Wild Things

From den to DNA
Track wildlife from Australian outback to Yellowstone while decoding scientific terms like PELAGE and TELOMERES.
Select a cell to see clues
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Across

  • 4A
    Yellowstone grazer
  • 6A
    Season for mittens and cocoa
  • 8A
    Australian wild dog
  • 9A
    What a medium might contact
  • 12A
    DNA caps linked to aging
  • 15A
    Next to
  • 16A
    Poe's "Nevermore" visitor
  • 17A
    Babbling brook
  • 18A
    Where hibernators hibernate

Down

  • 1D
    Chubby Checker's dance, or a plot surprise
  • 2D
    Escargot, before the cooking
  • 3D
    River bottom deposits
  • 5D
    Having limbs, like a tripod
  • 7D
    Ceremonial traditions
  • 10D
    Animal's fur coat, scientifically
  • 11D
    What graduates wear under their caps
  • 13D
    The Nile or the Thames
  • 14D
    Appears to be