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