| Also-ran in an Aesop fable | 26 |
| Wonderland tea party critter | 28 |
| Tortoise's fabulous rival | 29 |
| Tortoise's competition | 26 |
| The constellation Lepus | 23 |
| Symbol of a giddy brain | 23 |
| Surprise loser of story | 23 |
| Smug runner in a fabled race | 28 |
| Runner-up in well-known race | 28 |
| Rabbit's big brother? | 25 |
| Party host in an 1865 novel | 27 |
| Paper-chase participant | 23 |
| Noted fairy tale napper | 23 |
| Napper in a famous fable | 24 |
| March __: Carroll character | 27 |
| Loser in a legendary upset | 26 |
| Loser in a fictional upset | 26 |
| Loser in a fabled upset | 23 |
| Loser in a fabled race | 22 |
| Little chief ___ (the pika) | 27 |
| Little chief ___ (pika) | 23 |
| Literary tea-party attendee | 27 |
| Lion : pride :: ___ : husk | 26 |
| Legendary losing lagomorph | 26 |
| Laggard in an Aesop fable | 25 |
| Jack rabbit, in reality | 23 |
| It goes by leaps and bounds | 27 |
| Fictional tea-party attendee | 28 |
| Fabled tortoise's rival | 27 |
| Fabled race participant | 23 |
| Fabled loser of a race | 22 |
| Fabled hubristic racer | 22 |
| Dupe in an Aesop fable | 22 |
| Dummy on a greyhound track | 26 |
| Creature with big ears | 22 |
| Cocky racer in a fable | 22 |
| Cocksure Aesopian racer | 23 |
| Beast with a cleft upper lip | 28 |
| "Fabled" beast | 24 |
| ___ and hounds (outdoor game) | 29 |
| Sitcom episode premise, often | 29 |
| Concubines' confines | 24 |
| Where a khanum presides | 23 |
| Scheherazade's milieu | 25 |
| Part of a pasha's palace | 28 |
| Male seal's surrounders | 27 |
| Sheik's household members | 29 |
| Odalisque's residence | 25 |
| Odalisque's quarters | 24 |
| Female elephant seal group | 26 |
| Women's group, of a sort | 28 |
| Women's area in a palace | 28 |
| Where a khanum ranks high | 25 |
| Sultan's entourage | 22 |
| Sultan's assemblage | 23 |
| Sultan's accumulation | 25 |
| Setting for Scheherazade | 24 |
| Sea lion's entourage | 24 |
| Scheherazade's quarters | 27 |
| Scheherazade's locale | 25 |
| Quarters for Scheherazade | 25 |
| Polygamous household group | 26 |
| Polygamist's pride | 22 |
| Place for a sheik's wives | 29 |
| Part of a Mideast palace | 24 |
| One detects an oda here | 23 |
| Male seal's devotees | 24 |
| Male seal's contingent | 26 |
| Group guarded by a eunuch | 25 |
| Group around a male fur seal | 28 |
| Fur seal's surrounders | 26 |
| Confines for concubines | 23 |
| Concubines' apartment | 25 |
| Certain Moslem household | 24 |
| Certain group of females | 24 |
| Arabian Nights group of wives | 29 |
| 2003 Sarah Brightman album | 26 |
| '03 Sarah Brightman album | 29 |
| Sultans' collections | 24 |
| Male seals' bevies | 22 |
| Eunuchs' workplaces | 23 |
| Where sultans get some | 22 |
| Where odalisques once worked | 28 |
| Odalisques' places | 22 |
| Muslim palace divisions | 23 |
| Male seals' surrounders | 27 |
| Male seals' devotees | 24 |
| Hasenpfeffer ingredients | 24 |
| Small game with big ears | 24 |
| Rabbits' relatives | 22 |
| Flock : sheep :: drove : ___ | 28 |
| Cottontails' cousins | 24 |
| Bugs's big cousins | 22 |
| Co-creator of Curious George | 28 |
| Famous last name in spydom | 26 |
| Mata ___ (infamous spy) | 23 |
| Mata __ (infamous spy) | 22 |
| Last name in espionage | 22 |
| Well-known name of W. W. I. | 27 |
| Spy portrayed by Garbo | 22 |