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