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