| Word after dumb or smart | 24 |
| Long-eared farm animal | 22 |
| Horse's wild cousin | 23 |
| Biblical rebuker of Balaam | 26 |
| Biblical beast of burden | 24 |
| Balaam's transport | 22 |
| Zebra's mate, sometimes | 27 |
| Source of a noted jawbone | 25 |
| Source of a Biblical jawbone | 28 |
| Sancho Panza's steed | 24 |
| Sancho Panza's Dapple | 25 |
| Paragon of stubbornness | 23 |
| Low-emission transport? | 23 |
| Foolish beast, in fables | 24 |
| Animal known for stubbornness | 29 |
| Zebra's mate, rarely | 24 |
| Word after hard or bad | 22 |
| Word after bad or smart | 23 |
| What Hamlet called himself | 26 |
| Talking biblical beast | 22 |
| Symbol of inflexibility | 23 |
| Shrek's companion is one | 28 |
| Shrek's buddy is one | 24 |
| Sexual object, as it were | 25 |
| Sancho Panza's ride | 23 |
| Sancho Panza's beast | 24 |
| Pt. of many a job title | 23 |
| Part of "T and A" | 27 |
| Palm Sunday transportation | 26 |
| One may be wild or golden | 25 |
| Office party photocopy | 22 |
| Noted jawbone provider | 22 |
| Member of the genus Equus | 25 |
| Jesus's mount, in John | 26 |
| Jesus' mount, in John | 25 |
| Jenny with a jack, e.g. | 23 |
| Its ears sprouted on Midas | 26 |
| It might be kicked or kissed | 28 |
| It gets kicked in a blowout | 27 |
| Indie rockers ___ Ponys | 23 |
| Horse's long-eared cousin | 29 |
| Gas or grass alternative | 24 |
| Foolish creature in fables | 26 |
| Foolish beast in fables | 23 |
| Buridan's vacillator | 24 |
| Bottom of an hourglass? | 23 |
| Bottom acquired its head | 24 |
| Balky, braying barnyard beast | 29 |
| Badonkadonk, in other words | 27 |
| Badfinger cover animal | 22 |
| Alt/country band ___ Ponys | 26 |
| Aesop's brainless beast | 27 |
| "Shrek" beast | 23 |
| Long-time Syrian president | 26 |
| Syrian president Bashar | 23 |
| Syria's Hafez al-___ | 24 |
| Syria's Bashar al-__ | 24 |
| Longtime Syrian leader | 22 |
| Big name in Syrian politics | 27 |
| Syrian leader Hafez al-___ | 26 |
| Syria's Hafez al- -- | 24 |
| Syria's Bashar al-___ | 25 |
| Mideast ruling family name | 26 |
| Longtime Syrian strongman | 25 |
| Longtime Syrian president | 25 |
| Longtime Mideast leader | 23 |
| Leader born in Damascus | 23 |
| Heavy-handed ruler of Syria | 27 |
| Embattled Syrian president | 26 |
| Embattled Syrian leader | 23 |
| Besieged Syrian leader Bashar | 29 |
| 1970 military coup leader | 25 |
| Allegro ___ (music direction) | 29 |
| Very, musically speaking | 24 |
| Very, on a music score | 22 |
| Allegro ___: Mus. dir. | 22 |
| "Very," in music | 26 |
| Very, in musical directions | 27 |
| Verdi's "very" | 28 |
| Allegro ___ (very quick) | 24 |
| Allegro ___ (very fast) | 23 |
| Verbally assault, perhaps | 25 |
| State in northeast India | 24 |
| Tea-producing region of India | 29 |
| Indian state bordering Bhutan | 29 |
| State of northeast India | 24 |
| Tea-producing state in India | 28 |
| Tea-growing Indian state | 24 |
| Indian state of silkworm fame | 29 |
| Tea-producing Indian state | 26 |
| Silkworm center of India | 24 |
| Shillong is its capital | 23 |
| Northeastern Indian state | 25 |
| Northeast Indian state | 22 |
| Its capital is Shillong | 23 |
| Area bordering the Himalayas | 28 |
| Type of tea from India | 22 |
| Tea-producing Indian region | 27 |
| Tea-growing area in India | 25 |
| Tea variety from India | 22 |