| IRISHTERRIER | Medium-sized reddish breed of working dog with a dense, wiry coat (5,7) |
| TAMWORTH | Long-bodied reddish breed of pig |
| SHIREHORSE | Powerful breed of working animal (5,5) |
| DUROC | Pig of a reddish breed developed in North America (5) |
| SCHNAUZER | A dog of a German breed with a close wiry coat and heavy whiskers round the muzzle |
| STBERNARD | Large breed of dog with a dense red-and-white coat (2,7) |
| BERNARD | Saint _, large breed of dog with a dense red and white coat (7) |
| SHIHTZU | Small Asian dog with a dense coat and a curled tail (4-3) |
| NEWFOUNDLAND | Country recently discovered with working dog (12) |
| SAMOYED | Siberian dog breed with a dense fluffy white coat |
| PHALANX | A formation of ancient Greek warriors with interlocking shields; or, by extension, a dense body of soldiers; a crowd; a bone of a finger or toe; or, a bundle of stamens (7) |
| AKITA | Large dog breed with a dense coat |
| FURRY | Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs (5) |
| SWAMP | Waterlogged area with a dense covering of vegetation in the tropics (5) |
| BOTTOMPIE | Dessert with a dense lower layer of chocolate custard |
| VELVET | Soft fabric with a dense pile; or, downy antler skin evocative of this (6) |
| ESKIMODOG | Sled puller with a dense, coarse coat |
| RYEBREAD | Dark loaf with a dense chewy texture (8) |
| SIBERIAN | Working dog breed with a thick coat, for short |
| FOG | Name in medieval English for a type of coarse grass; later, a new or second growth of grass following a hay harvest; a dense cloud-like mist near the ground; or, a mental haze (3) |
