| FSHARP | Major scale in which B is the only natural |
| LAPISLAZULI | Deep-blue metamorphic rock that is the only natural source of the pigment ultramarine (5,6) |
| ROAM | Released in 1989, which B-52s' single reached No. 2 in the charts here? (4) |
| MENINGOCOCCUS | Humans are the only natural hosts in which this bacteria species causes disease (13) |
| BORON | B is the chemical symbol for which element? (5) |
| MOON | With a series of mares, the only natural satellite of Earth (4) |
| UTTER | with b- is the 'real' version of margarine |
| REAUMUR | Temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0degrees and the boiling point is 80degrees, named after the French naturalist who introduced it in 1730 (7) |
| DOH | The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization. |
| MOHS | Scale in which topaz is 8 |
| LAH | Sixth note of major scale in sol-fa scale (3) |
| RICHTER | Scale in which 8.3 is ten times more intense then 7.3, say |
| EVENTEMPERED | One name for a scale in which the 12th root of 2 represents a change of one semitone |
| SOH | Fifth note of a major scale in tonic sol-fa (3) |
| GLASSHOUSES | Generally on a commercial scale, in which plants are grown more rapidly than outside (11) |
| THIAMINE | Vitamin B is unfortunately a hit in the Middle East setting (8) |
| UNIFORM | If A is Alpha and B is Bravo, what is U? (7) |
| UTTERCRAP | Complete nonsense whose first word becomes a cooking fat if B is added to the beginning: 2 wds. (Theme answer: A synonym for "speak" is followed by a word related to filth) |
| PASTA | In alphabetical order, where 'B' is for 'Bucatini', say? |
| GAMUT | Word originally for the lowest note in the scale in medieval music, later meaning the complete range of something such as emotions (5) |
