Challenge Crosswords Architecture Hard — Set 8
🐾 Animals Crossword #1
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Across
- 2. Tuxedo-wearing flightless bird
- 4. A word related to animals
- 5. Largest living primate
- 7. A word related to animals
- 9. Intelligent marine mammal
- 10. Colorful bird that can talk
Down
- 1. A word related to animals
- 3. A word related to animals
- 6. Dark-coated big cat
- 8. Fastest land animal
Show answers
- 2 Across: Tuxedo-wearing flightless bird (7)PENGUIN
- 4 Across: A word related to animals (10)CHIMPANZEE
- 5 Across: Largest living primate (7)GORILLA
- 7 Across: A word related to animals (9)CHAMELEON
- 9 Across: Intelligent marine mammal (7)DOLPHIN
- 10 Across: Colorful bird that can talk (6)PARROT
- 1 Down: A word related to animals (12)VERIFICATION
- 3 Down: A word related to animals (8)ANACONDA
- 6 Down: Dark-coated big cat (7)PANTHER
- 8 Down: Fastest land animal (7)CHEETAH
🐾 Animals Crossword #2
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Across
- 5. Tallest living land animal
- 7. Dark-coated big cat
- 9. Common small brown bird
Down
- 1. Tuxedo-wearing flightless bird
- 2. Fastest land animal
- 3. A word related to animals
- 4. A word related to animals
- 6. A word related to animals
- 8. Fish-eating raptor near water
- 10. Tusked Arctic marine mammal
Show answers
- 5 Across: Tallest living land animal (7)GIRAFFE
- 7 Across: Dark-coated big cat (7)PANTHER
- 9 Across: Common small brown bird (7)SPARROW
- 1 Down: Tuxedo-wearing flightless bird (7)PENGUIN
- 2 Down: Fastest land animal (7)CHEETAH
- 3 Down: A word related to animals (5)TAPIR
- 4 Down: A word related to animals (12)VERIFICATION
- 6 Down: A word related to animals (10)CHIMPANZEE
- 8 Down: Fish-eating raptor near water (6)OSPREY
- 10 Down: Tusked Arctic marine mammal (6)WALRUS
🐾 Animals Crossword #3
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Across
- 1. A word related to animals
- 4. Tropical bird with huge beak
- 7. Intelligent marine mammal
- 8. Tallest living land animal
- 9. Large bovine of the plains
- 10. Dark-coated big cat
Down
- 2. Large tropical lizard
- 3. Striped-face burrowing mammal
- 5. A word related to animals
- 6. Tuxedo-wearing flightless bird
Show answers
- 1 Across: A word related to animals (12)UNSCRAMBLING
- 4 Across: Tropical bird with huge beak (6)TOUCAN
- 7 Across: Intelligent marine mammal (7)DOLPHIN
- 8 Across: Tallest living land animal (7)GIRAFFE
- 9 Across: Large bovine of the plains (7)BUFFALO
- 10 Across: Dark-coated big cat (7)PANTHER
- 2 Down: Large tropical lizard (6)IGUANA
- 3 Down: Striped-face burrowing mammal (6)BADGER
- 5 Down: A word related to animals (8)ANACONDA
- 6 Down: Tuxedo-wearing flightless bird (7)PENGUIN
🐾 Animals Crossword #4
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Across
- 1. Tuxedo-wearing flightless bird
- 6. A word related to animals
- 8. Common small brown bird
- 9. Fastest land animal
- 10. Swift hunting bird of prey
Down
- 2. Large tropical lizard
- 3. A word related to animals
- 4. Fish-eating raptor near water
- 5. Bird with a large bill pouch
- 7. A word related to animals
Show answers
- 1 Across: Tuxedo-wearing flightless bird (7)PENGUIN
- 6 Across: A word related to animals (12)SOPHISTICATE
- 8 Across: Common small brown bird (7)SPARROW
- 9 Across: Fastest land animal (7)CHEETAH
- 10 Across: Swift hunting bird of prey (6)FALCON
- 2 Down: Large tropical lizard (6)IGUANA
- 3 Down: A word related to animals (5)TAPIR
- 4 Down: Fish-eating raptor near water (6)OSPREY
- 5 Down: Bird with a large bill pouch (7)PELICAN
- 7 Down: A word related to animals (11)SUBCATEGORY
🐾 Animals Crossword #5
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Across
- 5. A word related to animals
- 8. Dark-coated big cat
- 10. Large bovine of the plains
- 11. A word related to animals
Down
- 1. A word related to animals
- 2. Colorful bird that can talk
- 3. Largest living primate
- 4. Red crustacean served at dinner
- 6. A word related to animals
- 7. Eight-armed sea creature
- 9. Swift hunting bird of prey
Show answers
- 5 Across: A word related to animals (8)ANACONDA
- 8 Across: Dark-coated big cat (7)PANTHER
- 10 Across: Large bovine of the plains (7)BUFFALO
- 11 Across: A word related to animals (12)VERIFICATION
- 1 Down: A word related to animals (9)CHAMELEON
- 2 Down: Colorful bird that can talk (6)PARROT
- 3 Down: Largest living primate (7)GORILLA
- 4 Down: Red crustacean served at dinner (7)LOBSTER
- 6 Down: A word related to animals (11)SUBCATEGORY
- 7 Down: Eight-armed sea creature (7)OCTOPUS
- 9 Down: Swift hunting bird of prey (6)FALCON
Solver Notes
- 2. Tuxedo-wearing flightless bird
- 4. A word related to animals
- 5. Largest living primate
- 7. A word related to animals
- 9. Intelligent marine mammal
- 10. Colorful bird that can talk
- 1. A word related to animals
- 3. A word related to animals
- 6. Dark-coated big cat
- 8. Fastest land animal
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