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Natural Selection

A puzzle for the fittest of minds.

This nature crossword tests your knowledge of the animal kingdom. Features clever wordplay on science and biology terms for a wild challenge.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

1.Put one's foot down
6.Kind of bear or climate
7.Arctic seabird with a clown-like beak
8.Luke Skywalker or James Dean, for two
11.Up the ante, in poker
13.An O. Henry specialty
15.Slow-and-steady fable winner
16.Fauna's leafy counterpart
17.Most long-in-the-tooth

Down

1.Result of a collision or a great speech
2.Trip to see lions and giraffes, maybe
3.Of the soul, not the body
4.Hues and shades
5.Prehistoric art gallery, like Lascaux
9.Armored insect, or a classic VW model
10.At rock bottom
12.Houston ballplayer
14.Creature that cries at the moon

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