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