| Balrog slayer, in fiction | 25 |
| Buddha's middle name? | 25 |
| Baseball's Iron Horse | 25 |
| Bud, botanically speaking | 25 |
| Broccoli-phobic president | 25 |
| Be treated satisfactorily | 25 |
| Be rewarded for good work | 25 |
| Begin something, in slang | 25 |
| Bulky lizard from Bamako? | 25 |
| Bündchen of the runway | 25 |
| Bhagavad ___ (Hindu text) | 25 |
| Boxer's vulnerability | 25 |
| Bad winner's response | 25 |
| Bad winner's behavior | 25 |
| Ball-carrier's target | 25 |
| Bovine Old Testament idol | 25 |
| Bargain hunter's goal | 25 |
| Bad occupation for Happy? | 25 |
| Bring in a relief pitcher | 25 |
| Be led by a certain force | 25 |
| Barely injures in passing | 25 |
| Battle of Salamis victors | 25 |
| Base for natural crystals | 25 |
| Bottom-dwelling food fish | 25 |
| Burrito add-on, for short | 25 |
| Brand of mens' slacks | 25 |
| Baldness remedies of yore | 25 |
| Bill backed by the Comets | 25 |
| Broadcast medium for Mia? | 25 |
| Bathroom dispenser refill | 25 |
| Barbershop-quartet member | 25 |
| Became unpleasantly stern | 25 |
| Bon vivant's interest | 25 |
| Broncobuster's helper | 25 |
| Barely remembered seaman? | 25 |
| Building with many layers | 25 |
| Beginning of a spicy quip | 25 |
| Big consumer lending bank | 25 |
| Busy time as at a resort | 25 |
| Beads and headband wearer | 25 |
| Bird of the South Pacific | 25 |
| British band Mott the ___ | 25 |
| Bird with a fanlike crest | 25 |
| Biggest pipe in a stable? | 25 |
| Bit of jazz improvisation | 25 |
| Beauty in Muslim paradise | 25 |
| Big-shouldered game bird? | 25 |
| Bactrian camel's pair | 25 |
| Brutish Edward and others | 25 |
| Back pay for salad chefs? | 25 |
| Brightly colored footwear | 25 |
| Boundary on an Arctic map | 25 |
| Bigger-than-life, perhaps | 25 |
| Baby's favorite song? | 25 |
| Bar fixtures, so to speak | 25 |
| Bodies of Kaffir warriors | 25 |
| Became a burdensome guest | 25 |
| Beta 2 compared to beta 1 | 25 |
| Books printed before 1501 | 25 |
| Bulging rear of the skull | 25 |
| Bygone classroom features | 25 |
| Bold, as test corrections | 25 |
| Bas-relief's opposite | 25 |
| Bunch with a common cause | 25 |
| Borrower's protection | 25 |
| Between-acts musical fare | 25 |
| Basis of a spy novel plot | 25 |
| Buttinski's specialty | 25 |
| Bygone medical ventilator | 25 |
| British heavy metal group | 25 |
| Bombard with X-rays, e.g. | 25 |
| Belfast-born flute player | 25 |
| Baby Gould's nannies? | 25 |
| Butler in Wodehouse books | 25 |
| Boosted one's lifting | 25 |
| Birth month for some Leos | 25 |
| Bank robbery, rebus-style | 25 |
| Boisterous, boozy blowout | 25 |
| Breakfast fare in Lambeth | 25 |
| Book club gathering, e.g. | 25 |
| Bern artist's display | 25 |
| Blue Light Special stores | 25 |
| Bow tied by mortal hands? | 25 |
| Be acquainted with Vanna? | 25 |
| Baleen whale's fodder | 25 |
| Bringing up the rear, say | 25 |
| Basis for a Puccini opera | 25 |
| Business for manicurists? | 25 |
| Bloodletting practitioner | 25 |
| Barbershop chair features | 25 |
| Bob and Lefty of baseball | 25 |
| Becoming slower, in music | 25 |
| Broadway tribute to wine? | 25 |
| British sailors, in slang | 25 |
| Black-and-white engraving | 25 |
| Brewski with a real head? | 25 |
| British gas-pump measures | 25 |
| Balboa when he was a tot? | 25 |
| Burt Lancaster role: 1960 | 25 |
| Bill's friend or foe? | 25 |