There is a total of 27432 clues beginning with be
- Best defense, in some cases
- Best degrees
- Best detritus from dawn until dusk?
- Best Director between Clint and Martin
- Best Director between Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese
- Best Director between Eastwood and Scorsese
- Best Director between Michel and Alfonso
- Best Director film for Warren Beatty
- Best Director for "Annie Hall"
- Best Director for "The French Connection"
- Best Director nominee for "12 Angry Men" and "Network"
- Best Director nominee for "A Room With a View" (14)
- Best Director nominee for "Witness," "Dead Poets Society" and "The Truman Show"
- Best Director of 1934, '36 and '38
- Best Director of 1947 and 1954
- Best Director of 1977
- Best Director of 1986 and 1989
- Best Director of 1992
- Best Director of 1992 and 2004
- Best Director of 1997
- Best Director of 1997, and Best Director nominee of 2009
- Best Director of 2001
- Best Director of 2005
- Best Director Oscar winner five years after Kevin
- Best Director Oscar winner for 2012
- Best Director winner of 1981
- Best Director, twice
- Best dishes, perhaps
- Best documentary short subject nominee "___ Hands"
- Best draft status
- Best dramatic actress Tony winner of 1948, 1978 and 1983
- Best Driver, for one
- Best effort
- Best effort, as it were
- Best effort, in competition
- Best effort, in sports lingo
- Best effort, informally
- Best effort, percentagewise?
- Best effort, slangily
- Best effort, to a coach
- Best end
- Best ending?
- Best ever
- Best ever, acronymically
- Best ever, in slang
- Best ever, in sports records
- Best ever, in sports slang
- Best example
- Best fabric ever?
- Best Female Athlete, eg
- Best Female Athlete, for one
- Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy winner between Fiona and Sheryl
- Best film of 1954
- Best film of 1965
- Best film of 1980
- Best film of 1987
- Best film: 1943
- Best final result
- Best fitted
- Best food in the joint?
- Best for consumption, perhaps
- Best for picking
- Best for seeking advice from
- Best for sledding
- Best for the job
- Best Foreign Film of 2005
- Best Foreign Film of 2005 about a young gang leader in Johannesburg
- Best Foreign Film of 2005 set in South Africa
- Best Foreign Film Oscar winner of 1998
- Best Foreign Language Film of 2005
- Best Foreign Language Film of 2014
- Best Foreign Language Film winner at this year's Oscars
- Best Foreign Language Film winner in 2019
- Best fraternity pledge tormentor?
- Best friend
- Best friend of 1-Across
- Best friend of Carmen, Bridget and Tibby
- Best friend of Charles Foster Kane
- Best friend of Jess on Fox's "New Girl"
- Best friend of Potter and Weasley
- Best friend of Thomas the Tank Engine
- Best friend on "Blossom"
- Best friend's dinner, maybe
- Best friend's meal?
- Best friend
- Best friend?
- Best friends
- Best friends
- Best Game or Best Play
- Best Game, eg
- Best Gospel Album, eg
- Best grade
- Best grades of merchandise
- Best groomed
- Best guess, for short
- Best guess: Abbr
- Best guess?
- Best guesses: Abbr
- Best guests
- Best guide around town, probably