Letter B 164000–164250

Become independent ... as suggested visually by some of this grid's black squares Bed and breakfast items? Big estates, slangily Big ranches Bookies' concerns Bookmaker's margins? Buffet suppers. Butter and jam Butter and peanut butter Butter etc. Butter, jam, etc. Begin to make a bed? Be generous with one's good fortune, as depicted by the movement of this puzzle's circled letters Bender for a spender Berlin's river Berlin's waterfront. Big fling Big shopping outing Big shopping sesh Binge at a mall, say Binge in a mall Bout of excess Bout of indulgence Bout of retail "therapy" Bout of retail therapy, say Bout of revelry Bout of shopping Bout of shopping madness Brief indulgence of impulses Buyer's binge Buying binge e.g. Buying frenzy Buying outing Buying time big-time? Buying time? binge Mall Ancient Bouts of extravagant indulgence Bouts of indulgence Bouts with John Barleycorn. Buy-everything events Buying binges bulbous plant grown for its striking crimson or white pendent flowers Best prepared for gymnastics Baby branch Basil amount Bit of a branch Bit of basil Bit of cilantro Bit of edelweiss Bit of green Bit of holly Bit of mint Bit of mistletoe or holly Bit of parsley Bit of rosemary Bit of rosemary, say Bit of sage or rosemary Bit of thyme Branchlet Bits of garnish Bits of holly Bits of mistletoe Bits of parsley BUD time Byington of filmdom beethoven s sonata BATULE Bacchanalian period, or what can be inserted in this puzzle's theme entries to make four sets of overlapping words and phrases Basketball Hall of Fame site Buy as a treat Becoming faulty, as a boat Becoming faulty, as a pipe Bursting out Behave like a jack-in-the-box Boing makers Baseball preseason workout Bishop Heber's greeting Be dashing? Bobby Morrow's forte. Brief race Brief spell of speed Bolt events Boat spar Bud; germinate Beverage with the slogan "Obey Your Thirst" Brownie, for example Beings in Druidic folklore Binaca blast Bit of perfume Bicycle gear supplier? Bamboo beginning Brussels __ (vegetable) Brussels specialty Began shooting Baby bean plants Brussels greenery Burgeons Blooming seasons, in short "Blue" evergreen "Blue" tree Beverage made from a conifer Broth flavored with fragrant needles? Bailed out, so to speak Broken out Better at gymnastics Brisker Balt. is one Balt. or N.Y.C. Baltimore or SF Bkln. or Balt. Bos. or N.Y. Bost. is one Boston or Bombay: Abbr. Boston or Galveston, e.g. (abbr.) Boston or Halifax: Abbr. Boston, for one: abbr. Balt. and L.A. Balt. and N.Y.C. Balt., Bost., etc. Baltimore and Boston: Abbr. Belem and Natal: Abbr. Boston and New York: Abbr. Boston and Portland: Abbr. Boston and others: Abbr. Brief points of entry "Baked" side dish, slangily Bubble and squeak ingredient, slangily Basis of fries Budweiser dog Beach froth Blown spray. Bubbles at sea Becomes bubbly Baller from San Antone Barrel racer's accessory Bone affliction Boot accessory Boot add-on Boot addendum. Boot adjunct Boot jangler Boot jingler Branch of the B&O Branch railroad line. Branch track Badge of a knight. Boot accessories Boot add-ons Blast in a hot tub Brief burst Brief effort Burst of effort. Burst of growth Burst, as of energy Brief bursts Brief bursts of energy Brief surges Bursts of speed. BOILER, disk for hole in Boiler patch. Boiler reinforcing plate. Big launch of 1957 Boiler plates Bad sound for an engine Be incoherent Bumbled verbally Be the least coherent? Babble incoherently? Blows up, in a sense Bad person to confide in Be a mole Be a secret watcher Be a voyeur, perhaps Black or white Mad character Bond or Bourne Bond or Powers Bond or Powers, e.g. Bond type Bond, James Bond, for instance Bourne or Bond Bug catcher, maybe Bug expert, maybe Bug expert? Bug planter Bug planter, perhaps Bug someone's phone, e.g. Bug someone, e.g. Bug someone? Bug-planting sort Bugger, maybe Bugging sort? Busybody, maybe Bygone satire mag ___ balloon (type of flying object shot down by the U.S. in February, 2023) Base for offshore espionage operations Bad news for a bad nanny Bond novel genre Bond novel genre, slangily Bob in the water with fins out, as a whale Black Widow's specialty Bugging people, perhaps Banderas film of 2001 Bond work Book with an agent? Band of secret agents Bands with agents? Books with covers? Book on moles, maybe Book with covers Bldg. size unit Baby pigeon Bird baked in a pie Bird on fancy menus Bickering pigeon? Bioengineered cross between a bird and a mammal? Black and white with blues Black-and-white prowlers Buffalo's offense or defense? Badly neglected vehicle? Bad weather for a sailor Big flurry Brief commotion Brief, violent storm Blew big-time Blew up a storm Band of storms, in meteorology Bands of high winds and storms Blustery winds BONE, scalelike part of Bingo card section Backslash neighbor Broad and solidly constructed, in Sussex Brought into alignment, redundantly? Boxy residences? Boy Scout's binder *Basic Scout ties Balanced, filling plateful Brig, for one Brigs, e.g. Boringly conventional parsnips? Back numbers. Beat into a pulp. Bit of racket sport equipment Baseball catcher's position Baseball catcher's stance Be mousy? Barely succeed Boxer's mouth piece? Burning rubber sound