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Dogs crossword
Clues across and down, at three difficulties, and it prints with the answer key.
Across
- 3 Neck band that holds ID tags
- 6 Small reward for a trick done right
- 7 Small scent hound with droopy ears, like Snoopy
- 9 Loud alert at the mail carrier's arrival
- 11 Golden or Labrador water lover
- 12 Game of tossing a ball and having it brought back
- 14 Line clipped on for a walk around the block
Down
- 1 Curly-coated breed often seen in show rings
- 2 Padded foot that may be offered for a handshake
- 4 Friendly word for a mixed-breed pooch
- 5 What a happy tail does
- 6 Feisty group of breeds including the Jack Russell
- 8 Class where sit and stay are taught
- 10 Vest-style walking gear that spares the neck
- 13 Animal doctor, for short
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Show the answer key
- 1 down: POODLE. Curly-coated breed often seen in show rings
- 2 down: PAW. Padded foot that may be offered for a handshake
- 3 across: COLLAR. Neck band that holds ID tags
- 4 down: MUTT. Friendly word for a mixed-breed pooch
- 5 down: WAG. What a happy tail does
- 6 across: TREAT. Small reward for a trick done right
- 6 down: TERRIER. Feisty group of breeds including the Jack Russell
- 7 across: BEAGLE. Small scent hound with droopy ears, like Snoopy
- 8 down: OBEDIENCE. Class where sit and stay are taught
- 9 across: BARK. Loud alert at the mail carrier's arrival
- 10 down: HARNESS. Vest-style walking gear that spares the neck
- 11 across: RETRIEVER. Golden or Labrador water lover
- 12 across: FETCH. Game of tossing a ball and having it brought back
- 13 down: VET. Animal doctor, for short
- 14 across: LEASH. Line clipped on for a walk around the block
Across
- 2 Young dog still learning the house rules
- 4 Animal doctor, for short
- 7 What a happy tail does
- 8 Golden or Labrador water lover
- 9 Feisty group of breeds including the Jack Russell
- 11 Neck band that holds ID tags
- 13 Small scent hound with droopy ears, like Snoopy
- 14 Padded foot that may be offered for a handshake
- 15 Game of tossing a ball and having it brought back
Down
- 1 Friendly word for a mixed-breed pooch
- 3 Curly-coated breed often seen in show rings
- 5 Vest-style walking gear that spares the neck
- 6 Class where sit and stay are taught
- 10 Small reward for a trick done right
- 12 Line clipped on for a walk around the block
- 13 Loud alert at the mail carrier's arrival
Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 down: MUTT. Friendly word for a mixed-breed pooch
- 2 across: PUPPY. Young dog still learning the house rules
- 3 down: POODLE. Curly-coated breed often seen in show rings
- 4 across: VET. Animal doctor, for short
- 5 down: HARNESS. Vest-style walking gear that spares the neck
- 6 down: OBEDIENCE. Class where sit and stay are taught
- 7 across: WAG. What a happy tail does
- 8 across: RETRIEVER. Golden or Labrador water lover
- 9 across: TERRIER. Feisty group of breeds including the Jack Russell
- 10 down: TREAT. Small reward for a trick done right
- 11 across: COLLAR. Neck band that holds ID tags
- 12 down: LEASH. Line clipped on for a walk around the block
- 13 across: BEAGLE. Small scent hound with droopy ears, like Snoopy
- 13 down: BARK. Loud alert at the mail carrier's arrival
- 14 across: PAW. Padded foot that may be offered for a handshake
- 15 across: FETCH. Game of tossing a ball and having it brought back
Across
- 1 Padded foot that may be offered for a handshake
- 3 Curly-coated breed often seen in show rings
- 6 Feisty group of breeds including the Jack Russell
- 8 Line clipped on for a walk around the block
- 11 Golden or Labrador water lover
- 13 Friendly word for a mixed-breed pooch
Down
- 1 Young dog still learning the house rules
- 2 Neck band that holds ID tags
- 4 Class where sit and stay are taught
- 5 Game of tossing a ball and having it brought back
- 7 Small scent hound with droopy ears, like Snoopy
- 9 Vest-style walking gear that spares the neck
- 10 Small reward for a trick done right
- 12 Animal doctor, for short
Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.
Show the answer key
- 1 across: PAW. Padded foot that may be offered for a handshake
- 1 down: PUPPY. Young dog still learning the house rules
- 2 down: COLLAR. Neck band that holds ID tags
- 3 across: POODLE. Curly-coated breed often seen in show rings
- 4 down: OBEDIENCE. Class where sit and stay are taught
- 5 down: FETCH. Game of tossing a ball and having it brought back
- 6 across: TERRIER. Feisty group of breeds including the Jack Russell
- 7 down: BEAGLE. Small scent hound with droopy ears, like Snoopy
- 8 across: LEASH. Line clipped on for a walk around the block
- 9 down: HARNESS. Vest-style walking gear that spares the neck
- 10 down: TREAT. Small reward for a trick done right
- 11 across: RETRIEVER. Golden or Labrador water lover
- 12 down: VET. Animal doctor, for short
- 13 across: MUTT. Friendly word for a mixed-breed pooch
About Dogs
Dogs descend from wolves and have lived alongside people for thousands of years, longer than any other domesticated animal. Selective breeding pushed them to extremes: a Chihuahua and a Great Dane belong to the same species. A dog's nose carries far more scent receptors than yours, which is why detection dogs can locate people under rubble. Much of the vocabulary here comes from that working partnership, from the gear that keeps a dog safe on a walk to the training terms handlers use.
Reach for this at a veterinary waiting room, a 4-H club meeting, or a family table where someone is lobbying hard for a puppy.
What is in this crossword
A 14 by 16 crossword with 7 across and 8 down, on the subject of Dogs.
- Grid
- 14 x 16
- Across
- 7
- Down
- 8
- Longest answer
- OBEDIENCE (9 letters)