Answer: hare

AnswerCrossword Clue
HAREStoried slacker
HARETortoise trailer
HAREAesopian also-ran
HARELong-eared racer
HAREQuick bounder
HAREPace-setting racer
HAREPacesetter
HAREThe constellation Lepus
HARETortoise opponent
HAREExemplar of March madness?
HAREPace-pushing runner
HAREAesopian loser
HAREHopped-up speedster
HARE"... Trigger" (1945 Bugs Bunny cartoon)
HARELoser of a fabled race
HARELiterary tea-party attendee
HAREAesopian contestant
HAREAesopian racer
HAREFictional tea-party attendee
HAREFurry subject of a famous Albrecht Dürer painting
haremammal related to but larger than the rabbit
HAREFabled loser
HAREAesop racer
HAREFabled race loser
HAREGrown-up leveret
HARERace loser of fable
HAREHound's prey
HARELeporine creature
HARELong-eared lagomorph
HAREStoried loser
HAREFabled fast starter
HAREAesop loser
HAREFast finisher
HARELoser to the tortoise
HARETortoise's rival
HAREWonderland character
HAREChinese-calendar animal
HARERabbit
HAREFabled lazybones
HAREDog-racing spur