| ALSATIAN | A dog breed used by the French and German armies in WWI was renamed what when introduced to England? (8) |
| BARTLETT | The Williams' Bon Chretien pear was renamed what in North America? (8) |
| VERSAILLES | French palace at which the treaty concluding WWI was signed (10) |
| REMAINED | How one renamed what was left standing (8) |
| STAGHOUND | Large long-legged dog breed used for hunting deer by sight or scent, now chiefly found in the US (9) |
| RALEIGH | Which Sir Walter ___ was an Elizabethan explorer who introduced the potato and the tobacco plant to England? (7) |
| WALNUT | Introduced to England by the Romans, a tree with kernels used for coffee cakes, brownies, quiches, warm salads or for pickling, Juglans regia (6) |
| OVERLANDTELEGRAPH | What when completed in 1872, linked Australia to the rest of the word by joining a submarine cable b |
| AUSTERLITZ | Town in the Czech Republic that was the site of Napoleon's victory over Russian and Austrian armies in 1805 (10) |
| STBERNARD | A.K.C. breed used as a rescue dog in the Alps |
| LABRADOR | What name is shared by a dog breed and a district of NE Canada? (8) |
| ROBERTELEE | General who was commander- in-chief of the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (6,13) |
| DURING | In the course of ... of the French and German cycle (6) |
| HALFPINT | When introduced in 1655, what quantity was the British Navy's daily tot of rum? (4,4) |
| BORDERCOLLIE | Dog breed used for herding sheep and cattle (6,6) |
| SAMOYED | Originally Siberian dog breed, used for sledge-pulling by early polar explorers |
| DALMATIAN | Resident of a historic region on the Adriatic Sea; also a dog breed from that area (9) |
| LABREPORTS | Biology or chemistry assignments whose second word anagrams to "poster": 2 wds. (Theme answer: A dog breed is followed by written documents) |
| FREDA | Fellow embarrassed when introduced to a woman (5) |
| BOADICEA | Queen taking a gamble when introduced to snake |
