Letter B
Be prepared for a shock
Ballplayer who wants a better contract.
___ brief for
Be fully present without casting judgment, in therapy-speak
"Be right back--don't forget what you were saying!"
Be left with the entire blame
Be steadfast
Be the center of attraction
Be applicable
Bank robber
Be logical ... or what the last words of the answers to the five starred clues can do?
"Be quiet, butcher!"
BAGEL TOPPERS
Bad financial situation
Bad thing to be in, in poker ... or good thing to be in, in golf
Bad thing to have in one's pocket
Badger digs
Bagel contents?
Bagel's center
Bagel's middle
Base for groundless roomers?
Bind, so to speak
Black ___ (space object)
Bob Hope Classic target
Boring creation?
Boring outcome?
Boring result
Bucket ruiner
Bugs Bunny's home, essentially
Bundt cake feature
Burrow indicator
Burrowing result
Button's place
Beating the heat by staying indoors?
Bagels and Swiss cheese?
Big shot on the golf course?
Butch Cassidy and associates
Binder accessory
Bad things for a movie's plot to have
Bad things to find in theories
Bagel centers
Bagels' middles
Belt features
Book featuring Stanley and Armpit
Boring outcomes?
Bowling ball trio
Blues singer Billie
Boxing Day in England, for one
Billie's encores?
*British-owned American hotel chain
Butters at Christmas time?
Big-picture approach to patient care
Backwoods valleys
"Bells Are Ringing" star.
"Born Yesterday" star
Big drinker's "secret"
Be'Laker: "Held in ___"
Backyard planter, perhaps
BLACK alder
Berried evergreen
Berried shrub.
Bough material of song
Buddy of rock fame
Buddy and George's Christmas supplies?
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" character
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" heroine
BLACKING plant
Buddy s tarsal joint?
BUDDY ___ THOMPSON
Burning tree indicator?
Baggins portrayer in "The Lord of the Rings"
Bilbo Baggins in "Lord of the Rings"
Bilbo Baggins in "The Lord of the Rings"
Bilbo Baggins in the "Lord of the Rings" films
Bill who created the comic strip "Smokey Stover"
Baker Street man.
Baker Street resident
Baker Street sleuth
British schoolboy's vacation.
"Brook Green Suite" composer
British composer Gustav
British composer of German descent
British contemporary of Richard Strauss
Breed of black-and-white dairy cattle from northern Holland
Breed of dairy cattle
Breed of dairy cattle known for black-and-white markings
Black-and-white dairy cows
Black-and-white grazers
Butch Cassidy's arm cradle
Book publisher Henry
Bob Cousy's alma mater
Boxer who twice defeated Tyson
Boxer who had his ear bitten by Tyson
Behind-the-scenes Scriptures authors?
Blessed meal?
Bishop or lama
Birthplace of volleyball
By many accounts, it began with Charlemagne
Benedict XVI's jurisdiction
"__, Batman!": Robin's cry upon spotting the ends of the answers to starred clues?
Brat e.g.
"Black Girl, Call ___" (Jasmine Mans book)
Back from a trip
Back from vacation
Base after third base
Base runner's destination
Base runner's goal
Base-runner's destination
Baseball diamond corner
Baseball plate
Baseball spot
Baseball-diamong corner
Baserunner's goal
Batter s starting point
Batter's mecca
Batter's would-be destination
Batter's-box focus
Bedrock, to the Flintstones
Big name in Britain.
Biltmore Estate, to George Vanderbilt
Blog's main page
Browser command with a house icon
Bed Bath & Beyond offerings
Basement suds?
Bathtub suds?
Beer you make yourself
Blonde you might keep in your basement for months
Beer hobbyist of sorts
Big-box category
Builder's sign on a vacant lot?
Belle of the campus.
Boat for sewing and cooking
Being forced into a smaller house, say?
Building-supply store's veggie?
Bore down (on)
Breakfast spuds
Best kind of vegetables
Blackhawks' edge in Chicago, e.g.
Be guided precisely toward, as a target
Backspace neighbor
Birthplace, usually
Baked by mom, say
Baseball goal achieved?
Bake sale items
Bit of living room footage
Business headquarters, for many
Business headquarters, perhaps
BODY equilibrium
Browser starting point
Browser's start-up point
Base among boxes
Base runner's last stop.
Baseball pentagon
Batter's slab
"Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)" artist, 1876
Ball hit over the wall
Ballpark feat
Ballpark thrill
Ballpark winner
Barry Bonds specialty
Bart Simpson's dad
Bart Simpson's father
Bart's dad
Bart's father
Bart's old man
Bart's pop
Base-clearing blast
Base-clearing hit
Base-clearing hit, informally
Baseball blast
Baseball coup
Baseball dinger
Baseball player's goal
Baseball thrill
Bases-clearing hit
Bases-loaded thrill
Batter's blast
Batter's dream.
Big fly at the ballpark
Big hit for "Big Mac"
Big hit in baseball
Blind poet
Boston-born painter
Brother-in-law of Patty and Selma
Baseball term for a four-base hit
Babe's forte
Ballpark thrills.
Barry Bonds has more than 700 of them
Bart simpson"s dad et al.
Base-clearing hits
Baseball hits
Baseball thrillers.
Baseball thrills.
Bases-clearing hits
Big hits at Yankee Stadium, informally
Bonds' payoffs?
Baseball blasts over the fence
Bart and Lisa's dad
Bart and Maggie's dad
Ball park event.
Base-clearer
Baseball clout.
Baseball writer's "dinger"
Bases clearer
Batter's quest
Big hit for the club members, and what might elicit the shaded words
Blow from Aaron's rod
Bonds' blast
Babe Ruth, memorably
Base clearers
Big-time slugger's gait
Bears down (on)
Buddy from the block
Back-to-the-land movement practitioner
Back-to-the-land practitioner
Ball park favorites.
"___ Bound" (1966 hit)
Birthplace of science fiction?
Bro kin
"Big ___ better grow up" (Beyoncé lyric)
"Bro" relative
Bro in the hood
Bro or dude kin
Bro or dude relative
Bro, nowadays
Broski
Brother from another mother
Brother or dude kin
Brother, in slang
Bros from way back when
Basis for grits
Bleached corn
"Bass" the fish, to "bass" the singing voice, e.g.
"Bow," to "beau"
Bare or bear
Bases for basses
Bear, to bare
Bore, to boar
"Bear" and "Baer"
Bear-bare, hair-hare, etc.
Bow and bow or tear and tear, for example
"Beastly" feature of nine long answers 108 Across
belonging to the same sex
being homosexual
believing God the Son and God the Father to be of the same essence
BABYDOLL
Baby cake
Bae's moniker
Baltimore sweetie
Baltimorean "sweetie"
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