| SETTERS | Dogs of a large, longhaired breed trained to stand rigid when scenting game |
| MASTIFF | Dog of a large, strong breed (7) |
| DALMATIANS | Dogs of a breed featured in a children's novel by Dodie Smith (10) |
| SHELTIES | Dogs of a breed developed in the north of Scotland (8) |
| REDSETTERS | Informal name for gun dogs of a breed resembling spaniels with rufous-coloured coats (3,7) |
| RAGDOLL | Longhaired breed of cat with a colourpoint coat and blue eyes (7) |
| PUGS | Dogs of a dwarf breed |
| BASSETS | Hunting dogs of a particular breed |
| YORKSHIRE | ___ terrier, a small, longhaired breed of dog (9) |
| FRANGIPANE | Named after an Italian marquis or his invention of a plumeria-based fragrance for scenting gloves, a rich almond-vanilla pastry cream, used as a filling for a Bakewell tart, galette des rois or other |
| ANGORA | Longhaired breed of cat, rabbit or goat |
| AKITA | Any of a breed of large muscular dogs of Japanese origin (5) |
| SCHNAUZER | A dog of a German breed with a close wiry coat and heavy whiskers round the muzzle |
| IRISHWOLFHOUND | A large greyish dog of a roughcoated breed (5,9) |
| LHASAAPSO | A small dog of a Tibetan breed, with a long, straight, dense coat (5,4) |
| LHASA | _ apso, a small dog of a Tibetan breed, with a long straight dense coat (5) |
| SHARPEI | A large muscular dog of a Chinese breed (4,3) |
| PAPILLON | Dog of a toy breed with ears suggesting the form of a butterfly (8) |
| SAINTBERNARD | Very large dog of a breed originally kept to rescue travellers in the Alps (5,7) |
| STBERNARD | Very large dog of a breed originally kept by monks to rescue travellers (2,7) |
