| ''Go'' starts with it | 37 |
| Oppressive | 10 |
| Construction worker | 19 |
| Construction site wear | 22 |
| Protection with a suspension to lessen impact | 45 |
| One building buildings? | 23 |
| Helmet | 6 |
| He's on the beam! | 21 |
| Construction-site headgear | 26 |
| Construction worker's protection | 36 |
| Construction worker, in slang | 29 |
| Adversity | 9 |
| Providers of life lessons | 25 |
| Tough luck | 10 |
| Adversities | 11 |
| Well-known school | 17 |
| Merciless treatment | 19 |
| Lessons from a tough school | 27 |
| "School" lessons? | 27 |
| Uncompromising sort | 19 |
| Uncompromising one | 18 |
| Inflexible person | 17 |
| Inflexible one | 14 |
| They don't back down | 24 |
| Not at all | 10 |
| Not very | 8 |
| Brandy "___ Breathing" | 32 |
| Almost not at all | 17 |
| "Not at all!" | 23 |
| Unsubstantiated theories? | 25 |
| It contains no fluff | 20 |
| Unsentimentally practical | 25 |
| Tough, as a cop | 15 |
| Extremely inflexible | 20 |
| Put-upon | 8 |
| Deli hanger | 11 |
| Physics, for one | 16 |
| Physics, e.g. | 13 |
| Yielding little for much toil | 29 |
| Unrewarding | 11 |
| Board game played with no vowels? | 33 |
| Tough customer | 14 |
| In-your-face sales tactic | 25 |
| High-pressure pitch | 19 |
| Pushy pitch, e.g. | 17 |
| Pitch with pressure | 19 |
| Aggressive hawking | 18 |
| Pushy spiel | 11 |
| Pressuring salesmanship | 23 |
| Pitching technique | 18 |
| Merchant's pitch | 20 |
| High-pressure spiel | 19 |
| High-pressure situation | 23 |
| A Madison Ave. method | 21 |
| Privation | 9 |
| Tribulation | 11 |
| Tough time | 10 |
| State of misfortune | 19 |
| What Alger boys endure | 22 |
| Frigid winter, to a pioneer | 27 |
| Sea biscuit (or Seabiscuit's sire) | 38 |
| Sailor's ration | 19 |
| Common Civil War ration | 23 |
| Alternative to a convertible | 28 |
| Type of convertible | 19 |
| Convertible alternative | 23 |
| Type of auto | 12 |
| Style of car | 12 |
| Impala, e.g. | 12 |
| Removable feature on a Corvette | 31 |
| Convertible's opposite | 26 |
| Convertible look-alike | 22 |
| Not easily comprehended | 23 |
| Like tiny print | 15 |
| Nuts and bolts, e.g. | 20 |
| Computer components | 19 |
| Trophies in a tournament, informally | 36 |
| Tools, cutlery, etc. | 20 |
| Nuts and bolts, etc. | 20 |
| Monitor, keyboard, etc. | 23 |
| Do-it-yourself kit enclosure | 28 |
| Start of a Kramden laugh | 24 |
| Rooney role | 11 |
| Surname of two detective brothers | 33 |
| He wrote "The Dynasts" | 32 |
| He wrote "Jude the Obscure" | 37 |
| Frank or Joe of books | 21 |
| "Jude the Obscure" author | 35 |
| Thomas or Oliver | 16 |
| Rooney role in many MGM films | 29 |
| Robust; strong | 14 |
| Robust and strong | 17 |
| One in "another fine mess" | 36 |
| Oliver or Thomas | 16 |
| Novelist Thomas ____ | 20 |
| Laurel's partner | 20 |
| Heavy of old comedies | 21 |
| Having great stamina | 20 |
| Creator of Tess | 15 |
| Comedy duo's tie twiddler | 29 |