| Before lateral or sonant | 24 |
| Before line and sinker | 22 |
| Before long, in a poem | 22 |
| Before long, long before now | 28 |
| Before long, poetically | 23 |
| Before long, to Shakespeare | 27 |
| Before long, to the Bard | 24 |
| Before making the cut? | 22 |
| Before markdown: Abbr. | 22 |
| Before midnight tonight | 23 |
| Before noon, in England | 23 |
| Before noon, poetically | 23 |
| Before now, before now | 22 |
| Before now, in olden days | 25 |
| Before one's big opening? | 29 |
| Before one's return? | 24 |
| Before phones, was there ...? | 29 |
| Before retitling: Abbr. | 23 |
| Before riches sometimes | 24 |
| Before rod; after battering | 27 |
| Before surgery, briefly | 23 |
| Before surgery, informally | 26 |
| Before the appearance of life | 29 |
| Before the auction starts | 25 |
| Before the computer age? | 24 |
| Before the crack of dawn | 24 |
| Before the crowing starts | 25 |
| Before the match starts | 23 |
| Before the opening, say | 23 |
| Before the present time | 23 |
| Before the present, in poetry | 29 |
| Before the scheduled time | 25 |
| Before the topic changes | 24 |
| Before this time, in poetry | 27 |
| Before this time, to the Bard | 29 |
| Before thou know'st | 23 |
| Before thou knowest it | 22 |
| Before TV, were there ...? | 26 |
| Before Uncle Sam's cut | 26 |
| Before, a long time ago | 23 |
| Before, as written by poets | 27 |
| Before, backward and forward | 28 |
| Before, for Wordsworth | 22 |
| Before, in a syllable of old | 28 |
| Before, in an old syllable | 26 |
| Before, in Brit Lit class | 25 |
| Before, in bygone times | 23 |
| Before, in one syllable | 23 |
| Before, in palindromes | 22 |
| Before, in the beginning | 24 |
| Before, non-iambically | 22 |
| Before, palindromically | 23 |
| Before, to a sonneteer | 22 |
| Before, to poets of old | 23 |
| Before, to Robert Burns | 23 |
| Before, to Shakespeare | 22 |
| Before, with "to" | 27 |
| Before-long connection | 22 |
| Before-test work, informally | 28 |
| Befriend for ulterior motives | 29 |
| Befuddled cartoon character? | 28 |
| Befuddled, metaphorically | 25 |
| Beg, borrow, or steal, e.g. | 27 |
| Began a second battle with | 26 |
| Began paying attention | 22 |
| Began playing on Broadway | 25 |
| Began, as a friendship | 22 |
| Began, with "off" | 27 |
| Begat a soft place to sleep? | 28 |
| Beggar's equipment | 22 |
| Beggar's prop, perhaps | 26 |
| Beggar's receptacle | 23 |
| Begin a conversation with | 25 |
| Begin a haggling session | 24 |
| Begin a mountaineering trek | 27 |
| Begin a plant relocation | 24 |
| Begin a tennis game against | 27 |
| Begin again, as a debate | 24 |
| Begin an Internet session | 25 |
| Begin an investigation | 22 |
| Begin before the others | 23 |
| Begin disrobing, possibly | 25 |
| Begin earnestly, as winter | 26 |
| Begin enthusiastically | 22 |
| Begin intense activity | 22 |
| Begin lecturing, perhaps | 24 |
| Begin major construction | 24 |
| Begin on the home keys | 22 |
| Begin operating, datewise | 25 |
| Begin paying attention | 22 |
| Begin planning the nuptials | 27 |
| Begin something, in slang | 25 |
| Begin to be distrusted | 22 |
| Begin to catch up with | 22 |
| Begin to come out of sleep | 26 |
| Begin to correct, maybe | 23 |
| Begin to enjoy a feast | 22 |
| Begin to form, as a storm | 25 |
| Begin to use wrestling feats? | 29 |
| Begin to use, as resources | 26 |