Sheet Worksheet Directions Solve every clue Fewest clues

Both directions use the same worksheet. The shaded box in each answer is the letter to copy into the matching vault slot.

Animals That Live Underground · Clue Vault

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Solve a clue and copy the shaded letter from your answer into the matching vault slot. Solve the clues in any order. Spaces don't count as letters. Solve every clue, then open the vault.

Vault slotClueAnswerTake letter
1 Any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands
6th
2 Small mouselike mammal with a long snout
4th
3 Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver
1st
4 Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
5th
5 A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia
6th
6 Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil (plural)
3rd
7 Bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit
5th

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