25 October - Solution for the last clue and the next cryptic crossword clue

Company backed aggressive dog to take place (5)

Solution – occur

Company = co (abbreviation)

Backed means that the letters "co" are reversed or backed to read "oc"

Aggressive dog = cur

To take place = occur ie oc +cur

Here's a shout out to Peggy Ann of Peggy Ann's Post who was the first to solve this clue

Today’s cryptic crossword clue – solution tomorrow

Where one may see an athlete making progress as expected (2,5)
Source of clue – NZ Herald


Hint - this splits into 2 parts - the split is after progress.