Animals Crossword Puzzle

About the Animals Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers animals from many habitats and groups, including mammals such as the wolf and koala, birds such as the eagle and flamingo, and creatures such as the octopus and butterfly. It offers a broad mix of familiar species for children, families, and anyone who enjoys learning animal names.

This crossword draws on 42 clues about Animals. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Broad-snouted reptile of the southern swamps (9 letters)
• •Long-snouted reptile with visible lower teeth (9 letters)
• •Mammal with a trunk and large ears (8 letters)
• •Leaping insect with enlarged hind legs (11 letters)
• •Australian tree-dweller that eats eucalyptus leaves (5 letters)
• •Sea creature with eight arms and three hearts (7 letters)
• •Egg-laying Australian mammal with a bill (8 letters)
• •Cartilaginous sea predator with rows of teeth (5 letters)

Teaching this topic or planning a party? Make your own crossword with your own words and clues.