(Puzzle by T. W. Schier) Dog's offer, 3 letters
1990 hard rock band from Lawrence, 3 letters
A dog extends it to shake, 3 letters
A dog might give it to you, 3 letters
A pad helps protect it, 3 letters
Backwoods patriarch, 3 letters
Dad, in the boondocks, 3 letters
Dad, in the boonies, 3 letters
Dad, to a hillbilly, 3 letters
Dog owner's request, 3 letters
Four-footed friend's foot, 3 letters
Friendly dog's offering, 3 letters
Handle without care, 3 letters
It's found at the end of a dog leg, 3 letters
Its nails are surrounded by hair, 3 letters
Key part in The Lion and the Mouse, 3 letters
Logo of the Clemson Tigers, 3 letters
Lucky rabbit's foot, e.g., 3 letters
Offer in response to Shake!, 3 letters
Oft-licked extremity, 3 letters
One leaving its mark, 3 letters
One of a cat's four, 3 letters
One of the hands in the command shake hands, 3 letters
Rabbit's foot, e.g., 3 letters
Something to shake with, 3 letters
Spot shakes with it, 3 letters
Thing with four digits, 3 letters
Thorn site, perhaps, 3 letters
W.W. Jacobs short story The Monkey's ___, 3 letters
What a dog might shake with, 3 letters
What a dog uses to shake, 3 letters
Where Androcles's lion had a thorn, 3 letters
Where Fido has a pad, 3 letters
A clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped, 3 letters
The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb, 3 letters
Manhandle a fruit tree?, 10 letters
Attack playfully, as a cat, 5 letters
Check out, as a cat, 5 letters
Check out, as a kitten would, 5 letters
Get curious about, kitten-style, 5 letters
Handle roughly: 2 wds., 5 letters
Investigate, kitten-style, 5 letters
Investigate, puppy-style, 5 letters
Play with feline style, 5 letters
Play with, as catnip, 5 letters
Play with, kitten-style, 5 letters
Play with, like a kitten, 5 letters
Play with, like a puppy, 5 letters
Toy with, cat-style, 5 letters
Toy with, like a tabby, 5 letters
Toy with, to a tabby, 5 letters
Try to get one's mitts on, 5 letters
Knocked like Lassie, 5 letters
Knocked on the door, like Lassie, 5 letters
Handled indelicately, 5 letters
Handled without care, 5 letters
Showed impatience, as a horse, 5 letters
Wasn't gentle with, in a way, 5 letters
Examined, cat-style, 7 letters
Played with, in a way, 7 letters
Wasn't delicate with, 7 letters
Felines in a nature film?, 9 letters
Hardly handled with care (5)/Point pinpointer, in part, 13 letters
Animal that scrapes the ground, 5 letters
Caged tiger, perhaps, 5 letters
Dog or cat, at times, 5 letters
A person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or over-familiar manner, 5 letters
Reaching like a puppy, 6 letters
Bar locking a capstan in place, 4 letters
Bar that engages with a ratchet, 4 letters
Device for a ratchet wheel, 4 letters
Machine's direction control, 4 letters
Ratchet wheel engager, 4 letters
Ratchet-wheel partner, 4 letters
Something to sink one's teeth into, 4 letters
Wheel-ratchet engager, 4 letters
Ratchet attachments, 5 letters
Ratchet wheel catchers, 5 letters
Ratchet-wheel gizmos, 5 letters
Board member up for promotion?, 4 letters
Board sacrifice, often, 4 letters
Castle protector, maybe, 4 letters
Certain board member, 4 letters
Chess piece usually moved first, 4 letters
Chessboard cannon fodder, often, 4 letters
Director's opposite, 4 letters
Expendable board member?, 4 letters
Expendable chess piece, 4 letters
Frequent chess sacrifice, 4 letters
Future knight, maybe, 4 letters
Future queen, maybe, 4 letters
Give as security, in a way, 4 letters
He stands before the queen?, 4 letters
It can only go forward, 4 letters
Kasparov's front man, 4 letters
King protector, sometimes, 4 letters
King's soldier, maybe, 4 letters
Knight's prey, perhaps, 4 letters
Least powerful member of the board?, 4 letters
Least valuable chess piece, 4 letters
Man in the second rank, 4 letters
Man who can become a queen, 4 letters
Man who might become a queen, 4 letters
Man who would be queen?, 4 letters
Member of a black or white octet, 4 letters
One ahead of a bishop, 4 letters
One in line to be a queen?, 4 letters
One may be placed before a king, 4 letters
One may stand in front of a queen, 4 letters
One might be promoted, 4 letters
One moves before the king, 4 letters
One of 16 chess pieces, 4 letters
One on the front line, 4 letters
One on the way to a promotion?, 4 letters
One standing ahead of a bishop, 4 letters
One standing in front of a king, 4 letters
One with a round head, 4 letters
Piece captured en passant, 4 letters
