| Big-time contributors to electoral campaigns | 44 |
| Brett who retired in 2008, before unretiring | 44 |
| Bernanke's purview, with "the" | 44 |
| Bone whose name is Latin for "pin" | 44 |
| Baritone in Verdi's "Falstaff" | 44 |
| Bobbie who sang "Ode to Billy Joe" | 44 |
| Blues Traveler song about their tour manager | 44 |
| Best-selling video game franchise since 2001 | 44 |
| Beer pitched by a cartoon bear in old TV ads | 44 |
| British royal house for nearly two centuries | 44 |
| Beatles album with "Act Naturally" | 44 |
| Beatles "I Saw ___ Standing There" | 44 |
| Beginning of ''Nowhere Man'' | 44 |
| Betty's sister on "Ugly Betty" | 44 |
| Basketball game that may feature trick shots | 44 |
| Beginning for this puzzle's five endings | 44 |
| Billy Joel's "___ to Extremes" | 44 |
| Billy Joel's "--- to Extremes" | 44 |
| Bad news from a "Shark Tank" shark | 44 |
| Britain's "Jewel in the Crown" | 44 |
| Bob Hope's "___ Russia $1,200" | 44 |
| Between "ere" and "Elba" | 44 |
| Bob Marley's "___ the Sheriff" | 44 |
| Bonnie Tyler's "___ Heartache" | 44 |
| Birth announcement for babies with blue caps | 44 |
| Bobby Rydell's "__ Got Bonnie" | 44 |
| Beth's "2 Broke Girls" co-star | 44 |
| Bit of equipment for nursery football games? | 44 |
| Beer with a hybrid deer-horse-ox as its logo | 44 |
| Band whose frontman claims that rock is dead | 44 |
| Berlin Zoo polar bear that made news in 2007 | 44 |
| BoutrosÂ’s successor as Secretary-General | 44 |
| Brand with an anthropomorphic pitcher mascot | 44 |
| Booker Prize winner "Hotel du ___" | 44 |
| Bert of ''The Wizard of Oz'' | 44 |
| Best Actress winner for "Blue Sky" | 44 |
| Baby born in "Revenge of the Sith" | 44 |
| Back-to-back French Open winner of the 1980s | 44 |
| Blanket-toting "Peanuts" character | 44 |
| Barely miss, as a putt, with "out" | 44 |
| Branch of mathematics involving truth tables | 44 |
| Bob Dylan weaves on a "Golden" one | 44 |
| Betty ___ ("Sesame Street" muppet) | 44 |
| Business Administration or English Lit, e.g. | 44 |
| Budding entrepreneurs' holdings, briefly | 44 |
| Boulez's New York Philharmonic successor | 44 |
| Brooklyn band with "Electric Feel" | 44 |
| Biblical prophet who railed against idolatry | 44 |
| Buffalo Tom song about a chemical substance? | 44 |
| Bette's "Divine" stage persona | 44 |
| Blues guitarist born as McKinley Morganfield | 44 |
| Brand that used "short shorts" ads | 44 |
| Best Actress winner between Sandra and Meryl | 44 |
| Bob Hope's "home" for 70 years | 44 |
| Basketball champions' "trophy" | 44 |
| Basketball champion's "trophy" | 44 |
| Black ball's elevation below the top (5) | 44 |
| Boy band reported to be discussing a reunion | 44 |
| Big ___ (certain energy lobby, pejoratively) | 44 |
| Bulls' fans don't want to hear these | 44 |
| Black cat running across one's path, say | 44 |
| Bible character killed for spilling his seed | 44 |
| Bernstein's "Candide," for one | 44 |
| Beat in a Nathan's hot dog contest, e.g. | 44 |
| Bruce Springsteen "___ the Street" | 44 |
| Big ___ (nickname of ballplayer David Ortiz) | 44 |
| Boston's David "Big ___" Ortiz | 44 |
| Become entitled to a license to practice law | 44 |
| Bird notable for walking rather than hopping | 44 |
| Bouncing Souls "You're So ___" | 44 |
| Brand name with an accent on its last letter | 44 |
| British rule in India (with "The") | 44 |
| Band with the 1970 hit "Get Ready" | 44 |
| Baseball's first team to use an airplane | 44 |
| Band with the 1994 album "Monster" | 44 |
| Bridget's portrayer on the silver screen | 44 |
| Best way to maintain one's credit rating | 44 |
| Bodily system that includes the lungs: abbr. | 44 |
| Becomes inoperable, maybe, as an old machine | 44 |
| Brand for those planning to go down at night | 44 |
| Berlin's "___ It Isn't So" | 44 |
| Bergman's "__ from a Marriage" | 44 |
| Brand with "beep beep" commercials | 44 |
| Berry used in juices and dietary supplements | 44 |
| Botticelli's "___ of the Magi" | 44 |
| Best Actor nominee for "The Fixer" | 44 |
| Broadway flop about a girl and her antelope? | 44 |
| Becky Sharp of "Vanity Fair," e.g. | 44 |
| British Columbia town or former Premier Bill | 44 |
| Box set containing a side of teriyaki sauce? | 44 |
| Band whose original name was Johnny Electric | 44 |
| Barenaked Ladies "___ Pirate Ship" | 44 |
| Babysitter's hope when offering crayons? | 44 |
| Boy Scout's reward for karate expertise? | 44 |
| Burglars checking out potential targets, say | 44 |
| Boston team's tall stories of greatness? | 44 |
| Buyer of "Gangsta's Paradise"? | 44 |
| Best Actor winner at the 31st Academy Awards | 44 |
| Bartender's complete guide to spritzers? | 44 |
| Bookkeeper's inventory method, for short | 44 |