| MALISON | Issue dogs the country, it's a curse (7) |
| YETI | In the city it expires: in the country it's a yellowhammer (4) |
| FARM | Whence, out in the country, it's a long distance to Maidenhead? (4) |
| SPRAIN | He leaves her in a foreign country: it's a wrench (6) |
| FINANCE | Replace mid-terrace with home in the country - it's about money (7) |
| LEBANON | Country, its emblem the cedar (7) |
| ESTONIA | Country, its capital Tallin (7) |
| BRITAIN | Country - it's in the mind (7) |
| CHOWDER | Giving the dog the Continental food (7) |
| PROCURE | "Get for the dog," the note says (7) |
| KUTUZOV | Very old French bother this country: it's all over for loser at Borodino |
| COLLIER | Take dog the other way round for miner (7) |
| HOUNDED | Dog the Editor briefly pursued (7) |
| PITTTHE | Hollow and dry instruction to dog the German PM (4,3,5) |
| PASTORAL | In the country, it's no longer verbal |
| SCRUBLAND | Abandon the country, it's uncultivated (9) |
| RENT | Across the country, it's highest in Vancouver |
| HOME | An area or "den" where a player is safe from attack in games; a sanctuary for rescued cats/dogs; the inner table in backgammon; or, one's abode, birth country or family seat (4) |
| TEACHERSPETS | Organises the races for dogs - the classy favourites (7'1,4) |
| JINX | It's a curse! (4) |
