| Bad lighting |
12 |
| Best Picture based on a hostage crisis |
38 |
| Brazilian macaw |
15 |
| Bravo, bro! |
11 |
| Berra |
5 |
| Buffoons |
8 |
| Barb |
4 |
| Bounces |
7 |
| Bambi's cousin |
14 |
| Biographer's box office surge (7) |
33 |
| Buggy |
5 |
| Brownish-pink |
13 |
| Be enraged |
10 |
| Bad guy |
7 |
| Benefits seeker |
15 |
| Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid |
35 |
| Barking |
7 |
| Backbone parts |
14 |
| Basel-based pharmaceutical giant |
32 |
| Brazilian vacation spot, informally |
35 |
| Business agt. |
13 |
| Barbecuing application of herbs and spices |
42 |
| Brainstorm, in Brest |
20 |
| Britney Spears, to some |
23 |
| Barrio certifiers |
17 |
| Bad reception to a new song |
27 |
| Beginners, for short |
20 |
| Badminton dividers |
18 |
| Brief openings |
14 |
| Blatantly ignores the law |
25 |
| Bouncer's checks, for short? |
28 |
| Bouts of crying or spending |
27 |
| Be creepy, in a way |
19 |
| Burly Burl |
10 |
| Banker's aid |
12 |
| Be atop |
7 |
| Bldg. where much research is done |
33 |
| Back to the Future" villains |
28 |
| Baseball's Durocher ... or his astrological sign |
48 |
| Breeze-catching toy |
19 |
| Body part that may be bent |
26 |
| Battle of Baltimore witness |
27 |
| Barbie's boyfriend |
18 |
| Broadway successes |
18 |
| Base runner's destination |
25 |
| Burrower with a bushy tail |
26 |
| Barker and Kettle, e.g. |
23 |
| Blender's duty? |
15 |
| Bearing or demeanor |
19 |
| Bridge and backgammon |
21 |
| Bad coffee klatches? |
20 |
| Base enforcers |
14 |
| Believer in Allah |
17 |
| Baseball honchos, briefly |
25 |
| Baby grub producer |
18 |
| Brief; unreliable |
17 |
| Bathroom buzzers |
16 |
| Blue-pencils. |
13 |
| Barrio area of Southern California, briefly |
43 |
| Boardroom fig. |
14 |
| Banish from the land |
20 |
| Bel Kaufman's "Love, ___ |
24 |
| Boner |
5 |
| Blows it |
8 |
| Barenaked Ladies song on the album "Gordon |
42 |
| Be prepared! |
12 |
| Be contingent |
13 |
| Bring down spiritually |
22 |
| Banned pesticides |
17 |
| Band-Aid inventor Dickson |
25 |
| Begged to differ |
16 |
| Beads of water |
14 |
| Betray — XX? |
14 |
| Bicycle basket |
14 |
| Bready bunch? |
13 |
| Bamboo or rattan |
16 |
| Baseballer's hat |
16 |
| Be bossy |
8 |
| Backbone |
8 |
| Booty holder |
12 |
| Blockbuster rentals of old |
26 |
| Bonnie and ____ |
15 |
| Band performance |
16 |
| Barber who became a warbler |
27 |
| British jet transports. |
23 |
| Balance ___ (gymnastics equipment) |
34 |
| Bash on the noggin |
18 |
| Big blowouts |
12 |
| Brewery product since 1777 |
26 |
| Blonde bombshell Brigitte |
25 |
| Barnum's partner |
16 |
| Bipartisan coalition |
20 |
| Ballot cast by delegate(s), proportional to the number of members nominally represented |
87 |
| Blows up |
8 |
| Bachelor's little pride and joy |
31 |
| Buffalo gridders |
16 |
| Bewail |
6 |
| Buzzers |
7 |
| Baltimore starter? |
18 |
| Bird that quails? |
17 |