| STBERNARD | Breed of very large dog, named after a hospice on the Swiss-Italian border (2,7) |
| STBEENARD | Breed of very large dogs (2,7) |
| CHIHUAHUA | (GKN) Breed of very small dog originating in Mexico, having large erect ears and protruding eyes (9) |
| IRONIC | Like a big dog named Tiny |
| MATTERHORN | Mountain on the Swiss/Italian border (10) |
| LHASAAPSO | Breed of dog named after the capital of Tibet (5,4) |
| DOBERMANN | A dog named after a German tax collector (9) |
| MAGGIORE | Lake straddling the Swiss-Italian border that includes the Borromean Islands (8) |
| MONTBLANC | Highest mountain in western Europe at 4805m, on the French-Italian border (4,5) |
| CROSSETTE | Architectural feature of very large place included in credit note (9) |
| GREATDANE | Hamlet's very large dog? (5,4) |
| ASCLEPIAD | When covered, bedding most of very large milkweed |
| CLUMBERSPANIEL | Breed of dog named after the stately home of the Dukes of Newcastle (7,7) |
| SAINTBERNARD | Very large dog of a breed originally kept to rescue travellers in the Alps (5,7) |
| BEDLINGTON | ____ Terrier, breed of dog named after a Northumberland mining town |
| MALAMUTE | Powerful dog named after a people of western Alaska (spelling with only one 'e') |
| AIREDALE | Dog named after a Yorkshire valley, also called a waterside terrier (8) |
| THEMATTERHORN | Swiss-Italian border peak |
| LAKEGENEVA | Lausanne and Montreux are located on which body of water on the Swiss-French border? (4,6) |
| STBERNARDS | Originally bred at a hospice for travellers in the Alps, the national dogs of Switzerland (2,8) |
