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