| Also-ran in an Aesop fable | 26 |
| Tortoise's competition | 26 |
| Loser in a legendary upset | 26 |
| Loser in a fictional upset | 26 |
| Lion : pride :: ___ : husk | 26 |
| Legendary losing lagomorph | 26 |
| Dummy on a greyhound track | 26 |
| Female elephant seal group | 26 |
| Polygamous household group | 26 |
| Male seal's contingent | 26 |
| Fur seal's surrounders | 26 |
| 2003 Sarah Brightman album | 26 |
| Famous last name in spydom | 26 |
| Quaint "Listen!" | 26 |
| Hunter's cry to hounds | 26 |
| Site of the Apollo Theater | 26 |
| London doctors' street | 26 |
| The Davidsons' partner | 26 |
| There's none in asking | 26 |
| "No __, no foul" | 26 |
| Instrument with 46 strings | 26 |
| Symbol on Irish euro coins | 26 |
| National symbol of Ireland | 26 |
| Instrument with 47 strings | 26 |
| Hanger on Tara's walls | 26 |
| Lee who created Boo Radley | 26 |
| Creator of Atticus and Boo | 26 |
| "Duck Soup" star | 26 |
| Most famous Hogwarts pupil | 26 |
| Like winters in the Arctic | 26 |
| "Act One" author | 26 |
| "Lover" lyricist | 26 |
| Candidate of 1984 and 1988 | 26 |
| ___ Senate Office Building | 26 |
| Western local-color writer | 26 |
| Roaring Camp's creator | 26 |
| Poker Flat chronicler Bret | 26 |
| Gold rush storyteller Bret | 26 |
| Is down with, as a disease | 26 |
| "That ___ to go" | 26 |
| Tries, with "at" | 26 |
| Word before browns or mark | 26 |
| Togetherness for leftovers | 26 |
| Stuff slung from a spatula | 26 |
| It may be slung at a diner | 26 |
| Amsterdam café purchase | 26 |
| Like some Jewish dynasties | 26 |
| Words before coming or out | 26 |
| More than an inconvenience | 26 |
| "¡___ luego!" | 26 |
| Waste creator, so they say | 26 |
| Possible cause of mistakes | 26 |
| Cause of sloppiness, maybe | 26 |
| Cause of careless mistakes | 26 |
| "__ makes waste" | 26 |
| Why one shouldn't rush | 26 |
| Adage re impatient actions | 26 |
| Site of Saxon defeat: 1066 | 26 |
| Like Harvard's pudding | 26 |
| Hosts at a roof party, say | 26 |
| This may be over your head | 26 |
| It might go over your head | 26 |
| It may be passed or tipped | 26 |
| It may be passed or cocked | 26 |
| Vocational identifier: sl. | 26 |
| Type of trick for a Ranger | 26 |
| One of 500 in a Seuss tale | 26 |
| John Wayne film of '62 | 26 |
| Wayne-in-Africa film 1962 | 26 |
| Word before mail or monger | 26 |
| Millinery adjunct, perhaps | 26 |
| Where to hang your chapeau | 26 |
| It's more than dislike | 26 |
| They're sometimes felt | 26 |
| They may go over your part | 26 |
| New Year's Eve toppers | 26 |
| Figurative items in a ring | 26 |
| Frau's living quarters | 26 |
| ___ couture (high fashion) | 26 |
| Type of couture or cuisine | 26 |
| Suffer from, as an illness | 26 |
| "--- you heard?" | 26 |
| Czech writer and president | 26 |
| "___ you heard?" | 26 |
| Those with money and power | 26 |
| Enjoying oneself immensely | 26 |
| Hem and __ (be indecisive) | 26 |
| Country music show Hee ___ | 26 |
| Big bass, in fishing lingo | 26 |
| "Black ___ Down" | 26 |
| "The Purge" star | 26 |
| "Gattaca" costar | 26 |
| A "Shampoo" star | 26 |
| "Overboard" star | 26 |
| "Foul Play" star | 26 |
| Ship's hole for cables | 26 |
| Contents of a hoedown seat | 26 |
| Surprise Symphony composer | 26 |
| "Toy" symphonist | 26 |
| Salma of "Frida" | 26 |