Wild encounters
Easy · Original draft · Review pending · Criss-cross style
Wild encounters
Seven clues about mammals, birds and reptiles.
Bird in the names 'sandhill ___' and 'whooping ___' (5)
Arrows move · Space changes direction · Enter selects the next clue
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About this animal crossword
Five five-letter Across answers meet two Down answers in this 9×9 criss-cross. The clues identify animals through distinctive features or familiar examples. Some squares have only one clue direction; use the definition and crossing letters together.
9 × 9 grid · 7 clues · Criss-cross style
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Wild encounters
Easy · 9 × 9 · ClueFill · Unreviewed original draft
Across
1. Bird in the names 'sandhill ___' and 'whooping ___' (5)
3. Legless reptile that flicks a forked tongue (5)
4. Large striped cat native to parts of Asia (5)
5. African relative of the horse with a striped coat (5)
6. Wild grazer with a shaggy coat and a prominent shoulder hump (5)
Down
1. Lizard whose eyes can look in different directions at once (9)
2. Primate such as a gorilla or an orangutan (3)