| The best there is to offer | 26 |
| The best policy, to many | 24 |
| The best place to sleep | 23 |
| The best overall material? | 26 |
| The best ones are close | 23 |
| The best of all worlds | 22 |
| The best medicine, initially | 28 |
| The best man may be in it | 25 |
| The best legal proceeding? | 26 |
| The best ledger entry? | 22 |
| The best apple drinks? | 22 |
| The best and the brightest | 26 |
| The best and brightest | 22 |
| The best an athlete can do | 26 |
| The Bermuda Triangle, e.g.? | 27 |
| The Bengals, on scoreboards | 27 |
| The bends, to caisson workers | 29 |
| The Belmonts' frontman | 26 |
| The Belmonts' front man | 27 |
| The Begleys, Sr. and Jr. | 24 |
| The beginning of time? | 22 |
| The beginning of a confession | 29 |
| The Beeb is seen on it | 22 |
| The Bee ___, popular trio | 25 |
| The Bee ___ of songdom | 22 |
| The Bee ___ (singing group) | 27 |
| The Bee __ (rock trio) | 22 |
| The Bee __ (rock supergroup) | 28 |
| The Bee Gees' genre | 23 |
| The Beavers of the Pac-12 | 25 |
| The Beavers of the Pac-10 | 25 |
| The Beavers of the N.C.A.A. | 27 |
| The Beav's big brother | 26 |
| The Beatles, Stones, etc. | 25 |
| The Beatles' ___ Pepper | 27 |
| The Beatles' second film | 28 |
| The Beatles' Rita, e.g. | 27 |
| The Beatles' Rigby | 22 |
| The Beatles' Pepper | 23 |
| The Beatles' meter maid | 27 |
| The Beatles' last movie | 27 |
| The Beatles' last film | 26 |
| The Beatles' George | 23 |
| The Beatles' Let ____ | 28 |
| The Beatles produced it | 23 |
| The Beatles or the Stones | 25 |
| The Beatles inspired it | 23 |
| The Beatles had a white one | 27 |
| The Beatles and others | 22 |
| The beaten candidate ___ | 24 |
| The Beastie Boys, e.g. | 22 |
| The Bears, on scoreboards | 25 |
| The bear with the hard bed | 26 |
| The beans in refried beans | 26 |
| The Beach Boys' Wilson | 26 |
| The BB contrabass, e.g. | 23 |
| The Bayou Bengals' sch. | 27 |
| The Bayou Bengals sch. | 22 |
| The Bay State's Cleveland | 29 |
| The Battle of ___ Jima | 22 |
| The Battle Born State: Abbr. | 28 |
| The Batmobile, notably | 22 |
| The Bathers painter | 22 |
| The basics, as it were | 22 |
| The basics of boat-building? | 28 |
| The Baroque or Classical | 24 |
| The Bard's tiny queen | 25 |
| The Bard's theatre | 22 |
| The Bard's fairy king | 25 |
| The bard's bedtime? | 23 |
| The Bard of ___ (Shakespeare) | 29 |
| The Bard of __ (Shakespeare) | 28 |
| The barber ordered a __ | 23 |
| The Band's drummer | 22 |
| The Bambino or Iron Horse | 25 |
| The Baltics, once: Abbr. | 24 |
| The Baltics, once (Abbr.) | 25 |
| The Ballet Class painter | 27 |
| The Balcony playwright | 25 |
| The Bahamas' ___ Island | 27 |
| The Bahamas' capital | 24 |
| The baggage handler __ | 22 |
| The Badger State: Abbr. | 23 |
| The backbone, medically | 23 |
| The back of the choir? | 22 |
| The Babe's sultanate | 24 |
| The Babe Ruth of Japan | 22 |
| The Babe and a sex Dr. | 22 |
| The “U” in I.C.U. | 25 |
| The “S” of CBS | 22 |
| The “O” in ROM | 22 |
| The “I” in T.G.I.F. | 27 |
| The “A” in ACTH | 23 |
| The Aztecs' Tonatiuh | 24 |
| The Azores are part of it | 25 |
| The Azadi Tower's city | 26 |
| The Ayatollah, for one | 22 |
| The Axis, to the Allies | 23 |
| The Axis to the Allies | 22 |
| The avenging Mrs. Peel | 22 |