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- Beatle who sang "Yellow Submarine"
- "Beau ___"
- Beautify
- Beauty maven Lauder
- Beauty parlor
- ___ beaver
- Beaver's home
- "Beavis and Butt-Head" spinoff
- Became apparent
- Because
- Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g.
- Become acquainted via Gmail, say
- Become less intense
- Becomes good as new
- Becomes tiresome
- Bed cover
- Beef up the arsenal, say
- Beehive product
- "___ been somethin' I said!"
- Beer brand from Trinidad and Tobago
- Beethoven's ___ (the "Fate" Symphony)
- Before expected
- Before surgery, for short
- Before surgery, in brief
- Before, in Bordeaux
- Beforehand
- Befuddled
- Beg
- Begin to veer off the road, say
- Beginning
- Beginning of el año
- Beginnings of days
- *Behind in payment
- Being dragged along
- Bel ___ cheese
- Belgian battle site in W.W. I
- Belief system for almost two billion people
- Belittle
- Belly button
- Bellyaches
- Below, poetically
- "___ bene" (Italian for "very good")
- Beneath
- Benefactor with a limited number of grants?
- Benoit ___, detective in the "Knives Out" films
- Bert's buddy
- Bert's roommate
- Bess's beau on Broadway
- Best effort
- Best friend of Charlie Brown
- Best imaginable
- Best of the best
- Best Original Song Oscar winner from 2014's "Selma"
- Best Picture winner after "Oppenheimer"
- Best Play and Best Upset
- Best possible
- Best-case
- Best-selling 2010 Kitty Kelley celebrity biography
- Best-selling author who founded Paris's Théâtre Historique
- Betraying surprise, in a way
- Betting odds, e.g.
- Bewilder
- Beyond bizarre, from the French
- Beyond well-done
- Bias
- Biblical mount
- Biblical pariah
- Biblical phenomenon caused by 40 days of rain
- Biblical shepherd-turned-king
- Biblical spy for Moses
- Biblical tower locale
- Biblical untouchable
- Biblical whale bait
- Bicker, bicker, bicker
- Bicycle shorts material
- Big ___ (cuddling partner)
- Big Apple athlete
- Big box store that merged with Sears in 2005
- Big cat hybrid
- Big dust-up [1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002]
- Big fiasco
- Big house
- "Big Little Lies" author Moriarty
- Big name in applesauce
- Big name in blenders
- Big name in carving knives
- Big name in chicken or boxing
- Big name in food wholesale
- Big name in hosiery
- Big name in microprocessors
- Big name in movie theaters
- Big name in moving trucks
- Big name in moving vans
- Big name in pain relief
- Big name in power tools
- Big name in restaurant ratings
- Big name in shapewear
- Big name in surround sound
- Big name in truck rentals
- Big name in windows and doors
- Big Newton
- Big noisy fight
- Big or bad follower
- Big scoop
- Big to-do
- Big whoop
- Bill of HBO's "Barry"
- Bill of HBO's "Real Time"
- Bills first introduced in 1861
- Binary question type
- Bind
- Binge
- Biology class?
- ___ bird
- Bird featured on many baby shower decorations
- Bird on Mexico's flag
- Bird perched atop a cactus on Mexico's flag
- Bird that "croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan," in "Macbeth"
- Bird that sings at dawn
- Bird used to deliver messages on "Game of Thrones"
- Bird with a plume that, ounce for ounce, was once worth more than gold
- Bird with an S-shaped neck
- Bird's dramatic dive
- Birds in V-formations
- Birds of peace
- Birthday greeting that doesn't require an envelope
- Birthplace of Columbus
- Birthplace of Marlon Brando and Warren Buffett
- Birthstone after opal
- Birthstones for some Libras
- Bishop, e.g.
- ___-Bismol (antacid brand)
- Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not"
- Bit of "Great British Baking Show" fare
- Bit of a character?
- Bit of clothing for a snowman
- Bit of creative motivation, for short
- Bit of gossip
- Bit of info on a résumé
- Bit of letter-shaped hardware
- Bit of music that plays as a podcast ends
- Bit of wisdom
- Bit of writing on a book jacket
- Bite down hard
- Biting
- Biting pests
- Bits in a byte, e.g.
