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