| REDFOX | With a brush for a tail. UK's only wild member of the dog family (3,3) |
| SWEEP | Use a brush for a pump-handle (5) |
| GIBRALTAR | Where can you find the only wild monkey population on the European continent? (9) |
| BARBARYAPES | Europe's only wild monkeys, found on Gibraltar (7,4) |
| WOLVES | Sweden culled 54 of these wild members of the dog family (6) |
| CANINE | The alternative name for members of the dog family. It's also the name for the cuspid or eye tooth in mammals, which is any of the single-cusped (pointed), usually single-rooted teeth adapted for tear |
| PALLET | From "spade, shovel", something flat, such as a wooden blade for shaping clay/plaster; a straw mattress; a platform moved with a fork-lift truck; or, a brush for spreading gold leaf (6) |
| JACKAL | Member of the dog family found wild in Asia and Africa (6) |
| COUGAR | Wild member of the cat family (6) |
| STROKE | A touch of the brush for the man in the boat (6) |
| CANID | If a felid is a member of the cat family, what is a member of the dog family called? |
| JACKEL | A wild animal of the dog family (6) |
| WOLF | Largest wild member of the dog family, classified as Canis lupus (4) |
| THRUSH | Early bird initially left the brush for the songbird (6) |
| CLAWS | The gray fox has semi-retractable ___. It's the only member of the dog family that climbs trees |
| SAFFRON | Crocus from which a food colouring used in local rice dishes is made, a wild member of the same family can be found in mountainous areas of Mallorca (7) |
| ADDERS | UK's only venomous snakes (6) |
| BITCH | Female of any member of the dog family (5) |
| HYENA | African predator that is more closely related to meerkats than to the members of the dog family it resembles |
| SWEEPER | A flueologist; a libero; a mine detector; or, a device with a revolving brush for cleaning carpets (7) |
