Whales and Dolphins Crossword Puzzle

About the Whales and Dolphins Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers whales, dolphins, and other cetaceans, from the enormous Blue Whale to the small Vaquita. Look for species such as Narwhal and Bottlenose Dolphin, along with terms like Baleen, Echolocation, and Breach. It is suited to ocean-life fans and students learning about marine mammals.

This crossword draws on 41 clues about Whales and Dolphins. 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

• •Yangtze’s nearly extinct river cetacean (5 letters)
• •Insulating layer of fat beneath the skin (7 letters)
• •Young cetacean (4 letters)
• •Second-largest animal, with asymmetrical jaw coloring (8 letters)
• •Tiny shrimp-like animals eaten in vast numbers (5 letters)
• •Black-and-white apex predator also called a killer (4 letters)
• •Small toothed cetacean with a blunt snout (8 letters)
• •Fast rorqual whose name rhymes with “say” (8 letters)

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