Hypercross: Best in Show

Pay no attention to the star marking the city on the state. That leads in the wrong doggone direction.

I got nothing but peach color on #2. Is that it?
No there is a cursor there too.
Thanks that gave it to me

Stuck on 2.
[2] Thank's finally saw it!

got all the answers, even checked spelling, but still not taking

[4] same here. frustrating
found my mistake

(5) and that mistake was on #......?

#12 might trip you up

#8 ~ as usual I whipped thru typing and made a mistake.

no idea on 10, thats all i need

edit: i guess that is a dog

[9] reverse the images for one

These clues were all oddly simplistic. (No salt there, just thinking out loud.) I kept thinking a trick was coming, but I appreciate the straightforwardness.

This theme has been overdone, but usually with a bunch of ambiguous pictures of the 'best friends' in question.

These were generally good, if easy, clues.

Your clues were awesome! I couldn't name just one favorite here. Thanks!

Thank you Scoutmom, your indication of which spelling was tricky was just what I needed.

Snoopy is NOT here C.B.!

A useful and interesting chart
http://www.housepetmagazine.com/images/dogbreeds.jpg

Well clued! Almost missed the arrow in the center of one clue!