Answer:

STRAY

Answer	Crossword Clue
STRAY	Wander off
STRAY	Like many adopted puppies
STRAY	Take the scenic route

STRAY	Fail to concentrate
STRAY	Go off
STRAY	Leave the pack
STRAY	Wander
STRAY	Shelter adoptee
STRAY	Random
STRAY	Wander off the path
STRAY	Adoptee, perhaps

STRAY	Digress
STRAY	Get off the moral track
STRAY	Pound dog
STRAY	Alley cat
STRAY	Alley denizen
STRAY	Meander
STRAY	Errant
STRAY	Wander off course

STRAY	Homeless animal
STRAY	It's weighed by the pound
STRAY	Dogcatcher's pickup
STRAY	Ranch wanderer
STRAY	Alley cat, e.g.
STRAY	Pickup for a pound
STRAY	Range rover
STRAY	Alley cat, perhaps

STRAY	Alley wanderer
STRAY	Dogcatcher's quarry
STRAY	Get off the beaten path
STRAY	Maverick
STRAY	Dogcatcher's quarry, at times
STRAY	Dog pound dog
STRAY	Pound impound
STRAY	Leave the beaten path

STRAY	Wander away
STRAY	Get sidetracked
STRAY	Rescue dog, perhaps
STRAY	Lonely puppy
STRAY	Lost dog

Crossword

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