Briefly, one is aptly placed in the grid in the answer to each starred clue Best Western rival Baseball park in Chicago. Began a bad morning Big advantages in sports Ballerina's wear Biased writers. Brass novels? Bass horns. Builders of a certain wall. Brezhnev's supporters Binary code, to most of us? Behaved By-the-numbers painters Bond investor's statistic B. Crocker rival Ballet dancer's cookout? Best choose first of instruments and mute (7) Belt: Rare. Bygone party attire Beast's first course "Bleak House" character Back-talkers Back-talkers Back-talkers Baird and Caldwell Baird and Caldwell Bill Callahan covering Scottish math metal with "I Know What Boys Like" band? Buss Blockbuster Beating badly Beating badly Bargain-hunted, say Big ___ (country rapper with an A&E reality show) Book by J. B. Cabell: 1937 Baking instruction Big name in diet shakes Big-city problem. Bails quietly B. & O., Santa Fe, etc. Broadway's Ellis Be opposite to. Businesswoman's purchase Birds. Blvds. for angels? Behaving like a wise guy. Balladic African anthem? Bone of the wrist. Best Actress nominee for "King Congo"? Boors Be wary Basement flooding preventers Bit of an advantage ___ Building (N.Y.C. landmark designed by Raymond Hood) Bookbindery equipment Branch for the modern doctor. Biblical ass? British follower of "Nye." British school. Bunch of corporate directors who are never replaced, in Anaheim? Backboard attachment Big band instrument? Bonny girls exhibiting the most elegance? Burmese river. Baby-tenders in Bloomsbury. Burns in the microwave Butch Cassidy's first train haul Badly Drawn Boy "About A Boy" song Burns and Allen film of '34 Billboards Battling ___, light heavyweight champ: 1922-23 Best with a splash? Beat across the pool Beat in the first leg of a triathlon Beat in debate Be more garrulous than Beat in a debate Beat in debate Beat in a debate, say Big name in telephone service Bridge extras. Bonanzas for dummies and partners Be cleverer than a famed candy man? Broadcast sponsors Bridge expert usin' a spear? Belief systems Bone: Comb. form. Bone: Greek Bone: Suffix Bone part: Comb. form Bone formation Bone formation Bone formation. Bone formation Book detailing how doubles players might gain an advantage? Be a royal hairstylist? Basket-weaving grass Basketry grass Basket grass Battle of good versus evil, e.g. Boat for fullbacks? Ballcarriers of earlier era Beauty treatment Bushelers. Bullets, in France "Better ___ fool . . . ": Shak. Baldness Bus. name ending Bachelor Beyond, to Burns Bedouin tribesman Bedouin Bedouin tribe Bedouin tribesmen "Behold yond ___ dame": Shak. Bric-___. Bric- -- B&B Beloved of Galatea. Blue as the sky. Blue, poetically Bolognese boutique Beloved of Galatea Birth announcement tidbit Beloved of Galatea Bottom topper? Bodybuilder's bottleful Besieged. Blue copper ores. Brutes Bantu people. Bullies Bullies. British university? BEAT ___ (HIT FIRST) Bookstore specialties. Bookstore books Balance-of-payments concern Bad landing for Dracula? British East Asia Command. Birds who initiate lawsuits against marsh developers? British gadfly Brooke Shields movie, with "The" Brooke Shields movie (with "The") Bit of a stink Bugs Bugs Bad news about a tooth? Bad news about a tooth? Ben Affleck feature Busy mos. in retail Bargain meal BIKINI, E.G. Bargain meal Billboard or The Hollywood Reporter, e.g. Benjamin Sisko's command Becoming abstruse Bounty hunters, at times Bloodhounds, for instance. Bounty hunters, e.g. Bloodhounds Beer buy Beer buy Beer purchase Big corporations, lawsuit-wise Big corporations, lawsuit-wise Bleach Bleach Bleach Break down __ business (task) Bandmate (but not actual brother of) Johnny, Joey, and Tommy Bidders in bridge. Bazooka alternative Binge lover Bacchanal guest Bird: Comb. form. Boeing product Boeing product Boeing product Big jet Badmouths Bold resistance Bastions. Breaks the code Breaks the code Byzantine church icons Breakfast hour for some? Bruce Jenner's specialties Beauty spot? Bawled one's eyes out Baroness: Abbr. Barroom victim. Belly action, Paris style Bursting: bot. Ballets de Paris members By hook ___ crook Bantu language Brushoff from the Ottomans? Becomes even more charming, say Biblical name. Biblical prince. Barbecue devices Big fan of a food fish? Be exasperating Be exasperating Babylonian goddess of war. Briskly: Mus. Boone tune Boone tune Bugaboos. Buck Brazen language Beef patty? Buckaroo *Bunch in the vegetable aisle Beloved hairpiece? BOTTOMLESS PIT Brazilian palms Brazilian fruit palms Bind together Bind together Bind together Ballroom dance. Big name in crossword puzzles Butcher's finest? Butcher's finest? Bolshevik. Bambi's horns? "___ bono?" ("For whose benefit?") ___ bono (who profits?) __ bono: "Who stands to gain?" in law ___ bono (Latin for "For whose benefit?") ___ bono (for whose benefit?) ___ bono (for whose benefit?). ___ bono (to what purpose?): Lat. ___ bono (for what use?): Lat. ___ bono (for whose benefit?): Lat. ___ bono (of what good?) ___ bono ___ bono? ___bono (for whose benefit?): Lat. ___ bono (for whose benefit?: Lat.) '-- bono' ('For whose benefit?') '-- bono' ('To what purpose?') Beat the throw to first base Barter about Burgundy and ruby Brimming over. BLANK