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