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Ocean Animals crossword

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Ocean Animals12345678910111213

Across

  • 1 Sideways walker with pincers
  • 3 Largest animal on Earth belongs to this group
  • 4 Swimmer that balloons up when alarmed
  • 6 Flat glider with a whip-like tail
  • 7 Shelled traveler that returns to its birth beach to nest
  • 8 Playful swimmer that clicks and whistles to its pod
  • 11 Barking beach lounger that swims after fish
  • 12 Furry mammal that cracks shells on a rock while floating
  • 13 Long, snaky fish hiding in reef crevices

Down

  • 1 Tiny colony builder that forms a reef
  • 2 Drifting blob with stinging tentacles
  • 5 Gentle plant-eater nicknamed the sea cow
  • 6 Tiny animal whose father carries the eggs
  • 9 Eight-armed animal that can squeeze through tiny gaps
  • 10 Arctic whale with a long spiraled tusk
  • 12 Toothy hunter with rows of replaceable teeth

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Ocean Animals1CRABOR2J3WHALELLLY4PUFFERFISH5MI6STINGRAY7SEATURTLENHAA8D9OLPHINT10NCO11SEAL12SEAOTTEREHROSAWP13EELRHUKASL
  1. 1 across: CRAB. Sideways walker with pincers
  2. 1 down: CORAL. Tiny colony builder that forms a reef
  3. 2 down: JELLYFISH. Drifting blob with stinging tentacles
  4. 3 across: WHALE. Largest animal on Earth belongs to this group
  5. 4 across: PUFFERFISH. Swimmer that balloons up when alarmed
  6. 5 down: MANATEE. Gentle plant-eater nicknamed the sea cow
  7. 6 across: STINGRAY. Flat glider with a whip-like tail
  8. 6 down: SEAHORSE. Tiny animal whose father carries the eggs
  9. 7 across: SEATURTLE. Shelled traveler that returns to its birth beach to nest
  10. 8 across: DOLPHIN. Playful swimmer that clicks and whistles to its pod
  11. 9 down: OCTOPUS. Eight-armed animal that can squeeze through tiny gaps
  12. 10 down: NARWHAL. Arctic whale with a long spiraled tusk
  13. 11 across: SEAL. Barking beach lounger that swims after fish
  14. 12 across: SEAOTTER. Furry mammal that cracks shells on a rock while floating
  15. 12 down: SHARK. Toothy hunter with rows of replaceable teeth
  16. 13 across: EEL. Long, snaky fish hiding in reef crevices
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Across

  • 3 Gentle plant-eater nicknamed the sea cow
  • 5 Swimmer that balloons up when alarmed
  • 8 Shelled traveler that returns to its birth beach to nest
  • 10 Largest animal on Earth belongs to this group
  • 11 Flat glider with a whip-like tail
  • 13 Long, snaky fish hiding in reef crevices
  • 14 Tiny colony builder that forms a reef
  • 15 Barking beach lounger that swims after fish

Down

  • 1 Furry mammal that cracks shells on a rock while floating
  • 2 Drifting blob with stinging tentacles
  • 4 Toothy hunter with rows of replaceable teeth
  • 6 Tiny animal whose father carries the eggs
  • 7 Playful swimmer that clicks and whistles to its pod
  • 9 Eight-armed animal that can squeeze through tiny gaps
  • 12 Arctic whale with a long spiraled tusk
  • 14 Sideways walker with pincers

Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

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Ocean Animals1SE2J3MANATEEOLTLTY4S5PUFFERFI6SHH7DRIEAO8SEATURTLE9OHHKPCO10WHALE11STI12NGRAYIOASNPR13EELUWSHA14CORALR15SEALB
  1. 1 down: SEAOTTER. Furry mammal that cracks shells on a rock while floating
  2. 2 down: JELLYFISH. Drifting blob with stinging tentacles
  3. 3 across: MANATEE. Gentle plant-eater nicknamed the sea cow
  4. 4 down: SHARK. Toothy hunter with rows of replaceable teeth
  5. 5 across: PUFFERFISH. Swimmer that balloons up when alarmed
  6. 6 down: SEAHORSE. Tiny animal whose father carries the eggs
  7. 7 down: DOLPHIN. Playful swimmer that clicks and whistles to its pod
  8. 8 across: SEATURTLE. Shelled traveler that returns to its birth beach to nest
  9. 9 down: OCTOPUS. Eight-armed animal that can squeeze through tiny gaps
  10. 10 across: WHALE. Largest animal on Earth belongs to this group
  11. 11 across: STINGRAY. Flat glider with a whip-like tail
  12. 12 down: NARWHAL. Arctic whale with a long spiraled tusk
  13. 13 across: EEL. Long, snaky fish hiding in reef crevices
  14. 14 across: CORAL. Tiny colony builder that forms a reef
  15. 14 down: CRAB. Sideways walker with pincers
  16. 15 across: SEAL. Barking beach lounger that swims after fish
Ocean Animals12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 1 Eight-armed animal that can squeeze through tiny gaps
  • 3 Long, snaky fish hiding in reef crevices
  • 6 Barking beach lounger that swims after fish
  • 7 Swimmer that balloons up when alarmed
  • 9 Playful swimmer that clicks and whistles to its pod
  • 10 Toothy hunter with rows of replaceable teeth
  • 14 Flat glider with a whip-like tail
  • 15 Gentle plant-eater nicknamed the sea cow
  • 16 Largest animal on Earth belongs to this group

Down

  • 2 Furry mammal that cracks shells on a rock while floating
  • 4 Drifting blob with stinging tentacles
  • 5 Shelled traveler that returns to its birth beach to nest
  • 8 Tiny animal whose father carries the eggs
  • 11 Tiny colony builder that forms a reef
  • 12 Sideways walker with pincers
  • 13 Arctic whale with a long spiraled tusk

Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Ocean Animals1OCTOPU2S3EEL4JA5SEO6SEALTALTTYE7PUFFERFI8SHRIETSA9DOLPHIN10SHARK11CEOO12CRR13NR14STINGRAY15MANATEELRBWHA16WHALE
  1. 1 across: OCTOPUS. Eight-armed animal that can squeeze through tiny gaps
  2. 2 down: SEAOTTER. Furry mammal that cracks shells on a rock while floating
  3. 3 across: EEL. Long, snaky fish hiding in reef crevices
  4. 4 down: JELLYFISH. Drifting blob with stinging tentacles
  5. 5 down: SEATURTLE. Shelled traveler that returns to its birth beach to nest
  6. 6 across: SEAL. Barking beach lounger that swims after fish
  7. 7 across: PUFFERFISH. Swimmer that balloons up when alarmed
  8. 8 down: SEAHORSE. Tiny animal whose father carries the eggs
  9. 9 across: DOLPHIN. Playful swimmer that clicks and whistles to its pod
  10. 10 across: SHARK. Toothy hunter with rows of replaceable teeth
  11. 11 down: CORAL. Tiny colony builder that forms a reef
  12. 12 down: CRAB. Sideways walker with pincers
  13. 13 down: NARWHAL. Arctic whale with a long spiraled tusk
  14. 14 across: STINGRAY. Flat glider with a whip-like tail
  15. 15 across: MANATEE. Gentle plant-eater nicknamed the sea cow
  16. 16 across: WHALE. Largest animal on Earth belongs to this group

About Ocean Animals

The ocean holds animals built on wildly different plans. An octopus has three hearts and blue blood, and can squeeze through any gap larger than its beak. A narwhal's tusk is really a spiraled tooth, grown through the upper lip. Coral looks like stone but is a colony of tiny animals related to jellyfish. Sea otters wrap themselves in kelp so they don't drift while sleeping. These clues cover mammals, fish, reptiles and invertebrates that share the same salt water.

Reach for this during a marine biology or habitats unit, or before a class trip to an aquarium.

What is in this crossword

A 21 by 19 crossword with 9 across and 7 down, on the subject of Ocean Animals.

Grid
21 x 19
Across
9
Down
7
Longest answer
PUFFERFISH (10 letters)

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