| BUFFALO | ___ Bills, American football team (7) |
| PECOS | ____ Bill, American legendary cowboy |
| UNCLEAR | "Whereas an ambiguous statement may be vague by accident or intent, an equivocal one is calculatedly ____" (Bill Bryson, Troublesome Words) |
| TABLE | The French bill American first for furniture (5) |
| SPARTACUS | Primarily servile role taken by Bill, American slave |
| NOTED | Famous Bill, American Democrat leader |
| SHOEMAKER | Bill, American jockey who rode 8833 winners (9) |
| HICKOK | Wild Bill --, American frontiersman (6) |
| WHACAMOLE | Arcade game completely captivating Bill (American) |
| GATES | Bill - - -, American magnate and philanthropist, second richest person in the world (5) |
| TILDEN | Bill, American tennis player who won Wimbledon (singles) in 1920, 1921, and 1930 (6) |
| BRYSON | Bill American author of travel and non-fiction books, moved to Norfolk, in spite of saying 'I really wanted to live in a hilly place' (6) |
| NOLAW | "Congress shall make ___..." (Bill of Rights) |
| ISIS | "It depends on what your definition of ___" (Bill Clinton gaffe) |
| ALEXEI | "Lean ___" (Bill Withers hit) |
| AHEAD | "The Road ___" (Bill Gates book) |
| IMISS | "___ Bill" (bumper sticker phrase) |
| DOLLAR | "___ Bill" Bradley |
| UPA | Run ___ bill |
| KILL | "___ Bill" (two-part Quentin Tarantino film) |
