| DOGS | Animals described in novels by Dodie Smith (4) |
| TRIPOD | Three-legged stand; or, any one of the walking machines described in novels by John Christopher (6) |
| DALMATIANS | Dogs of a breed featured in a children's novel by Dodie Smith (10) |
| DALMATIAN | Spotted breed of coachdog originally trained to trot alongside a horse or carriage, later immortalised in a classic novel by Dodie Smith (9) |
| ICAPTURETHECASTLE | Novel by Dodie Smith (1,7,3,6) |
| CAPTURE | 2003 British film based on the 1948 novel by Dodie Smith, I - the Castle (7) |
| SEAL | Wax signet traditionally embossed with a ring; an otter's footprint; or, an animal described in stories by Rowena Farre (4) |
| DEAROCTOPUS | 1938 stage play by Dodie Smith (4,7) |
| CRUEL | Fur-obsessed vil___in created by Dodie Smith |
| CATS | Animals described by T. S. Eliot as "Jellicles"; or, jazz fans (4) |
| CRUELLA | ____ De Vil, villain in the novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith (7) |
| PERDITA | One of the adult dalmatians in a book by Dodie Smith and a subsequent film (7) |
| AUTUMN | and 17ac, 1931 stage play by Dodie Smith |
| AUTUMNCROCUS | and 17ac, 1931 stage play by Dodie Smith |
| CROCUS | 1931 stage play by Dodie Smith (6,6) |
| BEAR | Large animal described by the adjective ursine |
| HORSES | Animals described in the numerous tales penned for children by the Pullein-Thompson sisters (6) |
| REINDEER | Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet ... one of the eight animals described in the poem A Visit from St Nicholas or The Night Before Christmas (8) |
| DEVIL | Cruella --; character in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, portrayed by Glenn |
| PONGO | *canine father in dodie smith's "the Hundred and One dalmatians" |
