| MASTER | Eminently skilled artist; expert chess player ; or, a hunter who controls a pack of hounds with a whipper-in (6) |
| CHECK | Announcement from a chess player or a poker player |
| BEAGLES | Small, sturdy hounds with a smooth dense coat (7) |
| HOW | Question that isn't a "wh-" question |
| TIS | 1971 Charlotte Rampling Italian drama, ___ Pity She's a Wh-re. |
| ACRYLIC | Paint a pack of hounds with vermin cut off (7) |
| STEVE | M., magnificent (Cincinnati?) actor, a hunter who escaped an inferno of pebbles & bullitts. |
| ALEX | Boulder County D.A. Hunter, who is leaving office |
| USER | One who controls a manipulator |
| TREASURER | One who controls a club's funds (9) |
| BAG | A sack for swag, a mixed lot or a hunter's catch/brace; or, a tote or clutch drawn at dawn as a veritable weapon in a brawl when face to face (3) |
| BRUSH | Either an artist's tool for painting or a hunter's vulpine trophy, but both with a distinctive tip (5) |
| LODGE | Old "leafy arbour", today a beaver's twiggy home or a hunter's rustic log cabin in the sticks (5) |
| CRY | A plea, shout or urgent appeal; a fit of weeping; a pack of hounds or their hunting bay; a proclamation of a town's bellringer; or, the call of a street-trader selling goods (3) |
| CAST | A throw of a die, fishing-line or sounding lead; a squint of the eye; the directing of a pack of hounds; or, the collective actors in a play (4) |
| KENNEL | Word for a dog's house or hut that derives from the Latin name for said creature; a pack of hounds; or, the den or lair of a fox (6) |
| CASTING | The pouring of molten metal into a mould; the figure formed; the choosing of actors for a production; or, the directing of a pack of hounds (7) |
| DRIVE | A jaunt or journey in a motor vehicle; the act of chasing game or moving cattle; a gathering of whist players; or, a shot from a golf tee (5) |
| SALUKI | Tall breed of hound with a smooth coat, also called a Persian greyhound (6) |
| TRAY | A flat receptacle such as a baking sheet, a board for conveying tea things, a holder in a CD player or a desk organiser for pending papers (4) |
