Related Clues:

• To have has its tail cut off would have made the brute shorter
• It may have had its tail cut short
• If what's in 23 across has a tail, cut it short
• See how brutal you are, by the sound of it
• The brute has its tail cut short
• With a tail to make the brute shorter
• In short, the tail is off the poor brute
• It may keep its tail, even when one shortened it
• 21 across is able to be treated
• E could make this brute well
• The poor brute is cut short without a tail
• Ed could have made it well
• Certainly not a purebred
• AKC outcast
• Nasty mongrel