| PETERANDTHEWOLF | Work by 17-Across whose hero is accompanied by the animals in 28-, 36-, and 45-Across |
| HEEL | That chap is accompanied by the Spanish bounder (4) |
| MARKETSHARE | Measure of a company's dominance (and a literal hint to 17-, 28-, 36- and 45-Across) |
| MCMICHAEL | ___ Canadian Art Collection (Featuring works by #17-Down) |
| THINGSWITHHOLES | What 20-, 28-, 36- and 45-Across are |
| HOUSE | The - of the Rising Sun; folk song with a version recorded by The Animals in 1964 (5) |
| THERISINGSUN | House Of The ____, traditional folk song covered by The Animals in 1964 (3,6,3) |
| DIONE | This moon was discovered by the Italian-born French astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini in 1684 and named for a daughter of the Titan Oceanus in Greek mythology. It is accompanied in its orbit by two muc |
| JUNGLE | In Kipling's works, 'the law of the ...' wasn't survival of the strongest but the expected way of behaving displayed by the animals |
| BADGER | Second-in-command of the animals in The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann |
| COUNTRYBLUES | Acoustic folk style of music in which the singer is accompanied by an acoustic guitar: 2 wds. |
| SNAKE | Sixth of the animals in the twelve-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac, next occurring in 2025 (5) |
| TURBO | 2013 animated comedy adventure film whose hero is voiced by Ryan Reynolds (5) |
| THE | Romance by Alexandre Dumas, whose hero is Edmond Dantes (3,5,2,5,6) |
| CRISTO | Romance by Alexandre Dumas, whose hero is Edmond Dantes (3,5,2,5,6) |
| MONTE | Romance by Alexandre Dumas, whose hero is Edmond Dantes (3,5,2,5,6) |
| COUNTOF | Romance by Alexandre Dumas, whose hero is Edmond Dantes (3,5,2,5,6) |
| WITHAL | Is accompanied by gangster, as a further factor in the past (6) |
| RIGOLETTO | Opera by Verdi whose hero is a court jester (9) |
| REASSESS | Rescue half the animals in it and sum up the situation again (8) |
