| PETDOOR | Way in/out for cats/dogs |
| ADIT | The way in, out of tradition |
| PETCO | Retail chain for cats, dogs, etc. |
| SEAGAL | Steven who played an archaeology professor in 'Out for a Kill' |
| HOME | An area or "den" where a player is safe from attack in games; a sanctuary for rescued cats/dogs; the inner table in backgammon; or, one's abode, birth country or family seat (4) |
| STEPDANCER | Raises cats, dogs and reindeer for one of those moved by music (4-6) |
| WHISKERS | From "bundles of twigs", word for sensory vibrissae of cats, dogs, mice etc; men's beards, moustaches, mutton chops, sideburns etc; or, very narrow margins, aka hairbreadths (8) |
| PETS | Cats, dogs and canaries |
| ROMCOM | 'The Truth About Cats ' Dogs' genre |
| ALEC | Baldwin of "Cats Dogs" |
| PAWS | Cats' dogs |
| DOORSTEP | Threshold cats, dogs, etc cross over |
| ANIMALS | Cats, dogs, pigs, horses etc (7) |
| GRASS | A plant with various meadow species bearing stems suggestive of cats', dogs' or foxes' tails (5) |
| GOTCHA | Oz girl had cat, dog's dinner for Oz croc! (6,6) |
| PAW | Cat's dog? |
| CORRECTION | Firm holds it back in out-of-the-way corner for amendment (10) |
| SAMOSA | Listen in out of sensationalism for what's on sale in Indian food market (6) |
| TUITION | Out - in - out: it can be good training (7) |
| SECRET | Erects building in out of the way place (6) |
