| DOGSHOW | Prepare girl who's organising competition among setters, say? (3,4) |
| ARMADA | Prepare girl for battle with the fleet (6) |
| DOGFIGHT | Conflict between setters, say -- in which one may be shot down (8) |
| TOPDOGS | The best time to work, setters say (3,4) |
| WHELPS | Page in Welsh converted for young English setters, say (6) |
| PRICEWAR | Grain was short in promotion, creating competition among retailers (5,3) |
| EVIDENT | Undoubted competition among papers? Quite the opposite |
| NEEDLEMATCH | Keen competition among seamstresses? (6,5) |
| ARMSRACE | Competition among nations: 2 wds. |
| JOUST | Competition among mail carriers? |
| RIVALRY | Competition among siblings |
| GAMEOFHORNETS | Competition among insects? |
| SACKRACES | Competitions among those trying to get to the QB? |
| RACES | Competitions among horses. (5) |
| WAGE | Appear satisfied as setter, say -- finish off clue and carry on (4) |
| HEEL | Tip or command given to setter, say |
| GENUS | Kind setter, say, uplifted |
| WHOOPSIE | Question I pose, awful mess of a setter, say? (8) |
| PROPUP | Support for young setter, say? (4,2) |
| DOGOODER | Philanthropist, setter, say, rounds on upset friend now and then (2-6) |
