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