| AFGHANHOUND | Depicted in the What-a-Mess stories by Frank Muir, a saluki-like breed of tall dog with a long and silky coat (6,5) |
| WHATAMESS | Series of children's books written by Frank Muir and illustrated by Joseph Wright about an accident-prone Afghan hound puppy |
| SALUKI | Breed of tall swift hound |
| SKULL | Trepanning is a practice in which a hole is created in the what? (5) |
| ORBITOFJUPITER | As in recent news, the NASA spacecraft Juno is in the what?: 3 wds. |
| PET | Stroke a Saluki |
| FAR | Where a saluki can run? |
| MUIR | Denis Norden's comedy partner who wrote the What-a-Mess books for children and the memoir A Kentish Lad (4) |
| ALSATIAN | Large wolf-like breed of dog also called a German Shepherd (8) |
| ASSAMESE | Like breed of cat scratching one's tongue (8) |
| THING | Thinking there's no ink in the what's - it (5) |
| ESKIMO | The -- dog is a large powerful breed of sled dog with a long thick coat and curled tail (6) |
| BORZOI | A tall, graceful, fast-moving breed of dog with a long silky coat, originally bred in Russia for hunting wolves (6) |
| BILLY | & 15A Schoolboy at Greyfriars School in stories by Frank Richards nicknamed the Owl of the Remove (5,6) |
| NORDEN | Writers Denis ... and Frank Muir introduced a new radio experience in 1948 with their show featuring The Glums, Take It From Here |
| BULL | Johnny --, one of Billy Bunter's classmates in the stories by Frank Richards (4) |
| BUNTER | Schoolboy at Greyfriars School in stories by Frank Richards nicknamed the Owl of the Remove (5,6) |
| GORDON | Gun dog with a long black-and-tan coat belonging to a breed developed in Scotland (6,6) |
| SETTER | Gun dog with a long black-and-tan coat belonging to a breed developed in Scotland (6,6) |
| SHIHTZU | A Tibetan breed of dog with a long dense coat and its tail curled over its back (4-3) |
