| BASSET | A b .... good thing you have a dog! (6) |
| LEAD | In the first place, you'll need one if you have a dog (4) |
| BEACHBUGGY | Suffer soreness, having caught illness: good thing you can drive |
| CONCUR | Agree to let a convict have a dog (6) |
| ADAGIO | I have a dog - a slow one (6) |
| SELFIE | Photo that might have a dog filter |
| STROKE | The dog paddle, for instance, is enjoyed by a dog! (6) |
| SETTER | The examiner's a dog! (6) |
| COLLIE | Note, Oliver could be a dog! (6) |
| CORGI | Gee-gee? I only have a dog! (5) |
| PUP | Half of the pupils have a dog! (3) |
| CURFEW | It's a restriction where not many have a dog (6) |
| EXASPERATING | Horace: "Dolly Levi, you are a damned ____ woman" Dolly: "Why Horace Vandergelder, that is the nicest thing you have ever said to me" (Hello, Dolly!) |
| SATSUMA | Fruit: a thing you have to try, returning to chase after it (7) |
| AIR | One thing you have to have |
| CLOSESHAVE | A near thing you have to face? (5,5) |
| MASCARA | Is this the nearest thing you have your eye on? (7) |
| REFI | Thing you have less interest in, for short |
| CONFESS | Tell a priest about the bad things you have done |
| TASKS | In awful SATs, a thousand things you have to do (5) |