Related Clues:

• Dogwood cover, aptly
• A dog's shout
• Tree-skin or dog noise
• Dogs might react to this part of a tree
• Protective covering of woody stems
• Dog sound or tree coating
• Fast sailing ship of former times
• The dog might do it all round the tree
• By the sound of it, the dog is around the tree
• Give tongue arouond the tree
• At sea, cuts up
• The sort of vessel one might use perhaps for 5 down
• What one might expect from 8 down, by the sound of it
• The sound of the skin on the trunk
• All at sea in canine fashion, by the sound of it