Complete Clue List
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1. Also used for transport, the Chukotka ____ is the progenitor of the Siberian husky (4,3)
6. Many and different; true of dog and cat breeds (7)
11. Groom; term normally applied to birds, rather than cats and dogs (5)
13. Not in residence (8)
14. Make light of (4-4)
15. Scottish Highlands dog breed: "____ (34A)", possibly used to hunt among mounds of stones (5)
16. Not a KEA KIN but a rare Japanese native breed, also known as the Tiger Dog (anag., 3,3)
17. Hungarian short-haired hunting dog (6)
18. Chow line? Certainly an animal restraint (5)
20. Babe in the woods (4)
24. Genetic inits.: Messenger ____ (3)
26. Rover's reward (4)
28. A DESIRE for the Portuguese Sheepdog: "Cão da Serra ____", also known as "monkey dog" (anag., 2,5)
30. The "____ (34A)" is the first dog breed from a long, narrow, South American country (adj., 7)
31. Hunting dog from an autonomous community in northern Spain: "Pachón ____" (7)
32. DARN NOM of this short-legged French hound, the "Basset Artésien ____" (anag., 7)
34. Small, aggressive dog, originally bred to hunt animals living underground (7)
37. Major work (4)
38. Mangy mutt OR now-extinct English hunting and herding dog (3)
40. Colourful French scent hounds: the Basset, Grand, Griffon and Petit "____ de Gascogne" (4)
42. Lounged (around) as cats and dogs frequently do (5)
44. "Hold on!" Command to a dog (4,2)
45. Hearty drinks for thirsty pets (6)
46. Venomous African snake (5)
48. Uproar (UK spelling, 8)
49. Ultimately from Thailand, the "____ Longhair" cat was developed in the US and UK (8)
50. This goddess of the hunt, who relied on her dogs Syrius and Phocion (5)
51. GOUGES I shuffle for the "____ Italiano", a scent hound which may be short-haired or wire-haired (7)
52. Low water (7 or 3,4)
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2. The "Pastore della ____ e del Lagorai" LIES IN AS an Italian dog breed from Triveneto (anag., 8)
3. The ____ (or Norwegian Hound) is a rare breed found in Scandinavia (6)
4. Crude group? (init., 4)
5. Among the four Sennenhunde breeds, the oldest and largest is the "____ Swiss Mountain Dog" (7)
6. 6D+38D: AD SPREE for the "Perro ____ (38D)", a Spanish mastiff from the Canary Islands (anag., 2,5)
7. Knowing, as a secret (2,2)
8. Relating to a specific group of people, as do the origins of some dog and cat breeds (6)
9. Breed of hare; also US cat breed from the 1960s where Siamese kittens had white points and feet (8)
10. The human race, which has kept animals for companionship since ancient times (7)
12. THEN AWE for the "Soft-Coated ____ (34A)" from Ireland (anag., 7)
19. The "Ratonero Bodeguero ____" is a Spanish 34A used to hunt rats and mice in wineries (7)
21. Greek fabulist who created many animal stories, including "Belling the Cat" (5)
22. Hollywood products often featuring cats, dogs, and even both together (5)
23. "The Old Gumbie Cat" (T.S. Eliot, 1939), ____anydots also appears in the 1981 musical, "Cats" (5)
25. Paw protection? Dog ____ can help prevent foot problems from temperature extremes (5)
26. Book jacket bit (5)
27. "H.M.S. Pinafore" fleet (var., 5)
29. Down in the dumps, a cat or dog can help overcome this feeling (3)
30. Old-style computer monitor, for short (init., 3)
32. RICH NOW goes to the dogs for the UK's very small "____ (34A)" (anag., 7)
33. Ponder, as some animals might (8)
35. Doomed (3-5)
36. The "Jack ____ (34A)" first bred by Rev. John ____ in the 19th century (same word, 7)
38. 6D+38D: Play OCARINA for the "Perro (6D) ____", a Spanish mastiff from the Canary Islands (anag., 7)
39. ON BREED in a muddle, the "____ Coonhound", a colourful US hunting dog (anag., 7)
41. Chinese martial art (4,2)
43. Carelessly RUB THE "St. ____ Jura Hound", a scent hound from the French-Swiss border area (anag., 6)
46. Hungarian herding dog (4)
47. Australian dog bred for hunting feral pigs: the "Bull ____" (4)