| 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) |
| PORBEAGLE | Pressure or hound a shark (9) |
| OMEN | The loss of Ahab's hat to a hawk, according to Ishmael |
| PREY | Mouse, to a hawk |
| STRAP | From a word for a thong for honing razors, a strip of leather/cloth for binding a bag/trunk, securing a wristwatch or worn on the shoulder; or, an old nickname for a barber (5) |
| RELAY | A set of fresh horses or hounds to relieve others on a stage or a chase, hence a relief gang; or, a lap or leg of a race between teams of runners (5) |
| THONG | Word for a shoelace in Anglo-Saxon times, later a strip of leather; a flip-flop sandal; a skimpy pair of underpants; or, a horseradish root (5) |
| PAIR | A brace of pheasants, a couple of hounds, a duo of singers, a husband and wife team or other set of two things regarded as a unit |
| PACK | A group or bobbery of hounds; a bundle borne by a sumpter; a bale of wool; forwards in a rugby team; or, cosmetic mud applied to the face (4) |
| BAIT | From Old Norse for "pasture, food" and "cut with the teeth", a word meaning set dogs on; chase/hunt with hawks or hounds; furnish a hook with a lure; provide a horse with provender on a journey; or, t |
| BEAT | A hawk's dead quarry; a hurl or a blow; a downpour of rain/hail; a storm of rage; a rapid pace; or, an animal's skin or hide intact with its fur or wool (4) |
| PORT | From the Latin for "haven" or "harbour", a city or town's anchorage; or, a word among mariners for a ship's left side, opposite starboard (4) |
| FLICK | Informal word for a cinema film; or, a group of hares or rabbits (5) |
| CONCH | Seashell used to make a musical instrument associated with Triton; half-dome of an apse; or, a word among chocolatiers for a mixer (5) |
| HOOD | Miniature leather covering for a hawk's head; a cloak's cowl; or, a type of folding roof for a car (4) |
| CRY | A call out; a pack of hounds; a shout in lamentation; or, a weep (3) |
| PAPERCHASE | Cross-country game in which "hounds" pursue a trail of confetti-like clippings strewn by "hares"; or, an administrative process of examining a trail of documents (5,5) |
| CASTOFF | Term meaning to reject; to release a boat, hawk or hound; or, to finish a final row of stitches and remove from a knitting needle (4,3) |
| TONGUE | A strip of leather or fabric under the laces in a shoe, attached only at the front end (6) |
| PARITY | From the Latin for "equal", a word among economists for equivalence in currency/rate of exchange, price, purchasing power, value or wages (6) |
