| REHEARSING | Training a dog, or practising a play (10) |
| SCRATCHING | Scoring a€“ or practising turntablism? (10) |
| DAISYCHAIN | A group of unscrupulous investors who, practising a kind of fictitious trading or wash-selling, arti |
| BLOODHOUND | A dog or a detective, informally (10) |
| PITCH | An area in a market/street where a busker, performer or trader stations themselves or sets up a stall; a section of a steep climb or rock face; or, a field, stadium etc for playing/practising a game ( |
| ANTITHESIS | Training a new bird - somehow, she is the opposite (10) |
| REHEARSAL | A session of practising a play or concert (9) |
| LEASH | Word among hunters for three foxes, hares or hounds; a strip of leather attached to a hawk's jesses in falconry; a lyam, couple or slip for a dog; or, a surfer's leg rope (5) |
| 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) |
| HOWL | Word, from the name of a hooting nocturnal bird, for the cry of a dog or wolf, a loud peal of laughter, a mournful wail or a shriek in pain (4) |
| AGEIST | Ultimately hostile in a sense, practising a form of discrimination |
| LAPSED | No longer active or practising (6) |
| SWEAROFF | Abandon; decide to stop doing or practising (5,3) |
| COLLAR | Band of leather or rope with an identity tag worn by a dog; or, the neckband of a shirt or blouse (6) |
| LEADER | Orchestra's principal first violin; a dog or horse at the front of a team; the head of an expedition; or, the first climber on a rope (6) |
| SLIP | An escape; a fall from grace; a quick-release leash for a dog; or, an unexpected loss of footing caused by a loss of traction (4) |
| PET | Dog or cat, or what you might do to a dog or cat |
| SHAKER | Member of a practically extinct US offshoot of the Quakers, practising a celibate and communal lifestyle |
| IMPLYING | Suggesting I am practising a trade (8) |
| YOGA | Hindu ascetic practising a form of meditation (4) |
