| Harder to follow, as prose | 26 |
| Harder to follow, as a trail | 28 |
| Harder to detach, maybe | 23 |
| Harder or softer, depending | 27 |
| Hardened volcanic froth | 23 |
| Hardened by heat and cold | 25 |
| Hardened area on the ear? | 25 |
| Harden against PAin, etc. | 25 |
| Hardcover's covering | 24 |
| Hardcore punkers Sick of ___ | 28 |
| Hardcore punk offshoot | 22 |
| Hardboiled to a degree | 23 |
| Hard-working, so-so student | 27 |
| Hard-working six-footers? | 25 |
| Hard-working six-footer? | 24 |
| Hard-working entertainer | 24 |
| Hard-twisted cotton thread | 26 |
| Hard-to-work-with type | 22 |
| Hard-to-translate phrase | 24 |
| Hard-to-swallow verbiage | 24 |
| Hard-to-refute evidence | 23 |
| Hard-to-reason-with group | 25 |
| Hard-to-read handwriting | 24 |
| Hard-to-pronounce word | 22 |
| Hard-to-predict outcome | 23 |
| Hard-to-please ones, maybe | 26 |
| Hard-to-please actress | 22 |
| Hard-to-pin-down particle? | 26 |
| Hard-to-miss hoops shots | 24 |
| Hard-to-meet requirement | 24 |
| Hard-to-make point in craps | 27 |
| Hard-to-make hoops shot | 23 |
| Hard-to-ignore impulses | 23 |
| Hard-to-hit tennis server | 25 |
| Hard-to-hit notes, for some | 27 |
| Hard-to-groom dog breed | 23 |
| Hard-to-get-into schools | 24 |
| Hard-to-follow philosopher? | 27 |
| Hard-to-fold item, often | 24 |
| Hard-to-find shoe width | 23 |
| Hard-to-find object, perhaps | 28 |
| Hard-to-find clownfish | 22 |
| Hard-to-find character | 22 |
| Hard-to-explain vehicles | 24 |
| Hard-to-explain quality | 23 |
| Hard-to-explain feeling | 23 |
| Hard-to-escape situation | 24 |
| Hard-to-eat-just-one item | 25 |
| Hard-to-describe feeling | 24 |
| Hard-to-define influence | 24 |
| Hard-to-define element | 22 |
| Hard-to-decide predicaments | 27 |
| Hard-to-control impulses | 24 |
| Hard-to-control impulse | 23 |
| Hard-to-clean floor covers | 26 |
| Hard-to-chew piece of meat | 26 |
| Hard-to-characterize type | 25 |
| Hard-shelled palm fruits | 24 |
| Hard-news bit, TV-style | 23 |
| Hard-luck hiker's choice? | 29 |
| Hard-living singer James | 24 |
| Hard-hitting response? | 22 |
| Hard-hitting mystery writer? | 28 |
| Hard-hitting guy in Chicago | 27 |
| Hard-hitting Giant of legend | 28 |
| Hard-hitting Dominican | 22 |
| Hard-hitting carpenters | 23 |
| Hard-hitting 1992 hurricane | 27 |
| Hard-hearted gal of songdom | 27 |
| Hard-hearted gal et al. | 23 |
| Hard-glazed Japanese pottery | 28 |
| Hard-driving personality | 24 |
| Hard-drive infestation | 22 |
| Hard-core films, for short | 26 |
| Hard-boiled Mr. Bungle song? | 28 |
| Hard-boiled film genre | 22 |
| Hard-boiled crime genre | 23 |
| Hard-bargainer's words | 26 |
| Hard-ass bosses, in hyperbole | 29 |
| Hard, unctuous preparation | 26 |
| Hard, thickened skin area | 25 |
| Hard, silvery-gray metal | 24 |
| Hard, pungent Italian cheese | 28 |
| Hard, protective shell | 22 |
| Hard, dry one-seeded fruit | 26 |
| Hard, dry Italian cheese | 24 |
| Hard, brilliant varnish | 23 |
| Hard ___ (two, please) | 22 |
| Hard ___ (nautical term) | 24 |
| Hard __: sailor's alert | 27 |
| Hard workers' milieu? | 25 |
| Hard workers get into it | 24 |
| Hard worker's output | 24 |
| Hard worker at boring tasks | 27 |
| Hard work, so to speak | 22 |
| Hard work, metaphorically | 25 |
| Hard work of making it | 22 |
| Hard work may be part of it | 27 |
| Hard work doing some math? | 26 |
| Hard word for Eliza Doolittle | 29 |