| PITBULL | Muscular terrier, originally bred for blood sports |
| GAMECOCK | Does this mean there's fight in old bird trained for blood sport? (8) |
| AIREDALES | Terriers originally bred in Yorkshire (9) |
| AIREDALE | With a black and tan coat, the largest of the terriers, originally bred in Yorkshire (8) |
| CAIRN | Small rough-haired terrier originally from Scotland (5) |
| PITBULLTERRIER | A large, muscular dog originally bred for bloodsports (3,4,7) |
| ELKHOUND | Powerful dog originally bred for hunting large deer |
| BORDERTERRIER | Small dog originally bred for fox hunting |
| DACHSHUND | Dog originally bred for badger hunting (9) |
| BEAGLE | Hound originally bred for hunting hares (6) |
| CORGI | Small dog with fox-like face, originally bred for herding (5) |
| HOUNDS | Beagles, bassets, ridgebacks, salukis ... types of dogs originally bred for hunting (6) |
| RHODESIAN | --- ridgeback, a large, short-haired dog, originally bred for hunting in southern Africa (9) |
| BASSET | ____ hound, short-legged dog that was originally bred for hunting hare (6) |
| SPRINGERS | Lively spaniels originally bred for flushing or rising game birds from copses; cows about to calf (9) |
| STBERNARD | Breed of large working dog originally bred for rescue work (2,7) |
| ARENAS | Drunk earns a reputation for showing off fighting skills and blood sports (6) |
| ARENA | Earn a silly reputation for showing off fighting skills and blood sports (5) |
| TALLYHO | Quite gutless youth stopping to cry at blood sports |
| HUNTSABOTEURS | Mad sunbathers out to get opponents of blood sports (4,9) |
