| Bit of mocking laughter | 23 |
| Bit of feigned laughter | 23 |
| "Hardy" follower | 26 |
| Scarlett or John O' | 23 |
| Biblical place of exile | 23 |
| Loud, bombastic declamation | 27 |
| Zimbabwe's capital | 22 |
| University of Zimbabwe site | 27 |
| Capital NNE of Pretoria | 23 |
| Making crank calls, e.g. | 24 |
| Give shelter or refuge to | 25 |
| New York and San Diego, e.g. | 28 |
| Docking places for ships | 24 |
| ___ a fugitive (hides a perp) | 29 |
| Not a walk in the park | 22 |
| Like a Saturday crossword | 25 |
| Like some water or lemonade | 27 |
| How you may find this puzzle | 28 |
| High on the Mohs scale | 22 |
| Word with tack or line | 22 |
| Word with labor or candy | 24 |
| Word with copy or candy | 23 |
| Word before candy or copy | 25 |
| Type of candy or cider | 22 |
| Subjected to induration | 23 |
| Ready to get down, in a way | 27 |
| Like this crossword, to some | 28 |
| Like some copies and courts | 27 |
| Like most themeless puzzles | 27 |
| Like a Friday crossword | 23 |
| Lead-in to hat or headed | 24 |
| Darlene of tennis fame | 22 |
| Really funny comic, say | 23 |
| It's most impressive | 24 |
| Binding, as a contract | 22 |
| Where the music stops? | 22 |
| Repeated cacophonic sound? | 26 |
| One of three in Coca-Cola | 25 |
| It sounds like a K, not an S | 28 |
| Croc's head or tail? | 24 |
| Cow's first sound? | 22 |
| Cola's first consonant | 26 |
| Classic beginning or ending? | 28 |
| Cameroon's leader? | 22 |
| "Cabbage" starter | 27 |
| Become less sympathetic | 23 |
| Varnish or Viagra, perhaps | 26 |
| More puzzling, as a crossword | 29 |
| Higher on the Mohs scale | 24 |
| "Pull more!" | 22 |
| Gosling's first sound | 25 |
| Goose's first sound | 23 |
| Goat's head feature? | 24 |
| Capital of Greece, e.g.? | 24 |
| "Good" start | 22 |
| Construction site wear | 22 |
| One building buildings? | 23 |
| Construction-site headgear | 26 |
| Construction worker, in slang | 29 |
| Providers of life lessons | 25 |
| Lessons from a tough school | 27 |
| "School" lessons? | 27 |
| They don't back down | 24 |
| "Not at all!" | 23 |
| Unsubstantiated theories? | 25 |
| Unsentimentally practical | 25 |
| Yielding little for much toil | 29 |
| In-your-face sales tactic | 25 |
| Pressuring salesmanship | 23 |
| High-pressure situation | 23 |
| What Alger boys endure | 22 |
| Frigid winter, to a pioneer | 27 |
| Common Civil War ration | 23 |
| Alternative to a convertible | 28 |
| Convertible alternative | 23 |
| Convertible's opposite | 26 |
| Convertible look-alike | 22 |
| Not easily comprehended | 23 |
| Monitor, keyboard, etc. | 23 |
| Do-it-yourself kit enclosure | 28 |
| Start of a Kramden laugh | 24 |
| Rooney role in many MGM films | 29 |
| Comedy duo's tie twiddler | 29 |
| Tortoise's opponent | 23 |
| Snowshoe rabbit, for one | 24 |
| Loser of a fabled race | 22 |
| Aesop's race loser | 22 |
| Tortoise's race rival | 25 |
| Tortoise's competitor | 25 |
| A leveret is a young one | 24 |
| Wonderland tea party attendee | 29 |
| Tortoise's race opponent | 28 |
| Tortoise's challenger | 25 |
| Tortoise's adversary | 24 |
| Runner-up to a tortoise | 23 |
| Overconfident racer of fable | 28 |
| Loser in an fictional upset | 27 |
| Fleet failure of fable | 22 |
| Chinese calendar animal | 23 |
| Also-ran of a famous fable | 26 |