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14 The Pupplement 2018
The canine crossword
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Much-loved breeds, fictional four-legged friends and some slightly tenuous links: it’s the jumbo puppy puzzle, of course. Pick out the shaded squares to find the name of a popular pet breed 1 6
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Across 6 Small dog of a Tibetan breed (5,4) 9 The dog in Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat (11) 13 Character in the Toy Story films with a pet 2 down called Buster (4) 14 Turner & ___, 1989 film starring Tom Hanks and a dog called Beasley (5) 15 Poodle in the 1954 film Beau Brumell, named after a French emperor (9) 16 Character in the film The Wizard of Oz who has a dog named Toto (7) 17 One who looks after, protects or defends (8) 18 Amphibian that can poison dogs (4) 20 Name applied to a dog helping to prevent poaching, for example (6) 21 Greyfriars ___, skye terrier which famously spent 14 years guarding the grave of its owner in Edinburgh (5) 27 Chihuahua in the film Mars Attacks, named after a flower (5) 29 St Bernard in a series of films starring Charles Grodin, named after a German composer (9) 30 The Biggest Dog in the World in a 1973 film starring Jim Dale (5) 32 The governor’s pet dog in the film Pocahontas (5)
33 Great dane in a Hanna-Barbera animated TV series (6-3) 34 Type of food item enjoyed by 33 across (5) 36 US state in which the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race takes place (6) 37 Crossbreed dog popularised in 1988 by Australian breeder Wally Conron (11) 43 Golden retriever that saved a baby deer from drowning in New York’s Long Island Sound in 2017 (5) 44 Dog ___, a folded-down corner of a page (3) 45 Working animal sometimes called a K-9 (6,3) 47 Joseph ___, author whose novel Lord Jim features a dog called Rover (6) 49 A wild dog of Australia resembling a wolf (5) 50 J M Barrie’s pyrenean mountain dog in the 2004 film Finding Neverland,, named after one of the three musketeers (7) 52 Smart sheepdog owned by Doc in Fraggle Rock (8) 53 Telepathic golden retriever in the Guardians of the Galaxy comic books (5) 54 Large deer whose antlers are used to make health supplements for dogs (6)
1 Irish setter belonging to Beach Boy Carl Wilson, named after an Irish river, that inspired a song by Henry Gross (7) 2 A long-bodied, short-legged German breed of dog whose name means “badger dog” (9) 3 TV cartoon by Grange Calveley and Bob Godfrey about a dog and a pink cat called Custard (7) 4 Word used to describe a non-working dog (9) 5 Surname of the US newspaper publisher who had 75 2 downs (6) 7 Fry’s dog in the animated TV series Futurama (7) 8 Dog in a series of children’s books by Eric Hill (4) 10 Comic book character created by Hergé who has a dog called Snowy (6) 11 Fox terrier owned by King Edward VII, named after a Roman ruler (6) 12 Animated sheep who is friends with a sheepdog named Bitzer (5) 19 Daphne du Maurier novel featuring a cocker spaniel called Jasper (7) 22 Labrador in the animated TV series Family Guy (5) 23 Simon ___, talent show judge who owns the yorkshire terriers Squiddly, Diddly and Freddy (6) 24 Rudolph Bloom’s dog in James Joyce’s Ulysses, named after one of the three musketeers (5) 25 Mr Punch’s dog in Punch and Judy shows (4) 26 Pierre-Auguste ___, French impressionist painter whose works include Tama, the Japanese Dog (6) 28 Pablo ___, Spanish artist whose friend’s 2 down Lump features in several of his paintings (7) 31 Cocked by a dog during walkies (4,3) 35 Great dane in a newspaper comic strip drawn by Brad Anderson from 1954 to 2015 (9) 38 Full first name of mobster and dog racing fanatic, ___ Capone (8) 39 Character in the Back to the Future films who has a bearded collie called Einstein (3,5) 40 Hit song recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956 (3,4) 41 Character who has a litter of puppies in the 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7) 42 Womble who has an encounter with a dalmatian in Elisabeth Beresford’s classic book (7) 43 Beagle in Charles M Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts (6) 46 A small pampered pet canine (6) 48 Part of the kennel 43 down sleeps on (4) 51 ___ Armstrong, character in Emmerdale who had a dog called Smokey (4)
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