it (run) | 22 |
| ___ breakfast (uncooked meal) | 29 |
| ___ breath (one of the pinks) | 29 |
| ___ breeze (vodka cocktail) | 27 |
| ___ breve (2/2 time in music) | 29 |
| ___ breve (music direction) | 27 |
| ___ breve (music marking) | 25 |
| ___ breve (musical direction) | 29 |
| ___ breve (musical marking) | 27 |
| ___ breve (musical notation) | 28 |
| ___ breve (musical passage) | 27 |
| ___ breve (musical term) | 24 |
| ___ breve (musical time) | 24 |
| ___ breve, musical passage | 26 |
| ___ Brewery Co., of Detroit | 27 |
| ___ Bridge in St. Louis | 23 |
| ___ Brite (laundry product) | 27 |
| ___ Broad College of Business | 29 |
| ___ broche (cooked on a spit) | 29 |
| ___ broche (cooking style) | 26 |
| ___ broche (on a skewer) | 24 |
| ___ Brothers (Dick and Tom) | 27 |
| ___ Brothers (early singers) | 28 |
| ___ brothers (Hollywood duo) | 28 |