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