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Animals Ancient & Modern, Actual & Mythological Crossword Puzzle

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A magnificent menagerie of eclectic creatures inhabit this crossword. There are four anagrams for unusual words. Enjoy!
Author: psnz - Diff: Harder

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      1. Creepy-crawlies (4)
      3. Caribbean peoples whose country's coat of arms is supported by a Dolphinfish and a Pelican (10)
      9. Female mammal's milk secretion (9)
      11. CIARA scattered the mites (anag., 5)
      12. Extinct elephant once widespread in colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere (6,7)
      15. Lassie, for example (First word abbr., 2,3)
      17. To ____ is human, to forgive is divine, to moo is bovine...to bark is canine, to purr is feline (3)
      19. Long-billed marsh bird; does it take potshots? (5)
      20. Insect in a marching column (4,3)
      21. Wading bird (5)
      22. Last in a series (abbr.)
      23. Frisky LOUSE is a European blackbird (anag., var., 5)
      24. Anatidae family, black and white bird ("Branta leucopsis") (8,5)
      29. Dog's warning (5)
      30. ____ animals have repeated organs or a body composed of self-similar units (9)
      31. Small shorebirds OR gritty flautists? (10)
      32. Rabbit's title in Joel Chandler Harris stories (4 or 2'2)

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      1. TELL HEBREW about the leader of the flock (anag., 10)
      2. Tropical lizard (5)
      4. Monkey-shines, like being a copycat (5)
      5. Summum ____: NO BUM derived this principle of supreme goodness (anag., Lat., 5)
      6. Mythological animal's mouthpart naming slow-growing perennial ("Hemigraphis repanda") (6'1,6)
      7. Eight-legged invertebrates (9)
      8. Travel like a ray (4)
      10. Spring-loaded metal-jawed device attached to a wire for temporary electrical connections (9,4)
      13. Fake nail material (7)
      14. Large salamander (10)
      16. A colour similar to wood, earth and some animals (4-5 or 4,5)
      17. Feathered Australian figure (3)
      18. Chinese zodiac animal (3)
      25. Fabulous fabulist, known for his anthropomorphic animal characters (5)
      26. Hybrid whose father is a lion (5)
      27. Playful aquatic mammal (5)
      28. Roe (4)