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