| PEKES | Dogs used by Speke? |
| POINTER | A breed of dogs used by hunters to find game (7) |
| EKESOUT | Carefully gets by Speke - so utterly captivating |
| WATERSPANIEL | Dog used by fowlers, maybe Irish (5,7) |
| TERRIER | Small dog used by hunters (7) |
| COLLIERY | Dog used by army regularly is mine (8) |
| ELKHOUND | Dog used by Viking herdsmen |
| RETRIEVER | Dog used by hunters to fetch game (9) |
| ALSATIAN | A wolflike highly intelligent dog used by police and guards (8) |
| LABS | Dogs used in places of scientific research |
| HOUNDS | Dogs used for hunting (6) |
| SETTERS | Dogs used for hunting game, with breeds English, Irish, Irish Red and White, and Gordon (7) |
| POINTERS | Hunting dogs used to find game and indicate its location (8) |
| NILE | River explored by John Speke |
| TANGANYIKA | African lake, first seen by Europeans when explorers Burton and Speke came across it in their search for the Nile's source (10) |
| EXE | Last June, a former partner of mine drowned in the river by the cliffs at Brampford Speke (3) |
| SOLIHULL | TR7s were assembled here after Speke and Canley (8) |
| COURT | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke (7,5) |
| ORLEIGH | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke (7,5) |
| BURTON | Richard, English explorer who visited Lake Tanganyika with Speke (6) |
