| CHEETAHS | Large slender spotted wild cats, the fastest on earth when chasing prey (8) |
| EQUATOR | Associated with the sailors' initiation rite and ceremony known as crossing the line, the imaginary band in the region where sunsets and sunrises occur fastest on Earth (7) |
| ARTMASTER | A retweet by dog's owner is the fastest on the draw presumably (3,6) |
| TOPGEAR | TV programme, the fastest on the box? (3,4) |
| TIGERS | Wild cats, the largest of all felines (6) |
| CHEETAH | Twice he wrestled with cat, the fastest one (7) |
| DOBERMANS | Large, slender, muscular pinscher dogs, originally from Germany (9) |
| LANGUR | What is a large, slender, long-limbed, long-tailed Asiatic monkey (6) |
| DELIRIUM | One badger occupying earth when put back in wild state |
| DISABUSE | "Set right pace finally when chasing" said running coach (8) |
| HIPJOINT | Place for cool cats: The Ball and Socket |
| MACAVITY | Cat, the Napoleon of Crime (Eliot) |
| PERIGEE | The point in its orbit around the earth when the moon is nearest the earth (7) |
| OCELOT | Medium-sized spotted wild cat native to the Americas and the Caribbean (6) |
| CIVETS | Spotted wild cats |
| OCELOTS | Spotted wild cats (7) |
| TSELIOT | Author of Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats (the work that was the inspiration behind the Lloyd Webber musical, Cats) (1,1,5) |
| LUCKY | ___ the cat: the protagonist of the Google Doodle events set on Champion Island |
| LEOPARD | Large spotted wild cat (7) |
| JAGUAR | Powerful spotted wild cat from the Americas (6) |
