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