Answer: AKITA
AKITA is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 76 times.
Referring Clues:
- Dog from Japan
 - Japanese dog
 - Dog with a long, curled tail
 - Dog with a curled-back tail
 - Curly-tailed dog
 - Japanese canine
 - Muscular watchdog
 - Dog with an upturned tail
 - Wakayama woofer
 - Muscular Japanese dog
 - Guard dog breed
 - Watchdog breed
 - Tough watchdog
 - Dog with a curly tail
 - Honshu hound
 - Yokohama yapper
 - Curly-tailed dog breed
 - Spitz relative
 - Breed of the dog Evita, in the musical "Rent"
 - Strong canine
 - Tough Japanese dog
 - Japanese import
 - Dog originally from Japan
 - Japanese hunting dog
 - Japanese AKC breed
 - Dog show entrant
 - Curly-tailed barker
 - Dog breed Helen Keller introduced to the U.S. in 1937
 - Curly-tailed canine
 - Dog named after a Japanese prefecture
 - Ancient japanese dog breed
 - Muscular dog
 - Big dog from Japan
 - Spitzlike dog
 - Japanese breed of dog that figured in O.J.'s "Trial of the Century"
 - Japanese spitz
 - Dog breed from Japan
 - Helen Keller brought the first one to the U.S.
 - Japanese dog breed
 - Hardy Japanese import
 - Large Japanese dog
 - Large Japanese dog breed
 - Spitz's kin
 - Large spitz
 - Curly-tailed Japanese dog
 - Curly-tailed guard dog
 - One of Japan's Natural Monuments
 - Spitz variety
 - Animal that's been a Japanese Natural Monument since 1931
 - Curly tailed dog
 - Japanese relative of a husky
 - Alphabetically first dog in the AKC's Working Group
 - Kyoto canine
 - Dog breed with a curly tail
 - Japanese seaport or dog
 - Powerful Japanese dog
 - Breed from Honshu
 - Dog with a thick double coat
 - Very furry, muscular dog
 - Dog breed of northern Japan
 - Japanese dog or city
 - Japanese spitz breed
 - Dog that Helen Keller introduced to the U.S.
 - Pointy-eared dog
 - Burly breed
 - Dog breed named after a region in Japan
 - Husky relative
 - Japanese city that shares its name with a dog breed
 - Breed in "Hachi: A Dog's Tale"
 - Breed featured in 2009's "Hachi: A Dog's Tale"
 - Dog breed that was an integral part of samurai culture
 - Japanese dog that loves cold weather
 - Japanese breed
 - Dog breed of Tokyo's Hachiko statues
 - Curly-tailed watchdog
 - Asian dog breed
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - October 26, 2025
 - LA Times - July 15, 2025
 - USA Today - July 01, 2025
 - USA Today - May 12, 2025
 - LA Times - February 23, 2025
 - New York Times - July 14, 2024
 - New York Times - May 07, 2024
 - New York Times - February 22, 2024
 - USA Today - October 03, 2023
 - LA Times - August 09, 2023
 - LA Times - April 07, 2023
 - LA Times - April 01, 2023
 - LA Times - December 16, 2022
 - LA Times - September 23, 2022
 - LA Times - August 20, 2022
 - USA Today - August 10, 2022
 - LA Times - May 05, 2022
 - New York Times - April 11, 2022
 - USA Today - March 23, 2022
 - New York Times - February 27, 2022
 
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