| HONKING | Sound of car horn that is hard on the chief (7) |
| TOOTSIE | Honks horn, that is, for Dustin Hoffman's alter ego (7) |
| JELLYBEAN | Sweet that is hard on the outside and semi-soft inside (5,4) |
| ANTELOPE | Swift and graceful animal with slender legs and horns that is native to Africa and Eurasia |
| TRUMPET | To blast a loud sound that warns the rest of the herd that danger is near (or the horn that this sound sounds like) |
| TWOTONE | New toot designed for sound of car horn? |
| MASTIFF | Having a big dog is hard on the master (7) |
| CHRONIC | A bit of car's horn, perhaps, I caught going on and on (7) |
| ESTUARY | Area of water, such as The Golden Horn, that forms an inlet of the sea where fresh water mixes with |
| EGGHEAD | Urge on the chief, a boffin through and through (7) |
| ORCHARD | Fruit machine, in a manner of speaking, is hard on ugly war-like creature (7) |
| COWFISH | Slow-moving, heavy-scaled fish of the family Ostraciidae with long horns that protrude from its head (7) |
| HAUTEUR | Gallic arrogance is hard on Balzac, perhaps (7) |
| GRISTLE | Substance in meat from near the bone that is hard to chew (7) |
| MARKHOR | Large goat with spiral-shaped horns that resemble a corkscrew (7) |
| ONEROUS | Individual with sour disposition that is hard to bear (7) |
| SCHMIDT | For old chancellor, that is hard, halfway through his time in office? Erm, no (7) |
| MYSTERY | Something that is hard to explain or to understand (7) |
| SCREECH | Sound of car trouble? |
| HADRIAN | Emperor is hard on pope |
