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Cornered Animals Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword contains a veritable menagerie of animals and related clues. The puzzle is an entry for a challenge requiring the same letter of the alphabet in all four corners. Two anagrams may also prove useful. Enjoy!
Author: psnz - Diff: Harder

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      1. Sacred creature to many Native Plains people
      5. Domestic fowl's crest (var.)
      9. Resided
      10. Golden retriever? (6,3; 2nd word abbr.)
      11. Philosophers specialising in moral principles
      12. Very beginning (colloquial, 3-2)
      13. Descend like a hawk
      15. Critters with cheek pouches for storing food
      18. Meets by chance (5,4)
      19. Gobble grub (Brit.)
      21. Improvised, like tool use by some animals (Lat., 2,3)
      23. British organisation which may include animals on the coins it manufactures (5,4)
      25. Common name for spiny plants ("Schlumbergera") that look like a marine crustacean (4,5)
      26. Yellowhead or ____, insectivorous passerine found in NZ's South Island
      27. Marsh heron
      28. Jungle king-to-be (4,3)

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      1. Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammals
      2. WELSH FORM of parasitic annelid, specifically larva of genus "Sarcophagidae" members (anag.)
      3. Monkeyshine
      4. "Oh no you can't!" response (2,3,1,3)
      5. Young horses
      6. Software like "Zoo Tycoon" (2013) and "Animal Doctor" (2021) designed for Microsoft's console (4,5)
      7. Young hooter
      8. Large terrestrial monkeys with doglike muzzles
      14. PSYCH CLUE manoeuvred a conveyance (anag., 4-5)
      16. Large North American woodpecker ("Campephilus principalis"), possibly extinct (5-4)
      17. Stone Age period which saw domestication of animals
      18. Grizzly youngster (4,3)
      20. Obese ovine? (3,4)
      22. Animal's vital pump
      23. Puerto ____ fauna includes the common coquí, an endemic frog
      24. State of uncertainty