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Crossword: Canine Capers #04

January 2, 2026

This week’s theme: canine quotes from the Bard. If he’d had a dog, would it have been dubbed “Bark of Avon”?
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Series crosswords: Canine Capers: #01, #02, #03
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Explanations of selected entries, theme, clues, etc.: (spoilers)

17A. I had rather be a DOG AND BAY the moon
28A. DOG WILL HAVE HIS day
33A. TONGUE OF DOG
41A. I had rather hear my DOG BARK AT A CROW
56A. Let slip the DOGS OF WAR

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