A Menagerie of Words

Where the wild words are.
A crossword for animal lovers, packed with biology trivia, nature facts, and clever wordplay where creatures are hidden in plain sight.
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Across

  • 1A
    Hippo's preferred spa treatment?
  • 5A
    Where a polar bear feels at home
  • 7A
    Asian first name holding a jumbled prehistoric pet
  • 8A
    A gathering of kangaroos
  • 9A
    Adjective for a certain tree boa or city of Oz
  • 10A
    Cozy home for a grizzly
  • 11A
    Beaver's blockade

Down

  • 1D
    Barrel fillers, in a saying
  • 2D
    Genus name for the great albatrosses
  • 3D
    ___ trout (relative of the rainbow)
  • 4D
    Biological classification that includes Animalia... and this puzzle's theme
  • 6D
    Indian unit of ten million hiding a mythical raptor