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