- Bitter
- Bitter-smelling
- Black ___, nickname for Kobe Bryant
- Black piano key next to G
- Black Sabbath guitarist Tony
- Black suit
- "Black" facial feature for pirate Edward Teach
- Black-and-white cookies
- Blackjack player's request
- Blame-shifting words
- Blanched
- Blinding light
- Blindingly obvious
- Blizzard or hurricane
- Block someone's passage, say
- Block tower
- Blog commenter who is best ignored
- Blood ___
- Bloom that's green
- Blows a mean horn
- Blue ___ (coral reef swimmers like Pixar's Dory)
- Blue material
- Blue Ribbon beer
- Blue Ribbon brand
- Blue streams down a yellow emoji's face
- "Blue" locale in a 1977 Linda Ronstadt classic
- Blues legend Waters
- Blues, e.g.
- Blunder
- Blunts
- Blushing matter
- [Bo-o-oring!]
- Board game with resources
- Bob ___ (restaurant chain)
- Bob who hosted "America's Funniest Home Videos"
- Bob who narrated "How I Met Your Mother"
- Bob with the Silver Bullet Band
- Bobby ___, first recipient of the Best New Artist Grammy Award (1960)
- Bodily partitions
- Body guard?
- Body layer
- Body part that might be sprained or rolled
- Body part that's flicked
- Body parts touched after the shoulders, in song
- Bogeymen
- Bohemian
- Boil … or a sign of boiling
- Bold
- Bold poker declaration
- Bold way to go when bluffing
- Bold way to solve a print crossword
- Boldly face
- Bond between Lazenby and Dalton
- Bone below the femur
- Bone doc
- Bone in the lower leg
- Boneless steakhouse order
- Bonkers
- "Bonne ___!" ("Happy New Year!," in French)
- Bonnie and ___, classic crime couple
- Book in a mosque, using a non-standard spelling
- Book made obsolescent by GPS
- Book of maps
- Boomer's bop, nowadays
- Boot
- Boot out of Europe?
- Borough said to be the birthplace of hip-hop
- ___ boroughs (term for the non-Manhattan parts of New York City)
- Borscht base
- Boss (around)
- Boston-area university with an elephant mascot
- Botanist's study
- Botch
- Bother, as one's conscience
- Bottled water brand
- Bottom of a long column, say
- Bottom of the aquatic food chain
- Bottomless pit
- "Boulevard des Capucines" painter
- Bounded
- Bounds
- Bouquet
- Bow ties and ribbons that you can't wear?
- Bowed instruments
- Bowl over
- Bowling scoresheet unit
- Bowling venue
- Boxing locale
- Boxing or bowling
- Boy band with the 2000 hit "It's Gonna Be Me"
- Bracket contents
- Braid
- Braid, to a Brit
- Braided rope made of rawhide
- Brain sections
- Brain sparks
- Brain, heart or lungs
- Brainchilds
- Brainy member of the Scooby-Doo gang
- Brand acquired by Hasbro in 1998
- Brand for which General Foods distributed orange-handled coffeepots to restaurants
- Brand in the feminine care aisle
- Brand name for naproxen
- Brand of paper cups
- Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its name
- Brand once known as "Standard Oil Company of Indiana"
- Brand whose logo has an A-shaped caliper
- Brand with "counting sheep" mascots
- Brazen
- Bread maker's supply
- Breadcrumb coating in Japanese cuisine
- Break down grammatically
- Break into loud cheers, as a crowd
- Break the bank, say?
- Break things off
- ___ breaker, basketball move that causes the defender to fall over
- Breaks (into), as a computer system
- Breaks in winter weather
- Breathable fabric used in mosquito nets
- ___ breathers
- Breathes like a dog
- Breathing issue
- Breathing organs for fish
- Breathlessness
- ___ Brickowski ("The Lego Movie" protagonist)
- Bricks used in some castles
- Bridge Out ___ (sign)
- Bridge support
- Bridge-crossing fees
- Brief
- Brief appearance in a movie
- Brief blowup
- Brig pair
- Brightest star in Cygnus
- Brilliant shade of blue
- Bring down
- Bring to mind
- Bring together
- Bring together as one
- Brings home the bacon
- Brings the house down, like a comic
- British baby buggies
- British glam rock band of the 1970s
- British John
- British natural historian Attenborough
- British nobleman
- British novelist Jones
- British slang for a police car
- Broad-shouldered Titan
- Broadcaster of many an N.C.A.A. game
- Broadway musical in which Sadie Sink got her start (at age 10!)
