| BOXER | German short-haired, medium-sized dog bred from the English bulldog and the Bullenbeisser (5) |
| SHIHTZU | Small long-haired dog bred from the Pekingese and the Lhasa Apso; from Chinese, 'lion' (4-3) |
| BERLINER | German short story set in European capital at the end of winter (8) |
| MARINES | Their mascot is an English bulldog |
| LEDERHOSEN | German shorts worn with suspenders |
| DEAN | William CME of the GWR, designed 'Bulldog' and 'Duke' class locomotives (4) |
| EDITIONS | Bulldog and extra |
| BREEDS | Bulldog and Pomeranian, for two |
| GIGUE | Lively French musical composition derived and named from the English jig, often forming the last movement of a suite (5) |
| IRISH | That's one in the eye for those initially across from the English (5) |
| KATSU | Breaded Japanese dish from the English word "cutlet" |
| HUSKY | Alaskan -; averaging between 50-100 miles a day, a working "musher" dog bred to pull an Arctic sled in a pack (5) |
| COCKERSPANIEL | Medium-sized dog, originally bred as a gun dog (6,7) |
| BORDERCOLLIE | A medium-sized dog breed with a silky, usually black and white coat, used as a sheepdog (6,6) |
| BULLDOG | Muscular medium-sized dog with a wrinkled face from England (7) |
| VIZSLA | Medium-sized dog breed from Hungary with a golden-rust coat (6) |
| ORLEANS | City on the Loire successfully claimed back from the English by the 17-year-old French peasant Joan of Arc and her small army during the Hundred Years' War (7) |
| LAKELAND | The -- terrier is a wire-haired breed originally from the English Lake District and used for hunting (8) |
| CHOWCHOW | Breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China (4,4) |
| DOBERMAN | Medium-sized dog |