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