Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (4)
  2. 4. An ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria (5)
  3. 7. Big cat with orange and black stripes (5)
  4. 9. Young domestic cat (6)
  5. 10. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (5)
  6. 12. Tallest living quadruped (7)
  7. 13. An inexperienced young person (5)
  8. 14. Female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster (3)

Down

  1. 1. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  2. 2. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)
  3. 3. Farm bird that lays eggs (7)
  4. 4. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  5. 5. Domestic swine (3)
  6. 6. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (6)
  7. 8. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  8. 11. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)