VET

Cat treater

• 'Nam returnee

• Platoon location, briefly

• 11/11 honoree

• 11/11 marcher

• 1945 returnee

• A.L. member

• A.S.P.C.A. worker

• AKC physician

• American Legion member

• Animal doc

• Animal doctor

• Animal tender

• Animal's friend

• Appraise for authenticity

• Battle of the Bulge participant, say

• Battle royal, for short?

• Boxer doc

• Boxer doctor

• Boxer fixer

• Boxer healer

• Boxer treater

• Boxer's greatest fear, perhaps

• Boxer's handler?

• Bull doser?

• Canadian Legion honouree

• Canine curer

• Canine doc

• Canine healer

• Cat care provider

• Cat doc

• Cat scanner

• Certain doc

• Check for accuracy

• Check for authenticity

• Check for errors

• Check out

• Check out CIA style

• Check over

• Chicken tender

• Chihuahua checker

• Chow checker

• Chow fixer

• Clinic worker

• Coat inspector

• Covered with vater

• D.V.M. holder

• Dachshund diagnoser

• Dachshund doc

• Desert Storm fighter

• Desert Storm figure

• Do a background check on

• Dobbin doc

• Doberman doc

• Doc at the zoo

• Doc for a boxer

• Doc for cats

• Doc for Dobbin

• Doc for ducks

• Doc for Fido

• Doc for Friskie

• Doc of the bay

• Doctor in All Creatures Great and Small

• Doctor whose patients can't pay their bills

• Doctor whose patients never pay the bills

• Dog doc

• Dog doctor

• Dog healer, briefly

• Dog treater

• Dog's best friend?

• Doggie doc

• Doggie doctor

• Donkey doc

• Dr. Dolittle, for example

• Dr. Dolittle, for one

• Ex-fighter

• Ex-G.I.

• Ex-G.I. guy

• Ex-serviceman

• Examine

• Examine carefully

• Examine thoroughly

• Experienced G.I.

• Experienced hand

• Expert performer, usually (Abbr.)

• Fact-check

• Fido fixer

• Fido.s doc

• Former GI

• Former serviceman

• Former soldier

• Former soldier, for short

• G.I. Bill beneficiary

• Gerbil MD

• Grognard, for short

• Hamster doc

• Hardly a rookie

• Hare care specialist

• He can give a lame duck a check?

• He may cure a turtle

• He treats pets

• He's seen combat

• Herriot, for one

• Honoree from a past war

• Honoree from a past war, for short

• Horse healer

• Horse MD

• Hound healer

• Hound healer, briefly

• Husky healer

• Inspect as an expert

• James Herriot, e.g.

• James Herriot, for one

• John Kerry, e.g.

• Lab caretaker?

• Lab doctor

• Lab examiner

• Lab inspector?

• Lab test performer?

• Lame duck helper

• Malamute medic

• Malemute's medic

• Mange curer

• Many a former fighter

• May marcher

• Member of a post

• Nov. 11 honoree

• Nov. 11 marcher

• Nov. honoree

• Nov. parade figure

• Nov. parade participant

• November 11 honoree

• November 11 marcher

• November honoree

• November marcher

• November parade participant

• Old hand

• Old hand, for short

• Old Philadelphia stadium, informally, with the

• Old Philly stadium, with The

• Old pro

• Old soldier

• Old-school player still at it (Abbr.)

• Old-timer

• One back from a theater

• One doing cat scans?

• One home from the theater?

• One likely to have pet peeves?

• One no longer in the theater?

• One returning from the theater?

• One shooting the bull?

• One treating a boxer

• One who fought in World War II, say

• One who looks Rover over

• One who might make a cow sound?

• One who served

• One who's done a tour

• One with a lame duck in office?

• Patriot, often

• Persian doc?

• Persian prober

• Person who might see fat cats on a daily basis?

• Person with pet issues

• Pet physician

• Pet's medic

• Physician for Fido

• Poodle pro

• Practiced hand

• Pro

• Professional who fixes the heat?

• Pup tender

• Pup's doc

• Retired rifleman, perhaps

• Ribbon wearer, sometimes

• Rin Tin Tin's doc

• Royal Canadian Legion member

• Ruptured duck wearer

• Seasoned doc?

• Seasoned one

• Seasoned soldier

• Siamese doc?

• Siamese doctor?

• Socks fixer

• Solver to whom this puzzle is dedicated

• Spot checker?

• Subject of Born in the U.S.A.

• Submerged in vater

• Tabby treater

• Tabby's doc

• Terrier tender

• The singer in Born in the U.S.A., e.g.

• Thoroughly examine

• Thoroughly investigate

• Today's honoree and word found in the four theme entries

• Today's honoree, camouflaged in 10 other puzzle answers

• Validate

• Verify

• VFW member

• Vietnam participant

• Vietnam survivor

• Walter Reed patient

• War hero

• War returnee, briefly

• Wormer, say

• WWII fighter

• WWII fighter, now

• Zoo employee

• A person who has served in the armed forces