- Broadway star Menzel
- Broke down
- Brother of this puzzle's subject
- Brother to Groucho
- Brother's daughter
- Brought into being
- Browbeaten
- Brown tint
- ___ Brown, host on the Food Network
- Brownish-yellow fabric
- Brownish-yellow shade
- Buck ___, first African American coach in Major League Baseball
- Buck enshrined in Cooperstown
- Buckingham Palace has 775 of these
- Buckled
- Bud of baseball
- Buddy
- Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies"
- Buddy, informally
- ___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay)
- Buenos ___, Argentina
- Buff
- Buff bros
- Buff, to gym bros
- Buffalo hockey player
- Buffoons
- Bug
- "Buh-bye!"
- Build
- Build up
- Build, as a building
- Building managers, informally
- Builds muscle
- Bulb that becomes translucent when heated
- Bum
- Bum's place in a bar
- Bumpkin
- Bumpy ride?
- Bundles in a stationery shop
- Bungles
- "Buona ___" (bedtime words in Roma)
- Burdened
- Burning emergency signal
- Burr who dueled with Hamilton
- "___ Burr, Sir" ("Hamilton" number)
- Burros
- Burton of "Star Trek: T.N.G."
- Burton who hosted PBS's "Reading Rainbow"
- Busby Berkeley musical film that introduced "I Only Have Eyes for You"
- Bush family member
- Busiest airport in the Midwest
- Business with multiple locations
- Business-casual tops worn in the summer
- Businessman John Jacob ___
- Businesswoman Lauder
- "Buss It" rapper ___ Banks
- Butcher shop buys
- Butter up?
- Butterfingers
- Buzzers by the trash
- By ___ (barely)
- "Bye Bye Bye" boy band
- Bygone
- Bygone carrier that had a fleet of "Clippers"
- Bygone company whose website has been revived as satire
- Bygone leaders
- Bygone office assistant
- Bygone recorders
- Bygone retail giant
- [Bzzt!]
- Bête ___
- C C C C C C C
- C-___ (group of execs)
- C-suite types
- Cable channel with an out-of-this-world name
- Cable show covering the red carpet
- ___ Cajun (Creole sauce with a rhyming name)
- California governor Newsom
- Call ahead, in a way
- Call off the relationship
- Calls to task?
- Calm before the ___
- Came about
- Came to a conclusion
- Came up
- Camera brand that really had a moment?
- Camera company known for its "moments"
- Camera lens setting
- Cameroon neighbor
- Campaign manager?
- Camper's craft
- Campfire confection
- Camping covers
- Campus opening?
- Canada has an estimated 2 million of them, the most of any country in the world
- Cancel, as a NASA mission
- Cancel, as a space launch
- Candlelight ___ (solemn observance)
- Canine command
- Canines, e.g.
- Canned sales pitch
- Cannellini, e.g.
- Canon competitor
- Capacious
- Capital city on the Gulf of Guinea
- Capital close to the confluence of the Red and Black rivers
- Capital near the Red Sea
- Capital of Delaware
- Capital of South Korea
- Capital of Vietnam
- Capital of Yemen
- Capital on the Nile
- Capotes are flapped at them
- Captain Nemo's creator
- Cara of "Fame" fame
- Card game for Phil Ivey
- Card game played in Dickens's "The Pickwick Papers"
- Caretaker for small kids
- Carhop's article of footwear
- Caribbean island near Venezuela
- Caribbean island northwest of Curaçao
- Caribbean nation whose name means "land of high mountains"
- Carne ___
- Carne ___ (beef dish)
- Carne ___ (Mexican dish)
- Carnival line?
- Carnivora or Lagomorpha
- Carnivore whose vocalization sounds like giggling
- Carpenter's tool
- Carpentry tool
- Carrier of an Easter basket
- Carry in
- Cars that move around a miniature map
- Cartoon being that lives in a mushroom
- Cartoonish bouncing sound
- "Casablanca" actor's nickname
- Casals who popularized Bach's cello suites
- Cash App alternative
- Casino machines
- Casts a ballot
- Casual greeting
- Catamounts
- Catapult
- "Catch my drift?"
