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Free Printable Zoo Animals Crossword Puzzle

An easy zoo crossword for kids — lions, tigers, elephants, and more wild animals to find. A two-page PDF (puzzle + answer key). Free to print, no signup.

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Zoo Animals Crossword

10 words · Ages 6–10 · word bank · answer key
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About this zoo animals crossword

This free zoo animals crossword is written for early readers. It has 10 short, friendly clues, and every answer is printed in a word bank under the clues, so younger kids can match each clue to a word while older kids can cover the bank for a challenge. It's a gentle way to practice reading, spelling and zoo animals vocabulary, and works as a morning warm-up, a center activity or quiet-time fun.

Clues

Across

  1. 3. Big furry animal that loves honey
  2. 6. Huge gray animal with a long trunk
  3. 8. Animal that hops and has a pouch
  4. 9. Tallest animal, with a very long neck
  5. 10. Animal that swings and loves bananas

Down

  1. 1. Horse-like animal with black and white stripes
  2. 2. Black and white bear that eats bamboo
  3. 4. Big orange cat with black stripes
  4. 5. Long animal with no legs that slithers
  5. 7. The "king of the jungle" that roars

Word bank: bear, elephant, giraffe, kangaroo, lion, monkey, panda, snake, tiger, zebra.

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