| 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 |
| Hard-hitting guy in Chicago | 27 |
| Hard-hitting Giant of legend | 28 |
| Hard-hitting forecast | 21 |
| Hard-hitting Dominican | 22 |
| Hard-hitting carpenters | 23 |
| Hard-hitting 1992 hurricane | 27 |
| Hard-hit scoring try | 20 |
| Hard-hit line drive, in baseball lingo | 38 |
| Hard-hit line drive | 19 |
| Hard-hit baseballs | 18 |
| Hard-hit baseball | 17 |
| Hard-hit balls | 14 |
| Hard-hit ball | 13 |
| Hard-hearted girl | 17 |
| Hard-hearted gal of songdom | 27 |
| Hard-hearted gal in a 1924 song | 31 |
| Hard-hearted gal et al. | 23 |
| Hard-hearted | 12 |
| Hard-heart material | 19 |
| Hard-headed feller? | 19 |
| Hard-hat's meal | 19 |
| Hard-glazed Japanese pottery | 28 |
| Hard-earned degs. | 17 |
| Hard-earned degrees | 19 |
| Hard-driving personality | 24 |
| Hard-drive units | 16 |
| Hard-drive unit | 15 |
| Hard-drive prefix | 17 |
| Hard-drive infestation | 22 |
| Hard-disk part | 14 |
| Hard-covered | 12 |
| Hard-core, filmwise | 19 |
| Hard-core followers, in politics | 32 |
| Hard-core films, for short | 26 |
| Hard-core film "rating" | 33 |
| Hard-core | 9 |
| Hard-copy error | 15 |
| Hard-copy | 9 |
| Hard-candy flavor | 17 |
| Hard-boiled, in a way | 21 |
| Hard-boiled Mr. Bungle song? | 28 |
| Hard-boiled Jill Sobule song "Barren ___" | 51 |
| Hard-boiled genre | 17 |
| Hard-boiled film genre | 22 |
| Hard-boiled crime genre | 23 |
| Hard-boiled | 11 |
| Hard-bargainer's words | 26 |
| Hard-ass bosses, in hyperbole | 29 |
| Hard-and-fast rules | 19 |
| Hard-and-fast | 13 |
| Hard, yellow cheese | 19 |
| Hard, yellow candy | 18 |
| Hard, unctuous preparation | 26 |
| Hard, thickened skin area | 25 |
| Hard, thick skin area | 21 |
| Hard, sweet treat | 17 |
| Hard, steady workers | 20 |
| Hard, silvery-gray metal | 24 |
| Hard, round candy | 17 |
| Hard, pungent Italian cheese | 28 |
| Hard, pungent cheese | 20 |
| Hard, protective shell | 22 |
| Hard, old-style | 15 |
| Hard, lustrous coal | 19 |
| Hard, low base hit | 18 |
| Hard, in Havana | 15 |
| Hard, in a way | 14 |
| Hard, green cheeses | 19 |
| Hard, glossy finish | 19 |
| Hard, firm or cold | 18 |
| Hard, dry one-seeded fruit | 26 |
| Hard, dry Italian cheese | 24 |
| Hard, crumbly cheese | 20 |
| Hard, crisp breads | 18 |
| Hard, brittle gelatin | 21 |
| Hard, brilliant varnish | 23 |
| Hard, boring efforts | 20 |
| Hard, black varnish | 19 |
| Hard, as bread | 14 |