| Brian of "Private Practice" | 37 |
| Brian of "Tommy Boy" | 30 |
| Brian of ambient music | 22 |
| Brian of ambient music fame | 27 |
| Brian of British rock | 21 |
| Brian of early Roxy Music | 25 |
| Brian of experimental rock | 26 |
| Brian of figure skating | 23 |
| Brian of films | 14 |
| Brian of music | 14 |
| Brian of Queen | 14 |
| Brian of rock | 13 |
| Brian of rock music | 19 |
| Brian of rock-music promotion | 29 |
| Brian of Roxy Music | 19 |
| Brian of the early Roxy Music | 29 |
| Brian of the original Roxy Music | 32 |
| Brian of the Talking Heads | 26 |
| Brian on "Family Guy," e.g. | 37 |
| Brian once of Roxy Music | 24 |
| Brian Piccolo portrayer | 23 |
| Brian the Irish king, 1002-14 | 29 |
| Brian who admitted to composing the Windows 95 startup music on a Mac | 69 |
| Brian who co-authored "Oblique Strategies" | 52 |
| Brian who co-produced "Achtung Baby" | 46 |
| Brian who composed "Music for Airports" | 49 |
| Brian who composed the "Microsoft sound" | 50 |
| Brian who composed the Microsoft Windows startup sound | 54 |
| Brian who composed the Windows 95 start-up sound | 48 |
| Brian who composes ambient music | 32 |
| Brian who coproduced U2's "The Unforgettable Fire" | 64 |
| Brian who founded Obscure Records | 33 |
| Brian who hasn't yet joined Neil Diamond in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 78 |
| Brian who is a rare example of someone whose prominence in crosswords is commensurate with his actual prominence | 112 |
| Brian who managed The Beatles | 29 |
| Brian who pioneered in ambient music | 36 |
| Brian who produced Coldplay's "Mylo Xyloto" | 57 |
| Brian who produced Coldplay's most recent album | 51 |
| Brian who produced or co-produced seven U2 albums | 49 |
| Brian who produced or co-produced several Talking Heads albums | 62 |
| Brian who produced several U2 albums | 36 |
| Brian who produced some U2 albums | 33 |
| Brian who produced U2 | 21 |
| Brian who said "As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me" | 85 |
| Brian who said "I donÂ’t really have a musical identity outside of studios" | 88 |
| Brian who scored the soundtrack to "The Lovely Bones" | 63 |
| Brian who was a pioneer of ambient music | 40 |
| Brian who wrote "The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire" | 66 |
| Brian who wrote the Windows 95 startup sound | 44 |
| Brian who's a self-professed "nonmusician" | 56 |
| Brian whose Orchestra had the 1998 hit "Jump Jive an' Wail" | 73 |
| Brian Williams' employer | 28 |
| Brian Williams's bailiwick | 30 |
| Brian Williams's employer | 29 |
| Brian Williams's network | 28 |
| Brian Williams, e.g. | 20 |
| Brian Wilson output | 19 |
| Brian Wilson trademark | 22 |
| Brian Wilson's '04 album, finally | 41 |
| Brian with the album "Music for Airports" | 51 |
| Brian ___ | 9 |
| Brian ___ of filmdom | 20 |
| Brian ___ of rock fame | 22 |
| Brian ___ of Roxy Music | 23 |
| Brian ___, a king of Ireland | 28 |
| Brian ___, early Irish king | 27 |
| Brian ___, Irish hero | 21 |
| Brian ___, Irish king | 21 |
| Brian ___, old Irish king | 25 |
| Brian ______ | 12 |
| Brian, formerly of Roxy Music | 29 |
| Briar and corncob | 17 |
| Briar locale | 12 |
| Briar part | 10 |
| Briar patch, maybe | 18 |
| Briar sections | 14 |
| Briar sticker | 13 |
| Briard or Basenji | 17 |
| Briard or Samoyed | 17 |
| Briard's foot | 17 |
| Briareus | 8 |
| Bribable | 8 |
| Bribable, say | 13 |
| Bribe | 5 |
| Bribe a gin company? | 20 |
| Bribe for a reduced sentence? | 29 |
| Bribe for Cerberus | 18 |
| Bribe money | 11 |
| Bribe money at the snow bank? | 29 |
| Bribe money for a deejay | 24 |
| Bribe money for a DJ | 20 |
| Bribe money, in slang | 21 |
| Bribe of a kind | 15 |
| Bribe of a sort | 15 |
| Bribe to a DJ | 13 |
| Bribe to a DJ, say | 18 |
| Bribe, in law | 13 |
| Bribe, informally | 17 |
| Bribe, say, a gardener? | 23 |
| Bribed | 6 |