| Hard-to-identify food | 21 |
| Hard-to-hum, say | 16 |
| Hard-to-hum | 11 |
| Hard-to-hold type | 17 |
| Hard-to-hold swimmer | 20 |
| Hard-to-hit tennis server | 25 |
| Hard-to-hit server | 18 |
| Hard-to-hit pitches | 19 |
| Hard-to-hit pitchers | 20 |
| Hard-to-hit pitch | 17 |
| Hard-to-hit notes, for some | 27 |
| Hard-to-hit hurler | 18 |
| Hard-to-hit fastball, in slang | 30 |
| Hard-to-groom dog breed | 23 |
| Hard-to-get-to-know person, so to speak | 39 |
| Hard-to-get-into schools | 24 |
| Hard-to-get help | 16 |
| Hard-to-get cigar | 17 |
| Hard-to-follow philosopher? | 27 |
| Hard-to-fold item, often | 24 |
| Hard-to-find song | 17 |
| Hard-to-find shoe width | 23 |
| Hard-to-find object, perhaps | 28 |
| Hard-to-find kid-lit character | 30 |
| Hard-to-find guy of kids' books | 35 |
| Hard-to-find guy in children's books | 40 |
| Hard-to-find fellow in a red-and-white shirt | 44 |
| Hard-to-find convenience these days | 35 |
| Hard-to-find clownfish | 22 |
| Hard-to-find character in a book | 32 |
| Hard-to-find character | 22 |
| Hard-to-find cards, to collectors | 33 |
| Hard-to-find album | 18 |
| Hard-to-fail classes | 20 |
| Hard-to-explain vehicles | 24 |
| Hard-to-explain quality | 23 |
| Hard-to-explain feeling | 23 |
| Hard-to-escape situation | 24 |
| Hard-to-erase stuff | 19 |
| 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-decide cases | 20 |
| Hard-to-control impulses | 24 |
| Hard-to-control impulse | 23 |
| Hard-to-combine gas | 19 |
| Hard-to-comb hair | 17 |
| Hard-to-climb entrance stairway? | 32 |
| Hard-to-clean floor covers | 26 |
| Hard-to-chew piece of meat | 26 |
| Hard-to-chew candy | 18 |
| Hard-to-characterize type | 25 |
| Hard-to-call contests | 21 |
| Hard-to-break plates | 20 |
| Hard-to-break hold | 18 |
| Hard-to-block jumper, in hoops | 30 |
| Hard-to-believe story | 21 |
| Hard-to-beat quartet | 20 |
| Hard-to-approach type, perhaps | 30 |
| Hard-to-approach sort | 21 |
| Hard-to-acquire album | 21 |
| Hard-to-accept result, figuratively | 35 |
| Hard-to-accept consequence, metaphorically | 42 |
| Hard-time crime | 15 |
| Hard-shelled seed | 17 |
| Hard-shelled palm fruits | 24 |
| Hard-shelled fruit | 18 |
| Hard-shelled edible | 19 |
| Hard-shelled critter | 20 |
| Hard-shell clam | 15 |
| Hard-rock middle | 16 |
| Hard-rock link | 14 |
| Hard-rock filler | 16 |
| Hard-rock connector | 19 |
| Hard-rock connection? | 21 |
| Hard-rock connection | 20 |
| Hard-rock center? | 17 |
| Hard-rock center | 16 |
| Hard-rock band named for an inventor | 36 |
| Hard-pressed | 12 |
| Hard-packed ski run | 19 |
| Hard-nosed | 10 |
| Hard-news bit, TV-style | 23 |
| Hard-luck subject of this puzzle | 32 |
| Hard-luck sphere | 16 |
| Hard-luck hiker's ice-cream choice? | 39 |
| Hard-luck hiker's choice? | 29 |
| Hard-luck case | 14 |
| Hard-luck area | 14 |
| Hard-living singer James | 24 |
| Hard-liner of old | 17 |
| Hard-liner | 10 |
| Hard-landing sound | 18 |
| Hard-hitting team? | 18 |
| Hard-hitting sound | 18 |
| Hard-hitting response? | 22 |
| Hard-hitting noise | 18 |
| Hard-hitting mystery writer? | 28 |