Clues

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Bettor's question, and a hint to this puzzle's theme 60
Bean mentioned in "The Silence of the Lambs" 54
Baltimore Oriole who played in 2,632 consecutive games 54
Best Supporting Actress for "Cactus Flower" 53
Befriender of "Sergeant X" in a Salinger story 56
Basic harmonic structure at the end of "Hey Jude" 59
Betty's portrayer on "Desperate Housewives" 57
Broadway hit subtitled "A Musical Arabian Night" 58
Bach's ''____, Joy of Man's Desiring'' 62
Being rude on the phone, sending e-mail flames, etc. 52
Belle & Sebastian "The Boy With the ___ Strap" 60
Band with the highest first-week album sales in music history 61
Bertrand Russell's "Why I Am ___ Christian" 57
Bogey's co-star in "The Barefoot Contessa" 56
Beyonce's role in ''Dreamgirls'' 52
Boys II Men did it during "On Bended Knee" 52
Bar found at the end of this puzzle's seven longest answers 63
Basketball coach Winter who pioneered the triangle offense 58
Big Apple mayor who asked "How'm I doin'?" 60
Byron's ''___ Harold's Pilgrimage'' 59
Band with the 1996 hit "Novocaine for the Soul" 57
Benefactor of Central Park's Strawberry Fields memorial 59
Brand formerly marketed as Philishave outside the U.S. 54
Barack Obama's Secretary of Education ___ Duncan 52
Briscoe's portrayer on "Law & Order" 54
Baffled "Jeopardy!" contestant's effort 53
Broadway musical subtitled "The Timeless Love Story" 62
Brand of chocolate syrup first called a "milk amplifier" 66
Bebe's "Frasier" and "Cheers" role 58
Bitterness over a theater award from out of nowhere? 52
Bolshoi's "Sleeping Beauty" looks fishy? 54
Bit of U.S. currency deposited in a Continental bank 52
Boy's name that's another boy's name backward 57
Beethoven's "Choral Symphony," with "The" 65
Brief cause for celebration, and this puzzle's title 56
Brand name that's coincidentally Italian for "it" 63
Basketballer whose home court is at Bankers Life Fieldhouse 59
Baked dish made of eggs, cheese, cigarette butts and cocktails? 63
Big ___ Burger (fictional chain of "Pulp Fiction") 60
Baseball's David, nicknamed "Big Papi" 52
Broadway musical that featured "Bosom Buddies" 56
Bob McKenzie's "Great White North" brother 56
Bill who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 57
Brit's ''jolly,'' to an American 52
Brother of Ethan Allen who was a member of the Green Mountain Boys 66
Bigotry-fighting org. founded in 1913 by B'nai B'rith 61
Bread "broken" in the five longest entries 52
Broadway's "Ev'rybody's Got _____ But Me" 63
Brother of Malcolm on "Malcolm in the Middle" 55
Bigger band that covered "Happiness in Slavery"? 58
Birthplace of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Michelle Obama 55
Bandmate (but not actual brother of) Johnny, Joey, and Tommy 60
Black Crowes "The ___ and Musical Companion" 54
British Film Institute's "greatest film director" 63
Backup singer on "Midnight Train to Georgia" 54
Band whose members formed Hindu Love Gods with Warren Zevon 59
Baseballer with a "W" on his cap, for short 53
Best single of 1997, in the Village Voice critics' poll 59
British author of the so-called "London Trilogy" 58
Book on which "There Will Be Blood" was based 55
Best Actor for "The Story of Louis Pasteur" 53
Balkan country that declared its independence in 2008 53
Brian who's a self-professed "nonmusician" 56
Band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 57
Bad thing to hit if one didn't mean to "reply all" 64
Britpop group behind the hit 1999 album "Leisure Noise" 65
Band whose 1998 song "One Week" was #1 for one week 61
Basketball scoring attempts that are difficult to block 55
Beware! (if you're a manufacturer of picture tubes) 55
Broadway musical with two exclamation points in its name 56
Baryshnikov's co-star in "White Nights" 53
Boys' school with three academic "halves" a year 62
Baseball Hall of Famer who was a 1967 Rookie of the Year 56
B. A. Baracus's first name on "The A-Team" 56
Bochy's predecessor as manager of the S.F. Giants 53
Boneless rib eyes served at a famous New York restaurant 56
Band with the 1974 #1 hit "The Night Chicago Died" 60
Boy's name that's almost always first alphabetically 60
Best way to deal with life's frustrations, to a badminton coach? 68
Boxcars + blind mice2 ÷ Rome's hills × Arabian nights = 66
Boxer known as the ''Louisville Lip'' 53
Beatles' response to "I Can See for Miles" 56
British term for pantry that sounds more like a yellowy color 61
Breaking Point lyric "Baby I'm all ___ up in you" 63
Bond girl Britt of "The Man With the Golden Gun" 58
Bygone Unilever brand whose name meant "light" 56
Band whose makeup has stayed the same over the years? 53
Beatles hit on the flip side of "We Can Work It Out" 62
Ballplayer closely followed by a U.S. President's mother 60
Best-selling David Guterson novel made into a 1999 film 55
Band with the 1975 #1 hit "One of These Nights" 57
Baseball commissioner who helped establish interleague play 59
Bing Crosby's "__ You Glad You're You?" 57
Bob Seger "Only one thing in common, they got the ___" 64
British band with the 1991 #1 hit "Unbelievable" 58
Baseball Hall-of-Famer who batted left and threw right 54
Biblical guy who refused to believe the writing on the wall? 60
Brad of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" 55
Body of water next to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 52
Book with the words "Fish in a tree. How can that be?" 64