Hardly a chug
Hardly a close contest
Hardly a close win
Hardly a close-cut hairdo
Hardly a cold snap
Hardly a company man
Hardly a compliment
Hardly a complimentary brain size
Hardly a cool response
Hardly a couch potato
Hardly a crooner
Hardly a cutting-edge sport
Hardly a daring do
Hardly a deep sleep
Hardly a doer
Hardly a drag
Hardly a dream date
Hardly a dreamer?
Hardly a falsetto
Hardly a fan
Hardly a favorite
Hardly a follower
Hardly a fop
Hardly a fortune
Hardly a four-star restaurant
Hardly a free spirit?
Hardly a free-spirited place?
Hardly a friend
Hardly a full sprint
Hardly a fussy eater?
Hardly a generous sort
Hardly a genius
Hardly a gentleman
Hardly a girl's dream date
Hardly a giver
Hardly a good friend
Hardly a good looker
Hardly a good singing voice
Hardly a good thing
Hardly a grandmotherly type
Hardly a gregarious type
Hardly a guffaw
Hardly a gulp
Hardly a guzzle
Hardly a happy ending
Hardly a Harley
Hardly a haymaker
Hardly a he-man
Hardly a head-scratcher
Hardly a healthy feeling
Hardly a high-rent district
Hardly a hipster
Hardly a hit
Hardly a household name
Hardly a hub
Hardly a jolly good show
Hardly a knockout
Hardly a kosher home
Hardly a landlubber
Hardly a large diamond
Hardly a libertine
Hardly a light six-pack?
Hardly a little angel
Hardly a live wire
Hardly a long shot
Hardly a long time
Hardly a lost cause
Hardly a main drag
Hardly a man of few words
Hardly a man without morals
Hardly a mansion
Hardly a mark of distinction
Hardly a mark to be proud of
Hardly a marksman
Hardly a Mensa candidate
Hardly a Mensa member
Hardly a metropolitan center
Hardly a Michelin three-star eatery
Hardly a miniature gulf
Hardly a model of perfection, and a hint to how this puzzle's theme puns are derived
Hardly a model of virility
Hardly a moderate
Hardly a mortarboard
Hardly a moving picture?
Hardly a naif
Hardly a natty dresser
Hardly a neat freak
Hardly a neat house
Hardly a neatnik
Hardly a neophyte
Hardly a Net asset
Hardly a nice guy
Hardly a night-owl
Hardly a nightowl
Hardly a no-brainer
Hardly a nymph
Hardly a palace
Hardly a partygoer
Hardly a people person
Hardly a peppy tune
Hardly a person for all seasons
Hardly a philanthropist
Hardly a pick-up expert?
Hardly a picky eater
Hardly a piece of cake
Hardly a plain Jane
Hardly a Prius
Hardly a pro
Hardly a problem
Hardly a Pulitzer candidate
Hardly a purebred
Hardly a quick jaunt
Hardly a quick task
Hardly a quick trip
Hardly a quick walk
Hardly a racing boat
Hardly a Rambo movie
Hardly a revealing style
Hardly a right-minded individual?
Hardly a roar
Hardly a rocket scientist
Hardly a rookie
Hardly a rosy picture
Hardly a sage
Hardly a sea lover
Hardly a sharer
Hardly a short film
Hardly a short spell
Hardly a show dog
Hardly a side-liner
Hardly a sign of intelligence
Hardly a sign of support
Hardly a sissy
Hardly a site of decorum
Hardly a six-pack? (h,h)
Hardly a slacker
Hardly a sloppy Joe
Hardly a slow poke
Hardly a sluggard
Hardly a social butterfly
Hardly a socialite
Hardly a sophisticate
Hardly a sound of success
Hardly a sparkling finish
Hardly a speed demon
Hardly a spendthrift
Hardly a square
Hardly a stare
Hardly a striking individual
Hardly a summer house
Hardly a surprise
Hardly a swan dive
Hardly a symbol of spontaneity
Hardly a teetotaler
Hardly a test of one's memory
Hardly a threat
Hardly a tickle in your throat
Hardly a tough course
Hardly a tough decision
Hardly a trifling matter
Hardly a vet
Hardly a VIP
Hardly a walk in the park
Hardly a wallflower
Hardly a warm reaction
Hardly a warm welcome
Hardly a welcoming word
Hardly a Westminster contender
Hardly a whole bunch
Hardly a win-win situation?
Hardly a workaholic
Hardly a worthy competitor
Hardly a Yankee fan
Hardly a yes man
Hardly a yokel
Hardly aboveboard
Hardly absorbed
Hardly abundant
Hardly accepting
Hardly adequate
Hardly aerodynamic
hardly aggressive
Hardly agile
Hardly agrees to
Hardly airtight
Hardly all thumbs
Hardly amicable
Hardly an amateur
Hardly an angel
Hardly an asset
Hardly an attraction for a surfer?
Hardly an authorized dealer
Hardly an Einstein
Hardly an enticing aroma
Hardly an exercise in restraint
Hardly an expert
Hardly an extrovert
Hardly an idler
Hardly an independent thinker
Hardly an ingratiating grin
Hardly an instance of modesty
Hardly an intellectual
Hardly an intimidating soul
Hardly an old pro
Hardly an old pro at
Hardly an old-timer
Hardly an orange-free st.
Hardly an orderly type
Hardly an ordinary Joe
Hardly an original
Hardly an Oscar candidate
Hardly an oversharer
Hardly an upscale bar
Hardly angelic
Hardly any
Hardly any at all
Hardly any effort
Hardly any time at all
Hardly anything
Hardly anything, salary-wise
Hardly around the corner
Hardly artistic
Hardly at all
Hardly at ease
Hardly attentive
Hardly award-winning writing
hardly bald
Hardly balmy
Hardly bare
Hardly basic
Hardly be deadpan
Hardly be stoical
Hardly beauty queens
Hardly believable
Hardly better
Hardly big shots?
Hardly bigwigs
Hardly blabby
Hardly bland
Hardly blessed events
Hardly blue-blooded
Hardly blunt
Hardly boastful
Hardly bogus
Hardly boisterous
Hardly bold
Hardly born yesterday
Hardly boundary-pushing
Hardly brainy
Hardly brave