Answer: DOG
DOG is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 241 times.
Referring Clues:
- Utter failure, in slang
 - Track
 - Follow
 - Dyslexic's deity?
 - Greyhound, e.g.
 - With 1-Across, what 20-, 34-, 42- and 52-Across end with
 - Pluto, for one
 - Mexican hairless, for one
 - It's found in a pound
 - Terrier or retriever
 - One may sit for a master
 - Tail
 - Frank
 - Pug or boxer
 - "Man's best friend"
 - Puggle, e.g.
 - Pointer, e.g.
 - Follow relentlessly
 - Husky or hound
 - Follow everywhere
 - One enrolled in obedience school
 - Goofy, e.g.
 - Hound
 - Follow closely
 - Lab or boxer
 - Beethoven, for one
 - Seeing Eye trainee
 - One may be fetching
 - "You lucky ___!"
 - Put on the ___ (be ostentatiously elegant)
 - Pooch
 - Borzoi, for one
 - Tail tirelessly
 - Follow tirelessly
 - German shepherd, for one
 - Komondor, for one
 - Pointer, for one
 - Bark source
 - One with a bone appetite
 - Hound or husky
 - Bo or Barney of the White House
 - Pit bull or poodle, e.g.
 - Worthless thing, in slang
 - Woofer?
 - Barker
 - Plague
 - Labrador, e.g.
 - Brittany, e.g.
 - See 22-Across
 - Labradoodle, e.g.
 - Boxer or pug
 - Fetch player
 - Follow persistently
 - Stay close behind
 - Lab, for one
 - Underperforming investment, slangily
 - Lab or peke
 - Loaf, with "it"
 - Man's best friend
 - Spaniel or setter
 - ''Man's best friend''
 - Weimaraner or Pomeranian
 - Pluto or Pongo
 - Fetching one
 - Boxer that can lick anyone?
 - ''A ___ of Flanders''
 - Every one has its day
 - Basenji, for one
 - Lady or Beethoven
 - Bone exhumer
 - "Every ___ has his day"
 - Friend of the man?
 - 111 Across, e.g.
 - Setter or shepherd, e.g.
 - Trail
 - Cat chaser
 - Snoopy, for one
 - Flop
 - Closely follow
 - "A ___ of Flanders"
 - Corgi or collie
 - Benji, or a Basenji
 - Malinois or Malamute
 - Inferior item
 - Marmaduke, e.g.
 - Poodle, e.g.
 - Homie
 - ____ in a manger
 - Pursue persistently
 - Precinct animal
 - Loyal friend
 - B-movie
 - Training focus of the puzzle
 - Walker's charge
 - Sick as a ____
 - See 57-Down
 - Pursue unstintingly
 - See 57 Down
 - Westminster winner
 - Any one of man's best friends
 - Cujo, e.g.
 - Poodle or peke
 - 41-Across, often
 - 47-Across, e.g.
 - Popular pet
 - Collie or cockapoo
 - Boxer, e.g.
 - Pound occupant
 - Beagle or boxer
 - Kennel occupant
 - Kennel resident
 - Pound denizen
 - Boxer, for one
 - Pound resident
 - Mutt
 - 8-Across, for one
 - Obedience school student
 - Family member, often
 - Canine
 - Lassie, for one
 - Furry friend
 - Beagle, e.g.
 - Akita, e.g.
 - Half-star movie
 - Half star movie
 - Half-star movie
 - Track relentlessly
 - Iditarod team member
 - Toto, for one
 - Ball game treat
 - See 58-Down
 - Canis familiaris
 - Track hostilely
 - ___ days
 - Schnoodle, for one
 - Frisbee catcher
 - Spinone Italiano, for one
 - Sandy, for one
 - Pound choice
 - Service animal
 - Cat hater, stereotypically
 - Basenji or saluki
 - See 60-Across
 - Westminster contender
 - A animal goes bark
 - A good one follows the starts of the four longest puzzle answers
 - *See 29-Across
 - Lady or Tramp
 - Odie, for one
 - Common service animal
 - Trick or treat type?
 - Speaker of 30-Across
 - You might board yours at the keel if you take a cruise
 - Fido, for one
 - "Clifford the Big Red ___"
 - Husky, for one
 - Guard that barks
 - Snoopy, e.g.
 - Colombo's basset hound
 - Milkbone chewer
 - Floor snoozer
 - See 5-Down
 - Follow or tail
 - Pursue tenaciously
 - Domesticated canid
 - It may be a toy
 - Adopt-a-thon adoptee, maybe
 - Pursue
 - Track tenaciously
 - Kennel denizen
 - Beagle or poodle
 - Show ___
 - Peke or pug
 - Pursue closely
 - Chinese zodiac animal
 - Chinese zodiac sign
 - Pound inhabitant
 - Common pet
 - Grown-up puppy
 - See 55 Down
 - Pursue relentlessly
 - Ballpark frank
 - Faithful companion
 - Creature in Petco's logo
 - Bo or Checkers
 - Retriever, for one
 - Harass, in a way
 - Frankfurter
 - Marley or Old Yeller
 - Terrier or poodle
 - Pomeranian, e.g.
 - Shelter rescue, perhaps
 - Nipper or Checkers
 - Relentlessly follow
 - Bowser or Rex
 - Bomb-sniffing TSA aide
 - Word that can follow the first parts of 19-, 32-, 40- and 48-Across
 - Poodle or pointer
 - ___ days of summer
 - Follow aggressively
 - Great Dane, e.g.
 - 2018 Chinese New Year animal
 - A mans best friend
 - Proverbial best friend
 - Basenji or beagle
 - Frankfurter, informally
 - Not leave alone
 - With 2 Down, bookmark of a sort
 - Kennel dweller
 - Animal for which the Canary Islands are named
 - Fisk University's mascot, e.g.
 - Boxer or Borzoi
 - Pet that growls
 - Pug or poodle
 - Collie or cocker spaniel
 - Animal that barks
 - A pup is a young one
 - Animal you might describe by the ends of 21-, 28-, 48- and 54-Across
 - Downward-facing ___
 - Slack off, with "it"
 - Otterhound, e.g.
 - Tail ... or one with a tail
 - Wasabi the Pekingese, e.g.
 - Pointer or poodle
 - See 68-Across
 - Shih Tzu, e.g.
 - With 108-Down, hot stretch of summer
 - Jackapoo or schnoodle
 - Poodle or beagle
 - Pluto or Goofy
 - Barbet or beagle
 - "Best in Show" animal
 - 6-Down, for one
 - Puggle or schnoodle
 - Kishu or Rottweiler, e.g.
 - "Can You Pet the ___?" (catalog of pettable video game animals)
 - Chihuahua or poodle
 - Pester
 - Four-legged sentry
 - Hound, in two ways
 - Boston terrier or pug
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - September 25, 2025
 - LA Times - September 05, 2025
 - New York Times - May 26, 2025
 - LA Times - April 24, 2025
 - New York Times - April 16, 2025
 - LA Times - April 04, 2025
 - LA Times - January 18, 2025
 - LA Times - September 22, 2024
 - USA Today - September 09, 2024
 - USA Today - August 19, 2024
 - USA Today - August 16, 2024
 - USA Today - July 11, 2024
 - USA Today - May 14, 2024
 - USA Today - April 12, 2024
 - LA Times - February 25, 2024
 - LA Times - November 23, 2023
 - LA Times - November 14, 2023
 - LA Times - November 09, 2023
 - USA Today - November 07, 2023
 - USA Today - October 25, 2023
 
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