| BENT | Man with a bone that's crooked (4) |
| TWEAK | Twist a bone that's likely to break (5) |
| CHOP | A jaw; a cut or hew; a change or exchange; a slice of lamb or pork with a bone; or, a sharp downward blow (4) |
| AWRY | A cereal, we hear, that's crooked (4) |
| GNAW | Chew like a dog with a bone |
| ULNA | In the United Nations the French are armed with a bone |
| ODIE | Dog who accidentally buried his own head along with a bone, in one Garfield strip |
| BIER | Support twisted bone that's restricting energy |
| ASHAKE | Word, in an archaic manner or tone, for jiggly, quivery, shivery, trembly or wobbly, whether a buzzing phone, an excited dog with a bone, a jelly in a dome or a seismically active tectonic zone (6) |
| WRY | Cautious with a shot that's crooked (3) |
| PANACEA | Remedy for parent with a cane that's crooked (7) |
| FIDDLE | Instrument with a neck that's crooked (6) |
| SINEW | A strong cord connecting a muscle with a bone or other part (5) |
| EDNAOBRIEN | Irish novelist to rewrite "Dinner with a Bone" (4,6) |
| WHIPPET | A dog with a bone to stroke or pat (7) |
| CHEWONIT | What a dog will do with a bone |
| GNAWSAT | Chews on, like a dog with a bone |
| GNAWS | Chews like a dog with a bone |
| BARNONE | All with a bone, wagging, ran inside (3,4) |
| GNAWSON | Savors, as a dog with a bone |
