| Best-selling author Roberts |
27 |
| Broadway sign make-up |
21 |
| Blue ox |
7 |
| Burden remover |
14 |
| Best Supporting Actor for "The Fortune Cookie," 1966 |
52 |
| Bat, cat, or rat |
16 |
| Belief that getting gray hair is no big deal? |
45 |
| Black furs |
10 |
| Brains or beauty |
16 |
| Baker's quote from "Romeo and Juliet"? |
38 |
| Blondie's maiden name in "Blondie |
33 |
| Baldwin, Guinness, etc. |
23 |
| Bird dog |
8 |
| Bruins of Calif. |
16 |
| Bank customer, at times |
23 |
| Bombay resort |
13 |
| Bruce or Spike |
14 |
| Becomes ripe |
12 |
| Batsman |
7 |
| Baby ___ Back" (1992 #1 hit) |
28 |
| Barrymore who shows up in "Donnie Darko |
39 |
| Borrower's concern, briefly |
27 |
| Big wardrobe |
12 |
| Become unusable |
15 |
| Bike tour stop |
14 |
| Before deductions |
17 |
| Burns's denial |
14 |
| Belief set |
10 |
| Back of the shin |
16 |
| Business end of a fly swatter |
29 |
| Bad check |
9 |
| Bird in "Alice in Wonderland |
28 |
| Behave imperiously |
18 |
| Belgian canal connector |
23 |
| Belly button that's not an outie |
32 |
| Beginning of an attorney's ending |
33 |
| Best man's opening |
18 |
| Best Picture nominee of 1989 |
28 |
| Beat ___ to (make for hastily) |
30 |
| Bruins' alma mater |
18 |
| Baby's greeting |
15 |
| Badly cooked |
12 |
| Bill who co-owns the Four Seasons hotel company |
47 |
| Bowling ball trio |
17 |
| Batman, to the Riddler |
22 |
| Bureau member |
13 |
| Beating around the bush |
23 |
| Band known for its red plastic hats |
35 |
| Boulanger or Comaneci |
21 |
| Best-selling player |
19 |
| Batting practice backdrop |
25 |
| Bland quality |
13 |
| Baseball exec Thrift |
20 |
| Bill payer's dream |
18 |
| Budding business? |
17 |
| Bloodstained |
12 |
| Bewhiskered test subject |
24 |
| Being with une auréole |
23 |
| Becomes something different |
27 |
| Behind a wrecker, say |
21 |
| Burrowing marine animal |
23 |
| Bacon and ___ (common breakfast combo) |
38 |
| Become less gripping? |
21 |
| Beijing site |
12 |
| But love's a ___ without a cure": Dryden |
40 |
| Bridge table quorum |
19 |
| Bit of chat room shorthand |
26 |
| Bald ___ eagle |
14 |
| Bad place to be stuck |
21 |
| Big buttes |
10 |
| Bird associated with the god Thoth |
34 |
| Bear abode |
10 |
| Bird in magic acts |
18 |
| Baby's dinner neckwear |
22 |
| Believe — recognition |
23 |
| Briskly cold |
12 |
| Blew away |
9 |
| Bush 43's "___ of Evil |
22 |
| Broom-___ (witch in a strip) |
28 |
| Biblical King of Tyre |
21 |
| British actor Firth |
19 |
| Back-of-the-book explanatory comment |
36 |
| Bode |
4 |
| Beer and ale makers |
19 |
| Block, as a stream |
18 |
| Body of water, in Italy |
23 |
| Behind (a boat) |
15 |
| Best friend's meal? |
19 |
| Back road |
9 |
| Be true |
7 |
| Bogart/Bacall film of 1948 |
26 |
| Best seen on-screen |
19 |
| By heck! —all that's left of the cake? |
40 |
| Berlin Game" author Deighton |
28 |
| Bases, chemically speaking |
26 |
| Blood drive letters |
19 |
| Bed accessory |
13 |
| Bacon bringer |
13 |
| Being broadcast as it happens |
29 |
| Beer makers |
11 |