| Be amazed | 9 |
| Be altruistic | 13 |
| Be altered? | 11 |
| Be alongside | 12 |
| Be almost truthful | 18 |
| Be almost out | 13 |
| Be allowed to start | 19 |
| Be all ___ | 10 |
| Be all wet | 10 |
| Be all thumbs as a writer? | 26 |
| Be all thumbs | 13 |
| Be all leers? | 13 |
| Be all leers | 12 |
| Be all for it | 13 |
| Be alive with | 13 |
| Be alive | 8 |
| Be alert | 8 |
| Be alarmed by | 13 |
| Be aimless | 10 |
| Be agreeable | 12 |
| Be agitated | 11 |
| Be aggressive with, dog-style | 29 |
| Be against? | 11 |
| Be against change | 17 |
| Be against | 10 |
| Be afraid to offend | 19 |
| Be afraid to | 12 |
| Be afflicted with | 17 |
| Be affected by winter weather, perhaps | 38 |
| Be affected by gravity | 22 |
| Be affected by gravitational pull | 33 |
| Be affected by electrical attraction? | 37 |
| Be affected by a recall problem | 31 |
| Be affected by a long run, perhaps | 34 |
| Be affected by a blocked airway | 31 |
| Be affected by | 14 |
| Be affected | 11 |
| Be affable | 10 |
| Be admitted | 11 |
| Be adjacent to | 14 |
| Be adjacent | 11 |
| Be adequate | 11 |
| Be added periodically as an increase | 36 |
| Be adamant | 10 |
| Be actorish | 11 |
| Be active on Wall Street | 24 |
| Be active on Wall St. | 21 |
| Be active at Words with Friends, say | 36 |
| Be active | 9 |
| Be acquainted with Vanna? | 25 |
| Be acquainted with Frosty? | 26 |
| Be acquainted with | 18 |
| Be accountable (for) | 20 |
| Be accountable | 14 |
| Be accommodating | 16 |
| Be accepted by | 14 |
| Be accepted as | 14 |
| Be accepted | 11 |
| Be acceptable | 13 |
| Be abuzz | 8 |
| Be abundant (with) | 18 |
| Be abundant | 11 |
| Be absorbent | 12 |
| Be absorbed slowly | 18 |
| Be absorbed gradually | 21 |
| Be absolutely sure | 18 |
| Be absent | 9 |
| Be abrasive on | 14 |
| Be aboveboard? | 14 |
| Be about to topple | 18 |
| Be about to happen | 18 |
| Be about to fall off of, perhaps | 32 |
| Be about to fall | 16 |
| Be about to cry | 15 |
| Be about to blow | 16 |
| Be able to sue, say | 19 |
| Be able to spare | 16 |
| Be able to play without, as a 2-iron | 36 |
| Be able to pay for | 18 |
| Be able to nail | 15 |
| Be able to meet the expense of | 30 |
| Be able to identify | 19 |
| Be able to gather enough evidence | 33 |
| Be able to buy some wheels | 26 |
| Be able to buy | 14 |
| Be abandoned in trouble | 23 |
| Be A-1 at the Big A | 19 |
| Be a ___ heart | 14 |
| Be a ___ habit | 14 |
| Be a ___ fashion | 16 |
| Be a ___ (finish second) | 24 |
| Be a yes-man | 12 |
| Be a yes man | 12 |
| Be a yenta | 10 |
| Be a worrywart | 14 |
| Be a wizard or an elf, say, in Dungeons & Dragons | 53 |
| Be a witness | 12 |
| Be a windbag | 12 |
| Be a willing participant? | 25 |
| Be a whipping boy | 17 |