| DROOPY | Cartoon dog created by Tex Avery (6) |
| SNOOPY | Cartoon dog created by Charles M Schulz (6) |
| BASSET | Fred ___, cartoon dog created by Alex Graham (6) |
| DAFFYDUCK | Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery who first appeared on screen in 1937 (5,4) |
| FREDBASSET | Cartoon dog created by Alex Graham in 1963 (4,6) |
| ODIE | Cartoon dog created by Jim Davis |
| SPOT | Cartoon dog created by Eric Hill (4) |
| GROMIT | Clay animation dog created by Nick Park (6) |
| LASSIE | Fictional dog created by Yorkshire writer Eric Knight (6) |
| GOLDENRETRIEVER | Breed of dog created by Sir Dudley Marjoribanks (6,9) |
| STEVEN | ___ Avery, man at the centre of the documentary Making a Murderer (6) |
| BROOKS | Avery, U.S. actor who played Captain Benjamin Sisko in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (6) |
| FINLAY | He arrived in Walford with Felix shortly before their father Avery passed away (6,5) |
| KNIGHT | Honour title bestowed on Ray Avery, Jerry Mateparae, and Stephen Tindall (6) |
| UNISEX | Like the names Avery, Taylor and Harper |
| CUJO | Dog created by Stephen King |
| ASTA | Dog created by Dashiell |
| FRED | ____ Basset, comic strip dog created by Scottish cartoonist Alex Graham (4) |
| HENSON | Taraji P. ___ (she plays Shug Avery in the new musical version of "The Color Purple," which premiered on Christmas Day) |
| DONOTFORSAKEME | First four words of The Ballad of High Noon , sung by Tex Ritter |
