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Simply Animals Crossword Puzzle

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A small crossword which includes a range of animals from all 'corners' of the world.
Author: moonraker2 [ Solvers ]

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      1. A nocturnal wildcat of Central and South America, with a dark-spotted buff-brown coat (6)
      5. This hoofed animal falls within the Capra genus of mammals (4)
      7. Crustacean with five pairs of appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax (4)
      8. Famous 1962 play "Who's ___ of Virginia Woolf?" (6)
      9. A domesticated South American ruminant mammal related to the camel (5)
      11. A large spiral-horned antelope, inhabiting bushland in eastern and southern Africa (5)
      13. Pertaining to the nature or characteristic of sheep (5)
      15. A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins (5)
      18. American racehorse, winner of the 'San Luis Rey Stakes' in 2021 (6)
      19. A male deer, especially a male red deer over five years old (4)
      20. An old British dialect term given to various species of duck including the wigeon (4)
      21. A primate of the suborder Anthropoidea, including macaques, baboons and capuchins (6)

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      2. The Great Barrier Reef is composed of billions of tiny organisms known as ___ polyps (5)
      3. Common nickname of the Labrador Retriever (3)
      4. An amphibian similar to a frog, but with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin (4)
      5. The largest of the apes, native to the forests of equatorial Africa (7)
      6. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees (5)
      9. The Latin word for a lion (3)
      10. A large aquatic marine mammal sometimes referred to as the 'sea cow' (7)
      12. Small antelope of eastern Africa the size of a large rabbit, dik-___ (3)
      14. The poisonous secretion of an animal, such as a snake or spider (5)
      16. The nest of a bird of prey (5)
      17. The 2025 book "Lone Wolf: Walking the Faultlines of Europe" was written by ___ Weymouth (4)
      19. A female bird, especially the adult female chicken (3)