Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- Long legless reptile that slithers
- 2 Across
- A location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
- 6 Across
- Tallest living quadruped
- 7 Across
- Dry land with very little rain
- 10 Across
- A sudden unforeseen crisis that requires immediate action
- 11 Across
- Food that is discarded
- 14 Across
- An event that involves rising to a higher point
- 15 Across
- Big cat known as king of the jungle
- 16 Across
- Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic
- 1 Down
- Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful
- 3 Down
- A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
- 4 Down
- Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
- 5 Down
- Huge gray animal with a trunk
- 8 Down
- Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
- 9 Down
- Big cat with orange and black stripes
- 12 Down
- Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
- 13 Down
