| Hard to swallow | 15 |
| Hard to swallow, perhaps | 24 |
| Hard to take? | 13 |
| Hard to tell apart | 18 |
| Hard to tote | 12 |
| Hard to understand | 18 |
| Hard to understand or identify | 30 |
| Hard to unravel | 15 |
| Hard to watch | 13 |
| Hard tree growth | 16 |
| Hard trip | 9 |
| Hard twisted cotton thread | 26 |
| Hard up | 7 |
| Hard up Collective Soul song off "Dosage"? | 52 |
| Hard up for cash | 16 |
| Hard varnish | 12 |
| Hard wasser | 11 |
| Hard water | 10 |
| Hard water fall? | 16 |
| Hard water, in Hamburg | 22 |
| Hard water? | 11 |
| Hard way to quit | 16 |
| Hard wear | 9 |
| Hard wear? | 10 |
| Hard white china | 16 |
| Hard white pottery | 18 |
| Hard wind | 9 |
| Hard wood | 9 |
| Hard wood of P. I. | 18 |
| Hard wood, in Spain | 19 |
| Hard woods | 10 |
| Hard word for Eliza Doolittle | 29 |
| Hard work | 9 |
| Hard work doing some math? | 26 |
| Hard work in a place of exile? | 30 |
| Hard work may be part of it | 27 |
| Hard work of making it | 22 |
| Hard work turning gold sphere around in country estate (6,5) | 60 |
| Hard work, informally | 21 |
| Hard work, metaphorically | 25 |
| Hard work, slangily | 19 |
| Hard work, so to speak | 22 |
| Hard worker | 11 |
| Hard worker at boring tasks | 27 |
| Hard worker's output | 24 |
| Hard worker, perhaps? | 21 |
| Hard worker? | 12 |
| Hard workers | 12 |
| Hard workers get into it | 24 |
| Hard workers' milieu? | 25 |
| Hard workers? | 13 |
| Hard yellow cheese | 18 |
| Hard __: sailor's alert | 27 |
| Hard ___ | 8 |
| Hard ___ (nautical term) | 24 |
| Hard ___ (rare) | 15 |
| Hard ___ (two, please) | 22 |
| Hard ___ rock | 13 |
| Hard, as a mattress | 19 |
| Hard, as bread | 14 |
| Hard, black varnish | 19 |
| Hard, boring efforts | 20 |
| Hard, brilliant varnish | 23 |
| Hard, brittle gelatin | 21 |
| Hard, crisp breads | 18 |
| Hard, crumbly cheese | 20 |
| Hard, dry Italian cheese | 24 |
| Hard, dry one-seeded fruit | 26 |
| Hard, firm or cold | 18 |
| Hard, glossy finish | 19 |
| Hard, green cheeses | 19 |
| Hard, in a way | 14 |
| Hard, in Havana | 15 |
| Hard, low base hit | 18 |
| Hard, lustrous coal | 19 |
| Hard, old-style | 15 |
| Hard, protective shell | 22 |
| Hard, pungent cheese | 20 |
| Hard, pungent Italian cheese | 28 |
| Hard, round candy | 17 |
| Hard, silvery-gray metal | 24 |
| Hard, steady workers | 20 |
| Hard, sweet treat | 17 |
| Hard, thick skin area | 21 |
| Hard, thickened skin area | 25 |
| Hard, unctuous preparation | 26 |
| Hard, yellow candy | 18 |
| Hard, yellow cheese | 19 |
| Hard-and-fast | 13 |
| Hard-and-fast rules | 19 |
| Hard-ass bosses, in hyperbole | 29 |
| Hard-bargainer's words | 26 |
| Hard-boiled | 11 |
| Hard-boiled crime genre | 23 |
| Hard-boiled film genre | 22 |
| Hard-boiled genre | 17 |
| Hard-boiled Jill Sobule song "Barren ___" | 51 |
| Hard-boiled Mr. Bungle song? | 28 |
| Hard-boiled, in a way | 21 |
| Hard-candy flavor | 17 |