| ASAMATTEROFFACT | Truly, trouble dogs a South American absent from work (2,1,6,2,4) |
| ASSAIL | Trouble dogs American behind attack (6) |
| POODLES | Do poles trouble dogs? |
| STRIKER | One absent from work, maybe playing cricket (7) |
| ONLEAVE | Small number briefly go absent from work |
| LEAVE | The French welcome permission to be absent from work (5) |
| OFFSICK | Absent from work because of illness (3,4) |
| OFFICES | Whence people are absent from work with chills? (7) |
| POUND | A shelter for stray dogs; a level stretch between two canal locks; or, a UK monetary unit represented by the "£" sign, for libra (5) |
| TYKES | From Old Norse for "female dogs", a word for cheeky scamps, curs, mongrels, rough ill-mannered fellows or Yorkshire terriers; or, a derogatory nickname for Yorkshiremen (5) |
| OFF | Absent from work |
| SHADOWS | Dogs a daughter displayed in competitive events (7) |
| ACTAEON | Hunter savaged by own dogs a long time after the event (7) |
| TYES | Dogs, a thousand loose in common pastures |
| DOGMATIST | Tim dogs a corrupt Frenchman showing high-handedness (9) |
| ISLE | ___ of Dogs, a loop of the Thames (4) |
| CANINES | Dogs, a number wearing coats regularly |
| CROSS | A monument in a market square; a mongrel dog; a mark symbolising a kiss in a letter; or, a gesture with one's fingers when wishing for good luck (5) |
| ANTHILL | Ultimate misfortune dogs a colony |
| PUPPIES | Baby dogs: a litter of - |
