| HOBBY | Pastime pursued for pleasure; an extinct breed of Irish horse; or, a swift bird of prey, Falco subbuteo (5) |
| DIVE | Watery plunge of an aquanaut, frogman, pearler or waterfowl; or, a swift aerial descent of a bird of prey (4) |
| BALDEAGLE | Swift bird of prey in box C (4,5) |
| GYRFALCON | Large bird of prey, Falco rusticolus (9) |
| TALBOT | Extinct breed of white hound, used for the name of various English pubs (6) |
| TAHLTAN | ___ Bear Dog (Canada's extinct breed of dog) |
| HOBBIES | What are spare-time activities, pursued for pleasure (7) |
| KERRYBLUE | Breed of Irish terrier with a silvery-grey silky coat (5,4) |
| DEXTER | Small breed of Irish cattle (6) |
| EMU | Swift bird |
| PACE | From "stretch of the leg", a word for a stride; the distance covered; rate of progression; a step of a stair; gait of a horse; or, a group of donkeys (4) |
| QUAD | Meaning "four", a word used as a prefix in names of things including a courtyard, a 4 x 4 motorbike and a four-footed animal such as a horse; or, a serving of four shots of espresso (4) |
| SHOWING | An appearance; a setting-forth; the action of pointing out; a display, exhibition or presentation of a dog or a horse; or, a film screening (7) |
| HILL | A landform sometimes bearing a chalk figure of a giant or a white horse; or, a small heap of earth cast up by a burrowing mole (4) |
| PICKET | A stake used as a fence support, a surveyor's mark or as a tether for a horse; or, a protester posted outside their workplace during a strike (6) |
| HOBNAIL | A heavy-headed peg-like brad or stud for a shoe, whether for a horse or a member of a labouring work crew (7) |
| SADDLE | Word, similar to that of a pew-like high-backed bench, for a rider or cyclist's seat on a horse or a bike (6) |
| MULE | Offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; or, a style of backless slipper or light shoe (4) |
| PINTO | From Spanish for "mottled, painted, spotted", a paint or piebald horse; or, a speckled type of kidney bean (5) |
| KELPIE | From "bullock, colt, heifer", a ford-, lock- or river-haunting shape-shifting Scottish spirit taking the form of a wild water horse or a wizened old man (6) |
