| PONGO | Nickname of Reginald Twistleton in P. G. Wodehouse's Uncle Fred stories; or, a dog character in Dodi |
| SPROCKET | Wheel with cogs/teeth such as one working with a bike's drive chain; or, a dog character in Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock (8) |
| NURSE | Relationship of Valerie to Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton in novels by P. G. Wodehouse (5) |
| FAYED | Dodi ___ died alongside Princess Diana. (5) |
| KINGOFHEARTS | Honour Dodi - Di wanted him to be this? (4,2,6) |
| EGGY | Character in P. G. Wodehouse's novel Laughing Gas; or, linked with bread for a variety of French toast (4) |
| MESS | A portion of pulpy or sloppy food; a military dining-hall; a meal served in said room; or, a dog's breakfast, floordrobe, pig's ear or shambles (4) |
| AGATHA | Aunt in P.G. Wodehouse's 'Jeeves' stories |
| BERTIE | ____ Wooster, for whom Jeeves works in P. G. Wodehouse's stories (6) |
| ELEMENTARY | "-, my dear Watson" - phrase in P. G. Wodehouse's Psmith, Journalist, mistakenly attributed to Sherlock Holmes (10) |
| BERTIEWOOSTER | English gentleman in P G Wodehouse's Jeeves novels |
| UKRIDGE | Surname of P G Wodehouse's ne'er-do-well character, Stanley Featherstonehaugh, who debuts in Love Among the Chickens (7) |
| ISABELLE | Dog character who works in Resident Services in Nintendo's 2020 video game spin-off New Horizons |
| PADDLE | A waterwheel blade; a canoe oar; or, a dog's swimming stroke (6) |
| PET | A cat or a dog in your house? |
| TAIL | Part of a kite or a dog (4) |
| GOOFY | Pluto and which other Disney dog character appeared in the early 1930s? (5) |
| GYTRASH | Spirit appearing as a horse or a dog that haunts lonely roads (7) |
| PHLEGM | Calm helper regularly stops P G Wodehouse's lead character getting upset |
| EARL | P G Wodehouse's Lord Emsworth, e.g. (4) |
