Familiar alternative name for a German shepherd dog Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Familiar alternative name for a German shepherd dog last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ALSATIAN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ALSATIAN Familiar alternative name for a German shepherd dog (8) The Times Specialist Sunday May 6, 2018
3% GNU Alternative name for a wildebeest (3) Puzzler Backwords Oct 19, 2025
3% ABEL Early shepherd (4) Thomas Joseph Oct 18, 2025
3% AUDI German car name (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 15, 2025
3% KNOWOF Be familiar with (6) Wall Street Journal Sep 29, 2025
3% USEDTO Familiar with (6) Universal Aug 29, 2025
3% OTTO Palindromic Germanic name (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 10, 2025
3% AKA Alternative name: Abbr. (3)
3% ALSATIANS German shepherd dogs (9)
2% IRONY Naming a tiny dog "Bruiser," e.g. (5) USA Today Oct 19, 2025

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