| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| RESILIENT | Hardy | |
| DURABLE | Hardy | |
| RYE | Hardy cereal | |
| OAT | Hardy cereal | |
| KALE | Hardy cabbage | |
| BARLEY | Hardy cereal | |
| TESS | Thomas Hardy heroine | |
| STANLAUREL | Oliver Hardy’s partner | |
| LAUREL | Hardy’s comedy partner | |
| OVERHARDY | Too hardy; overbold. | |
| KRUGER | Hardy African game park | |
| THOMAS | ... Hardy, English novelist | |
| OLIVER | ... Hardy, comic actor | |
| HONEST | Frank Hardy started making notes | |
| STOR | Strong; powerful; hardy; bold; audacious. | |
| BIGG | Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind. | |
| STUBBED | Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged. | |
| ENDURE | To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. | |
| FORTHCOMING | On its way for Thomas Hardy initially arriving | |
| DOUR | Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold. | |
| CANUCK | A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada. | |
| RUGGED | Vigorous; robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc. | |
| VENTUROUS | Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adveturous; as, a venturous soldier. | |
| CAST-IRON | Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding. | |
| WASHY | Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse. | |