Book by Agatha Christie BARELY Bad speller Bird's cravings? Brevet: Abbr. Bridge Building containing Black Stone of Mecca. Birdbath? BLACK Bad quality for dangerous work BLUNDER Bread with drippings, old style. Bill Bill Big flyboy? Basic food choice? Brynner's best-known role Brynner's Oscar-winning role. Bar mitzvah suit material, perhaps? Band at the beginning of the end of their career? Bleaching vat Bougainville harbor. Brilliant but troubled soul Ballads of love, across the Atlantic? Bunch of dumb lions? Beat Beaten. Burdened with Burdened with Bad-mouthed Buffoon: Fr. "___ Born" "Blossom in purple ___" Belittling. B __ (not color, as a film) Biopic of Bjorn? Burglary school dropouts? Blow cold ___. Business machine. Benchwarmer's counterpart "Blazing" bowlful "Blazing" bowlful Billhook. "Black Oxen" author et al. "___ be born . . . " Burfish Be perfect Be perfect Be perfect Blueberries, e.g.? Benefactor's activity Bodily sustenance "Benjamin Franklin . . . lies here, ___" Berlin airlift unit. ___ be tied (annoyed) ___ be tied. ___ be tied Bob Bombay product Bombay product Beefeater product Bit of news at the aviary? Brewing. ___-Babylonian (ancient Semitic language) ___ beet Bengali neighbor Blotter entry Bride left at the altar? Bride left at the altar? " . . . becomes ___ dissolve . . . " (from 56 Across) Bruins' Cam and family Bacolod is its capital. "Bigger & ___," 1999 Grammy-winning comedy album by Chris Rock Better-known name of Charles E. Boles Banning from future work Blackwood. Bad luck on the path. Bluffer Burmese swords. Baroque dance full of hostility? BMOC Bench presser's pride Bench presser's pride Blaze-stopping treeless tract Bush Attorney General William and family Blunder British appraisers Bruce Wayne, when he's out for blood? Busy depot in London Back down Blundering situation Boat bomb of yore Boxers of a certain class Broadway event Broadway event Bygone Asian dynast Biscuit introduced in 1908 *Building inspector's concern *Building inspector's concern Building inspector's discovery Beginning Broth-making aid Broth shortcut Balzac's "Une Fille ___" Billionaire's last dollar? Bauble or toy. Bauble Bounty: Obs. Boy shopping for foppish clothes? BROWN Bug Big name in household appliances Back Bay edict? Benevolence Branches on some trees Blood Blood relatives Blood brothers, e.g. Be regretful Be regretful Barren lowland in France. Ban ___ (Kofi Annan's successor) Ben Savage coming-of-age sitcom Basinger et al. Basinger and Novak Big asset for an apartment? Bleu, for example. Baseball All-Star who was also a football Pro Bowler Bribes Beef Bert Lahr film role Bert Lahr role. Beloved film character with a tail British Airways fare check Baseball's Bowie and family Builder of strong bones at the dairy farm? "Bungling for Dummies," e.g.? "Bungling for Dummies," e.g.? Be a ___ heart *Bozo, for one Beet soup (Var.) Be a brown noser Benign "Buddy Buddy" actor By the flock Bandleader Lester Bandleader Lester Bandleader Lester ___ Band leader Lester Ballet by Delibes. Ballet by Leo Delibes. Ballet with Delibes music. B'___ B'rith Brother of Abraham. Bothering and then some Beach resort near Boston. Birthplace of 28 Down Big name in Internet content Baseball here; tennis in Australia. Bygone game-show host Jack Big names in intl. orgs. Baseball's Mr. Tiger BROAD Behavior modification technique Biblical name. Bigger Thomas Bahamas summer time? Bahamas summer time? Bahamian baths? British word for an adder. Babylonian deity. Babylonian deity Base in Lower Burma. British Burma victory. Burma port on Bay of Bengal. Border sharers of Asia and Africa? Big New Age record company Benjamin Britten opera Brown-tinged Hawaiian crow Bar stool? Bar stool? Brown coati. Building a new room, say Beachgoer's goal? Biblical name. Benjamite Biblical name Benjamite of I Chron. 8:15 Bon voyage! Bull ring. Begin impetuously Bamboozles Bar exchanges, perhaps Bits of a blue routine Bar exchanges, perhaps Blue things that make some people turn red? Buckminster Fuller's concern? Business done over the Internet "Blazing Saddles" actor 'Buttons and Bows' singer married to Celtics player? Breeziest. Broadway producer Liz, Tony winner for "Elephant Man" and "Amadeus" Brings home, with effort British actress Siobhan "Big Jim ___" (1952 John Wayne film) Baby, at birth Belief that your team will win? Big safari men Built like __ (solid) Bed turner? Brittany. Black ___. Bag restriction Brink of sanity Biblical passage for a camel Book by Taylor Caldwell Beginning of a tongue twister Biblical pronoun, heath, watch, body of water, tree? Bewitching stare Busily running errands, e.g. (with "on") Biblical birdcall. Bankrupt India-themed Atlantic City gaming property name, casually Bar none Be agitated Breakfast choice #4 Ballerinas, at times Bell sounds Bark, generally Bankhead/Bickford film: 1932 Business attire, up in smoke? Bronx Bomber in Cooperstown 1977 Burt Lancaster horror/fantasy film Bakers' musical group? Burt Reynolds film Big business. Bog down, in Scotland "Band on __" (McCartney) Bio of the team lush? Beginning of a quip Bobbi Battista Be in charge Be bossy Be a director Blunder: Fr. Barth novel, with "The" Business offering the right to buy and sell securities? Bit of perception deception? Bound for a scheming session? Battling confrontationally Battling confrontationally