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