Answer:

strays

Answer	Crossword Clue
STRAYS	Wanders off
STRAYS	Some shelter occupants
STRAYS	Wanders

STRAYS	Mavericks
STRAYS	Deviates
STRAYS	Loses one's way
STRAYS	Range rovers?
STRAYS	SPCA "inmates"
STRAYS	Pound critters, usually
STRAYS	Gets off the beaten path
STRAYS	Many adopted pets

STRAYS	Wanders afield
STRAYS	Alley denizens
STRAYS	Alley cats, e.g.
STRAYS	Leaves the path
STRAYS	Homeless animals
STRAYS	Adoptable animals
STRAYS	Animal shelter inhabitants
STRAYS	Wandering dogies.

STRAYS	Detached things.
STRAYS	Lost sheep.
STRAYS	Digresses.
STRAYS	Errant ones.
STRAYS	Leaves the beaten path.
STRAYS	Mavericks.
STRAYS	Gets lost.
STRAYS	Companion of waifs.

STRAYS	Lost ones
STRAYS	Pound prospects
STRAYS	Goes wrong
STRAYS	Becomes lost
STRAYS	Pinfold residents
STRAYS	Goes off ship, carrying salver (6)
STRAYS	Alley mewers
STRAYS	Doesn't keep to the straight and narrow

STRAYS	Doesn't follow the party line
STRAYS	Errs
STRAYS	Doesn't stick to the straight and narrow
STRAYS	They get added to pounds
STRAYS	Many pound dogs