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I'm stuck on 4d. Gundog or hound that hunts by scent (5). I've got R?T?H. Any thoughts or corrections, anybody?

Ratch

Rache , also spelled racch, rach, and ratch, from Old English ræcc, linked to Old Norse rakkí, is an obsolete name for a type of hunting-dog used in Britain in the Middle Ages. It was a scent hound used in a pack to run down and kill game, or bring it to bay. The word appears before the Norman Conquest.

Thank you mamya, I couldn't find that in my library.
Cheers, Andy

Struggled to find a decent definition - you're welcome.

Don't know why it never occurred to me to look in the Scots Dictionary until after I found the answer on Wikipedia. But there it was.