| ___ Brothers (pop boy group) | 28 |
| ___ Brothers (pop trio) | 23 |
| ___ Brothers of bluegrass | 25 |
| ___ Brothers of comedic fame | 28 |
| ___ Brothers of songdom | 23 |
| ___ browns (beanery fare) | 25 |
| ___ browns (diner fare) | 23 |
| ___ Bruce, memorable comic | 26 |
| ___ brulee (French custard) | 27 |
| ___ Buck, 1985 Derby winner | 27 |
| ___ buco (Italian dish) | 23 |
| ___ buco (Italian entree) | 25 |
| ___ buco (Italian veal dish) | 28 |
| ___ buco (meat with risotto) | 28 |
| ___ buco (trattoria dish) | 25 |
| ___ buco (veal entree) | 22 |
| ___ buco (veal shanks) | 22 |
| ___ buco, Italian dish | 22 |
| ___ Bud, a Dickens heroine | 26 |
| ___ Bud, Dickens heroine | 24 |
| ___ budget (economizing) | 24 |
| ___ Bueller, Broderick role | 27 |
| ___ buena (mint relative) | 25 |
| ___ Buena Island, Calif. | 24 |
| ___ buena, evergreen plant | 26 |
| ___ bug in one's ear | 24 |
| ___ Bulba (literary Cossack) | 28 |
| ___ Bull, famed violinist | 25 |
| ___ Bull, memorable violinist | 29 |
| ___ Bull, Norwegian violinist | 29 |
| ___ Bund (Swiss newspaper) | 26 |
| ___ burger (meatless dish) | 26 |
| ___ Burger (veggie patty) | 25 |
| ___ burner (lab staple) | 23 |
| ___ business (give a start) | 27 |
| ___ business (out of town) | 26 |
| ___ buster (quartz quarrier?) | 29 |
| ___ butter (moisturizer) | 24 |
| ___ butter (muffin spread) | 26 |
| ___ Butter (Nabisco cookie) | 27 |
| ___ butter (soap ingredient) | 28 |
| ___ Butterfly (rock band) | 25 |
| ___ Butterworth's syrup | 27 |
| ___ button (Facebook icon) | 26 |
| ___ by (allow to pass) | 22 |
| ___ by (just getting by) | 24 |
| ___ by (just managing) | 22 |
| ___ by (squeeze through) | 24 |
| ___ by (values highly) | 22 |
| ___ by Dana (fragrance) | 23 |
| ___ by one's own petard | 27 |
| ___ by verdict, in law | 22 |
| ___ bygones be bygones | 22 |
| ___ Cabot, O'Neill hero | 27 |
| ___ cake (bonus of a sort) | 26 |
| ___ Cakesters (snack brand) | 27 |
| ___ calculus (kidney stone) | 27 |
| ___ Caliente, Costa Rica | 24 |
| ___ California peninsula | 24 |
| ___ California, Mexico | 22 |
| ___ Camel, W.W. I plane | 23 |
| ___ campaign (dirty politics) | 29 |
| ___ canal (dental operation) | 28 |
| ___ Canals (Great Lakes) | 24 |
| ___ Canals, St. Marys River | 27 |
| ___ candy (some pop tunes) | 26 |
| ___ canem (beware of the dog) | 29 |
| ___ cantata (church ceremony) | 29 |
| ___ cantata (church service) | 28 |
| ___ cantata (sung Mass) | 23 |
| ___ canto (operatic style) | 26 |
| ___ canto (singing style) | 25 |
| ___ canto (style of singing) | 28 |
| ___ canto, Callas's forte | 29 |
| ___ canto, singing style | 24 |
| ___ Canyon (Utah attraction) | 28 |
| ___ Canyon National Park | 24 |
| ___ cap (kind of mushroom) | 26 |
| ___ Capades (skating show) | 26 |
| ___ Capital (investment firm) | 29 |
| ___ capital (up-front money) | 28 |
| ___ capsule (two, please) | 25 |
| ___ capture (chess play) | 24 |
| ___ car (child's ride) | 26 |
| ___ cards (ESP testers) | 23 |
| ___ Carinae (hypergiant star) | 29 |
| ___ Carlo (Grand Prix locale) | 29 |
| ___ Carlo (part of Monaco) | 26 |
| ___ Carlos, city in Brazil | 26 |
| ___ Carolina University | 23 |
| ___ Carrée, at the Louvre | 28 |
| ___ Carrot (Crayola color) | 26 |
| ___ Carson of the Old West | 26 |
| ___ carte (menu phrase) | 23 |
| ___ carte (not prix fixe) | 25 |
| ___ Carte, opera company | 24 |
| ___ case (prosecutes) blind | 27 |
| ___ case-by-case basis | 22 |
| ___ casino (seafood dish) | 25 |
| ___ cassis (a liqueur) | 22 |