| STRAIN | A breed |
| SPECIES | A breed |
| GORDON | Gun dog with a long black-and-tan coat belonging to a breed developed in Scotland (6,6) |
| SETTER | Gun dog with a long black-and-tan coat belonging to a breed developed in Scotland (6,6) |
| ANCONA | Capital of the Marches region of Italy from which a chicken of a breed with black-and-white mottled plumage, white earlobes and a single/rose comb originates (6) |
| MASHAM | Small market town in North Yorkshire after which a breed of large sheep with a black-and-white face is named (6) |
| JERSEY | Traditional style of knitted sweater; a shirt for certain sports; the largest of the Channel Islands; or, a breed of cow (6) |
| BASSET | ___ hound : a breed of dog (6) |
| MERINO | A breed of sheep originating in Spain, reared for its fleece (6) |
| PIGEON | Bird with a breed used to deliver messages during the First World War (6) |
| BORZOI | A breed of dog also called the Siberian wolf-hound (6) |
| DANDIE | Character in Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering after whom a breed of terrier is named (6,7) |
| AFGHAN | ____ Hound, a breed of dog noted for its silky coat and thin, fashion-model build (6) |
| SUSSEX | Historic county in south-east England where a breed of cattle, chicken and spaniel originated (6) |
| BEAGLE | A breed of hound |
| RETSTE | Jumbled letters to mean 'a breed of dog trained for bird-hunting' |
| SKERRY | Rocky island originally sheltering a breed of cattle |
| BANTAM | Disallow use of mat for a breed of fowl |
| CAVALIER | Based of the Latin for "horse", a knight or armed horseman; a gallant or courtly gentleman acting as a lady's escort; a Royalist supporter of Charles I; or, a breed of spaniel (8) |
| ARCHANGEL | A divine messenger of the highest order, or one ranking eighth in the celestial hierarchy; a name of a herb with aromatic hollow stems, often candied for cakes or puddings; a breed of fancy pigeon; or |
