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Animals A-Z Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword puzzle was inspired by Contract #281: Construct a symmetric crossword which contains at least 26 animal name answers, one for each letter of the alphabet (eg: ... Xerus, Yak, Zebra). No two-letter words or IATA codes, please, as proposed by Psnz. Unless otherwise stated, all answers are spelled in US English.
Author: bernie73 - Diff: Harder

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      1. This animal is the symbol of laziness
      4. Bulgarian soccer player: Gerasim ___
      7. The male is a gander
      10. Described as the loneliest number
      11. Lyricist Gershwin
      12. Rodent, not a mouse
      13. To put a hat on someone's head
      14. Man's best friend
      15. Title for a knight
      16. Flightless Australian bird
      17. Moby Dick was a famous one
      20. This snake doesn't subtract
      23. Largest member of the deer family
      26. Playful, semiaquatic mammal
      29. Light meal
      32. Scientific name of the polar bear: ___ maritimus
      35. Choose
      36. Unit of electrical resistance
      37. Emperor of Ethiopia, 1913-1916: ___ Iyasu
      38. Largest artery in human body
      39. Fifth month of Babylonian calendar
      40. He is, you are, ___ (1,2)
      41. US radio show: "___ and Abner"
      42. Lesser one-horned rhinoceros: ___ rhinoceros
      45. Chinese bamboo-eating animal
      48. Species of lemur found on Madagascar
      51. This animal can be found on the US Indian Head nickel
      53. Steep rock face
      55. Game bird in genus Coturnix
      57. Historical time period
      58. 1998 King Sunny Ade album
      59. Pull
      61. Genus that includes apple trees
      63. Tibetan ox
      64. Definite article
      65. Nominative form of her
      66. African ground squirrel
      67. Does this South American animal spit?
      68. Striped big cat

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      1. Did Shakespeare write about an unpleasant woman or a small mammal?
      2. Not in
      3. Black Beauty or Flicka
      4. Striped, African equine
      5. Founded by Colonel Sanders (abbr.)
      6. Type of venomous snake: Pit ___
      7. Ancient fermented fish sauce
      8. Not young
      9. Bird that symbolizes the United States
      18. Not cold
      19. Untruth
      21. Put on (clothing)
      22. Latin "and the rest" (abbr.)
      24. Moves a rowboat
      25. Character on "The Simpsons": Disco ___
      26. Astronomical clock in Prague
      27. Cast member of "The Oval": ___ Simpson (4,1)
      28. Frankie Lymon sang about this "rockin'" bird
      29. It is placed on mail
      30. Scottish isle in the Firth of Clyde
      31. Australian marsupial that lives on Eucalypt leaves
      32. One of the five basic tastes
      33. Not sit
      34. French, "without worry": "sans ___"
      43. Famed boxer Muhammad ___
      44. Long ___ and far away
      46. More than some or most
      47. English heavy metal band: ___ Leppard
      49. Secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots: Claude ___
      50. French "king"
      51. Short form of brand name of neurotoxin that causes paralysis
      52. Animals that are a type of salamander
      53. Does this animal have one hump or two?
      54. Mammal on Madagascar related to the mongoose
      55. Not loud
      56. Member of a Los Angeles basketball team
      60. Member of the family Lepisosteidae
      62. Open grassy field
      63. H. P. Lovecraft's "Father of Serpents"