| GUARDDOGS | Keep an eye on the boxers for safekeeping (5,4) |
| SCENTS | Money in ship picked up by the boxers, for instance (6) |
| DOGEATDOG | Champ among boxers, for example, in ruthless competition |
| PUNCHLINE | Ending to the joke about the boxers? (5,4) |
| DOGGYBAGS | Takeaways from restaurant in the boxer's suitcases? (5,4) |
| CONSIGNED | Entrusted to another for safekeeping |
| ENTRUSTED | Given for safekeeping (9) |
| ONDEPOSIT | Entrusted for safekeeping |
| TONGARIRO | National Park based around land donated for safekeeping by Ngati Tuwharetoa in 1887 (9) |
| FIREDOGS | Sack boxers for holding the logs (8) |
| MENSWEAR | Oats from Western Samoa for boxers, for instance (8) |
| PETS | Boxers, for example, swap some neat jabs - just the finalists (4) |
| NATIONAL | Land for gangster with stadium for the boxers (8) |
| DOGS | Doing things at the sides for the boxers (4) |
| SECONDS | Another helping of the meal for the boxers' assistants (7) |
| POOCHES | Boxers, for example, partially shampoo chests (7) |
| DIRTY | Despicable people identify with boxers, for example, rolling in mud (5,4) |
| PAVLOV | He pioneered way to condition boxers for example |
| INTHEDOGHOUSE | Room for all the boxers where family guy is waiting for forgiveness (2,3,8) |
| KENNELCLUB | Looks after the boxers, among others, in the doghouse for going dancing (6,4) |
