| SHOWDOG | Crufts type to reveal the hound (4,3) |
| ENTRIES | Stephen tries to reveal the list of those competing (7) |
| DESCENT | Decline to reveal the pedigree (7) |
| NORFOLK | County, site of Sandringham House and Cromer (where Arthur Conan Doyle is said to have conceived the idea for The Hound of the Baskervilles) (7) |
| FIREDOG | Dismiss the hound, usually found on the hearth (7) |
| CANINES | The inspirational leader in the Riviera city gets the hounds (7) |
| TALLYHO | A hunter's view-halloo to the hounds on sighting a fox; RAF slang, adopted from said tantivy, to mean "target sighted"; or, another name for a coach-and-four (5-2) |
| DOGGONE | The hound is missing! |
| UNLEASH | Release the hound |
| HANGDOG | Execute the hound, with a dejected look? (7) |
| PACKSUP | The hounds take their evening meal as one gets ready to leave work (5,2) |
| RELEASE | Word that when followed by The Hounds gives the title of a 2010s ITV2 game show (7) |
| LETSOUT | Releases the hounds - reveals follow satisfactory start (4,3,4) |
| TARO | Cut the top off the tap root to reveal the Island food (4) |
| VERACITY | Girl goes to metropolis to reveal the truth |
| BEAR | Be ready, TD, to reveal the first one you went to bed with! (5,4) |
| TEDDY | Be ready, TD, to reveal the first one you went to bed with! (5,4) |
| BRIGHTEN | Disturb right enchantress to reveal the answer and end the darkness. (8) |
| VERNE | Never to reveal the author of 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. (5) |
| PENELOPE | Peel open to reveal the legendary woman who remained faithful to Odysseus (8) |
