| "Such a lonely word," to Billy Joel | 45 |
| What liars lack | 15 |
| They say it's the best policy | 33 |
| The best policy | 15 |
| Satinpod | 8 |
| Quality Ananias lacked | 22 |
| Policy that pays off | 20 |
| Plant also called satinpod | 26 |
| Plain dealing | 13 |
| Lincolnesque quality | 20 |
| Lincoln's quality | 21 |
| Lincoln forte | 13 |
| Jefferson's "first chapter in the book of wisdom" | 63 |
| It can be brutal | 16 |
| Character trait | 15 |
| Attribute of Abe | 16 |
| 1979 Billy Joel single | 22 |
| 1979 Billy Joel hit | 19 |
| "With death comes ___" (Salman Rushdie) | 49 |
| "The first chapter of the book of wisdom": Jefferson | 62 |
| "The best policy" | 27 |
| "No legacy is so rich as ___": Shak. | 46 |
| Fly catcher | 11 |
| Bee product | 11 |
| Affectionate address | 20 |
| Tea additive | 12 |
| Mel | 3 |
| "A Taste of ___" | 26 |
| Tea additive, for some | 22 |
| Baklava ingredient | 18 |
| Pooh's love | 15 |
| Fly catcher? | 12 |
| Proverbial fly catcher | 22 |
| Natural sweetener | 17 |
| Ingredient in mead | 18 |
| Hive product | 12 |
| Beehive product | 15 |
| Winnie-the-Pooh's favorite food | 35 |
| Queen's bread spread | 24 |
| Pussycat | 8 |
| Mead ingredient | 15 |
| Endearing term | 14 |
| Drambuie ingredient | 19 |
| Clover yield | 12 |
| Bear's treat | 16 |
| Word with bee or bear | 21 |
| Wooer's word | 16 |
| Winnie-the-Pooh's favorite nosh | 35 |
| Treat for Winnie-the-Pooh | 25 |
| Treat for Pooh | 14 |
| This goes with milk | 19 |
| Stevie Ray's "Bee" | 32 |
| Somebody nice | 13 |
| Repeated, a "Mamma Mia!" song | 39 |
| Queen's spread | 18 |
| Provender for the Owl and the Pussycat | 38 |
| Pooh's prize | 16 |
| Pooh's favorite edible | 26 |
| Much-used pet name | 18 |
| Mead makings | 12 |
| Mead base | 9 |
| Maple-syrup alternative | 23 |
| Kind of comb or bear | 20 |
| Hybla product | 13 |
| Comb contents | 13 |
| Colony's concern | 20 |
| Bobby Goldsboro hit: 1968 | 25 |
| Before moon and dew | 19 |
| Bee creation | 12 |
| Apiculturist's product | 26 |
| Apiary product | 14 |
| 1968 chart-topper by Bobby Goldsboro | 36 |
| 1968 Bobby Goldsboro chart topper | 33 |
| "A Taste of ---" | 26 |
| "___, I Shrunk the Kids" | 34 |
| "_____, I'm home!" (sitcom opener) | 48 |
| ___ guide, Afro-Asian bird | 26 |
| Productive buzzer | 17 |
| Queen or her subject? | 21 |
| One with a comb | 15 |
| Garden buzzer | 13 |
| Critter named for what it creates | 33 |
| Buzzer in the garden | 20 |
| Apis mellifera | 14 |
| Apiologist's study | 22 |
| Apiary critter | 14 |
| Endearment | 10 |
| Bees? | 5 |
| Beekeepers' union? | 22 |
| BBBB | 4 |
| Mass of cells | 13 |
| Hive contents | 13 |
| Bees' creation | 18 |
| Sweet spot in a hive | 20 |
| Structure built under the queen's authority | 47 |
| It's bee-built | 18 |
| Hive structure | 14 |
| Newlyweds' trip | 19 |
| Wedding follower | 16 |
| Trip for newlyweds | 18 |