- Catch the vibe of
- "Catch ya in the morn!"
- "Catch you later!"
- Catchall survey option
- Catchers' wear
- Catherine of "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind"
- Catherine of "The Last of Us"
- Cats and dogs, for example
- Caught some Z's
- Causes injury to
- "Caution: Wet ___"
- Caves in
- Cavort
- Cease ___
- Cease-fire
- Celebrity chef DiSpirito
- Celebrity chef Flay
- Celery unit
- Cellar stock
- Censor, informally
- Center
- Center of the ancient Minoan civilization
- Center of the eye
- Centerpiece of "The Hobbit"
- Centers of stars
- Central
- Central meeting points
- Central parts of planets
- Central support
- Ceramicist's ovens
- Certain art print, informally
- Certain bridge positions
- Certain British noblemen, like the ones of Sandwich
- Certain choir voices
- Certain elastic band
- Certain exposition
- Certain miniature vehicle, informally
- Certain renewable energy
- Certain salad veggies
- Certain snack cake
- Certain steak
- Certain tie score
- Certain trig functions
- Chain whose merch includes mulch
- Challenged on X, say
- Champagne glass
- Championship game
- Chance to hit a homer
- ___ change
- Change across the Atlantic
- Change entirely
- Change gears
- Channel for collegiate sports fans
- Channel showing committee hearings
- Channel that rebranded with "NOW" in its name in 2025
- Channing of "Blink Twice"
- Chaotic fight
- Chaps
- Character
- Character in "Monsters, Inc."
- Character played by Rashida Jones on "The Office"
- Characterize?
- Characters in "The Lord of the Rings"
- Charge
- Charge for airing a commercial
- Charges
- Charlatan
- Charles ___, founder of Cablevision and HBO
- Charter
- Chat, informally
- Chaucer collection
- Check for fit
- Check out the contents of someone else's medicine cabinet, say
- Check someone's checks?
- Checks restaurant reviews on one's phone, perhaps
- Checks with style
- Cheeky
- Cheering wildly
- Chef Nosrat who wrote the best seller "Salt Fat Acid Heat"
- Chef's garment
- ___ Chekhov, "Three Sisters" playwright
- Chemical element whose name starts with an 8-point Scrabble letter
- Chemistry lab dropper
- Chess "castles"
- Chess defeats
- Chess tactics that attack two pieces at once
- Chevy S.U.V.
- Chews (out)
- Chicago airport
- Chicago's ___ Planetarium
- Chicago's ___ Presidential Center
- Chick checker of a sort
- Chick of jazz
- Chicken noodle scoop
- ___ Chigurh, Javier Bardem's Oscar-winning role in "No Country for Old Men"
- ___ child
- Child's bear
- Childhood
- Children's author A.A. ___
- Children's book title character in a green suit
- "Chill!"
- Chilling
- Chills
- Chin feature
- Chinese symbol of prosperity
- Chinese zodiac animal
- Chips go-with
- Chips with a "Blue Heat" flavor
- Chocolatier with the tagline "Life is a ball"
- Chocolaty coffee drink
- Choctaw or Chickasaw
- Choice words
- Choose
- Chopin practice piece
- Chopin's instrument
- Choreographer Twyla
- Chose
- Chose, with "for"
- ___ Chris Steak House (restaurant chain)
- Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game"
- Christmas carols
- Christopher who directed "The Dark Knight Rises"
- Chuck who created "Young Sheldon"
- Chunk taken out of a golf fairway
- Church spaces
- Church staple
- Circa
- Circus prop
- Circus prop that provides extra height
- "Citizen Kane" director Welles
- Citrus-based sauce in Japanese cuisine
- Citrusy Japanese sauce
- City center, often
- City in Illinois's "Little Egypt" region
- City map next to a state map, e.g.
- City NE of Manchester
- City NE of Oklahoma City
- "City of a Thousand Minarets"
- City square
- City that's home to the University of Maine
- City where LeBron James was born
- City with the Notre-Dame Cathedral
- ___ City, nickname for Baltimore
- Civic automaker
- Civic's class
- Civil rights activist Williams, an associate of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Civil rights org. co-founded by W.E.B. Du Bois
- Clamdigger pants style
- Clarence ___, "The Wire" mayor
- Clarifying phrase
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