| BASSETS | Dogs are best trained when small in it |
| LITTLE | Tell it otherwise when small in size |
| MUDDLEHEADED | Added mule he'd trained when confused in thought (12) |
| CRACKREGIMENT | The best trained men report management to the National Trust (5,8) |
| THOU | There's very little in it for you |
| DIMINISH | Reduce by having food with little in it |
| SWEETIE | The tie's got crumpled a little in it, my dear (7) |
| CLOSE | 100 get beaten, but there's little in it (5) |
| CLOSERUN | End career (very little in it) (5-3) |
| SWEETHEART | The star twinkles a little in it, darling (10) |
| TWEET | Message on X, dry with little in it (5) |
| OVINE | Dogs are canine, cats are feline, but what are sheep? (5) |
| OYSTERS | Molluscs in season during the "months" when they are best eaten (7) |
| TRAPS | In greyhound racing, the six box-like stalls in which the dogs are enclosed at the start of a race (5) |
| LEADSON | Goes ahead when the dogs are ready for a walk |
| ORGANISED | Assembled dogs are in, barking (9) |
| POODLEFAKERS | Ladies' men freak out when dogs are around |
| KENNELS | A place where dogs are bred, reared, trained or boarded |
| HASHSIGN | Police dogs are trained to detect this number tag (4,4) |
| BUNS | What burgers and hot dogs are served in |
