Quick Crosswords Quick Inventors Expert — Set 18
🐾 Animals Crossword #1
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Across
- 2. A small curved sea creature often used in food
- 3. A big wild cat with orange and black stripes
- 5. A furry animal with a black mask on its face
- 6. A small reptile with four legs and a tail
Down
- 1. A small creature with eight legs that spins webs
- 3. A slow animal that carries a shell on its back
- 4. A tiny insect that lives in large groups
Show answers
- 2 Across: A small curved sea creature often used in food (6)SHRIMP
- 3 Across: A big wild cat with orange and black stripes (5)TIGER
- 5 Across: A furry animal with a black mask on its face (7)RACCOON
- 6 Across: A small reptile with four legs and a tail (6)LIZARD
- 1 Down: A small creature with eight legs that spins webs (6)SPIDER
- 3 Down: A slow animal that carries a shell on its back (6)TURTLE
- 4 Down: A tiny insect that lives in large groups (3)ANT
🐾 Animals Crossword #2
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Across
- 1. A colorful bird that can copy human speech
- 4. A lizard that can change its color
- 6. An animal with feathers and wings that can usually fly
- 7. A female chicken that lays eggs
Down
- 2. A huge animal with a horn on its nose
- 3. A large bird with a pouch under its beak for catching fish
- 5. A large animal people ride on
Show answers
- 1 Across: A colorful bird that can copy human speech (6)PARROT
- 4 Across: A lizard that can change its color (9)CHAMELEON
- 6 Across: An animal with feathers and wings that can usually fly (4)BIRD
- 7 Across: A female chicken that lays eggs (3)HEN
- 2 Down: A huge animal with a horn on its nose (10)RHINOCEROS
- 3 Down: A large bird with a pouch under its beak for catching fish (7)PELICAN
- 5 Down: A large animal people ride on (5)HORSE
🐾 Animals Crossword #3
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Across
- 4. A large graceful white bird that lives on lakes
- 5. A huge animal with a horn on its nose
- 6. A playful water animal that floats on its back
- 7. A very large gray animal with a long nose called a trunk
Down
- 1. A big wild cat with orange and black stripes
- 2. A lizard that can change its color
- 3. A common bird with a red breast
Show answers
- 4 Across: A large graceful white bird that lives on lakes (4)SWAN
- 5 Across: A huge animal with a horn on its nose (10)RHINOCEROS
- 6 Across: A playful water animal that floats on its back (5)OTTER
- 7 Across: A very large gray animal with a long nose called a trunk (8)ELEPHANT
- 1 Down: A big wild cat with orange and black stripes (5)TIGER
- 2 Down: A lizard that can change its color (9)CHAMELEON
- 3 Down: A common bird with a red breast (5)ROBIN
🐾 Animals Crossword #4
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Across
- 2. A sea creature with a hard shell and pinching claws
- 3. A fluffy farm animal that gives us wool
- 6. A bumpy-skinned animal related to frogs
- 7. A slow animal that carries a shell on its back
- 8. A small lizard that can climb walls
Down
- 1. A small furry animal with long ears that hops
- 4. A small animal covered in sharp spines
- 5. A large powerful bird with sharp eyes
Show answers
- 2 Across: A sea creature with a hard shell and pinching claws (4)CRAB
- 3 Across: A fluffy farm animal that gives us wool (5)SHEEP
- 6 Across: A bumpy-skinned animal related to frogs (4)TOAD
- 7 Across: A slow animal that carries a shell on its back (6)TURTLE
- 8 Across: A small lizard that can climb walls (5)GECKO
- 1 Down: A small furry animal with long ears that hops (6)RABBIT
- 4 Down: A small animal covered in sharp spines (8)HEDGEHOG
- 5 Down: A large powerful bird with sharp eyes (5)EAGLE
🐾 Animals Crossword #5
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Across
- 4. A bird with big eyes that hunts at night
- 5. A colorful insect with large wings
- 7. A large graceful white bird that lives on lakes
Down
- 1. A large white bear that lives in the Arctic
- 2. A sleek ocean animal that barks and balances balls
- 3. A common bird with a red breast
- 6. A bumpy-skinned animal related to frogs
Show answers
- 4 Across: A bird with big eyes that hunts at night (3)OWL
- 5 Across: A colorful insect with large wings (9)BUTTERFLY
- 7 Across: A large graceful white bird that lives on lakes (4)SWAN
- 1 Down: A large white bear that lives in the Arctic (10)POLAR BEAR
- 2 Down: A sleek ocean animal that barks and balances balls (4)SEAL
- 3 Down: A common bird with a red breast (5)ROBIN
- 6 Down: A bumpy-skinned animal related to frogs (4)TOAD
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