Piece in front of a king or queen, 4 letters
Potential queen, in a game, 4 letters
Recipient of a promotion, 4 letters
Second-rank chess piece, 4 letters
Sell, at least for a while, 4 letters
Target of promotion, 4 letters
Unwitting accomplice, 4 letters
Unwitting participant, 4 letters
Weakest chess piece, 4 letters
A person used by another to gain an end, 4 letters
Borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan, 4 letters
Can be promoted if it reaches the 8th rank, 4 letters
The least powerful chessman, 4 letters
An article deposited as security, 4 letters
Moves only forward and captures only to the side, 4 letters
Having collateral value, 8 letters
Financier of last resort, 10 letters
He sells chess pieces?, 10 letters
Hockshop proprietor, 10 letters
Lender for a blender, 10 letters
Moonlighting chess player?, 10 letters
Occupation with an unsavory reputation, 10 letters
Rod Steiger film with The, 10 letters
Seller of chess pieces?, 10 letters
Seller of small chess pieces?, 10 letters
Cash source in tight situations, 11 letters
Ones with St. Nick's patronage, 11 letters
Sources of ready cash, 11 letters
Completely destroyed, in gamer slang, 6 letters
Got cash for, in a way, 6 letters
Left with a broker?, 6 letters
Sold at half-price hopefully to be bought back at full price, 6 letters
'Dances With Wolves' tribe, 6 letters
Dances with Wolves enemy, 6 letters
Dances With Wolves foe, 6 letters
Dweller along the Platte, 6 letters
Foe of the Cheyenne, 6 letters
Indiana town where Parks and Recreation takes place, 6 letters
Member of an Oklahoma tribe, 6 letters
Native American of Platte River valley, 6 letters
Platte River Indian, 6 letters
Platte River valley native, 6 letters
Setting for Parks and Recreation, 6 letters
The Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee people, 6 letters
TRIBE MEMBERS HOLD RAUCOUS STATEWIDE CELEBRATION, 16 letters
Onetime Sioux enemies, 7 letters
Platte River valley people, 7 letters
One with belongings in hock, 6 letters
Blue-eyed dog star?, 9 letters
Star of The Collar of Money?, 9 letters
Be greedy, in chess, 8 letters
Make an en passant move?, 10 letters
It will get you a ticket, 7 letters
Get rid of by deception, 7 letters
Board members of a sort, 5 letters
Chess player's octet, 5 letters
Deposits as security for money, 5 letters
Front line in a game, 5 letters
Future queens, maybe, 5 letters
Future queens, perhaps, 5 letters
Grandmaster's octet, 5 letters
Hocks part of a chess set (5), 5 letters
Little men in the front row, 5 letters
Low-value chess pieces, 5 letters
Lowest value chess pieces, 5 letters
Members of a chess line, 5 letters
Men on the front line?, 5 letters
One row on a chessboard, 5 letters
They can be taken en passant, 5 letters
They may become queens, 5 letters
They're often sacrificed in gambits, 5 letters
Cash America establishment, 8 letters
Chess piece's move?, 8 letters
Jewelry exchange, for some, 8 letters
Loan service of a sort, 8 letters
Place for the unredeemed, 8 letters
Setting for a 1964 Rod Steiger classic, 8 letters
Where items are in hock, 8 letters
A shop where loans are made with personal property as security, 8 letters
Loan sources, of a sort, 9 letters
Symbolized by three balls, 9 letters
Sign of financial woe?, 10 letters
Black's first move (!), 11 letters
White's first move (?), 12 letters
White's second move (??), 11 letters
Indigenous American fruit, 6 letters
Shrub with a tasty fruit, 6 letters
Tree with purple flowers, 6 letters
Tree with purple flowers and large edible berries, 6 letters
Related to custard apples, 6 letters
Fruit with yellow flesh, 6 letters
Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit, 6 letters
Sweet little Mary's location, in a children's song, 11 letters
Sweet little Mary's location, in a kids' song, 11 letters
One who hocks a tropical fruit?, 12 letters
1978 Linda Ronstadt song for tree fanciers?, 15 letters
Some fruit still lifes?, 12 letters
Contents of some patches, 7 letters
Melonlike tropical fruits (Var.), 7 letters
Body parts with claws, 4 letters
Burmese extremities, 4 letters
Elvis Costello Pads, ___ and Claws, 4 letters
Hands on a Little Monster, 4 letters
Places for retractable claws, 4 letters
Source of some prints, 4 letters
Term often used for linemen's hands, 4 letters
Clumsily tries to grab, 6 letters
Holds in a bumbling way, 6 letters
Isn't delicate with, 6 letters
Plays with something, as a kitten might, 6 letters