The Zoo
◆◆ · By jasonwestley · Published about 1 year ago
Constructor's Note
Welcome to my zoo! I have nine enclosures, shaded in the grid. Each of the eight outer enclosures already contains an animal. They wander about a lot, so you might have to put a bit of work into seeing them. I'm introducing a new animal to the central enclosure. You should be able to work out the new animal from the clues. The across clues in the central enclosure tell you how to work out the animal, but you may have to do a bit of shuffling around to spot it. The down clues in the central enclosure tell you how to put the animal into the enclosure. Good luck!
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- This was awesome! I actually managed to get all of the animals and work out the center one, but gave up on some of the surrounding fill.
- I too offer my congrats on this delightfully challenging puzzle.
- Idriss Z 🤓23:31 · about 1 year agoReally excellent and clever, I feel I am missing a joke at 46D46DMexican self-portrait painter, to her friends (beware that unchecked middle letter!)[-----]however
- Thanks! No joke missed. When I initially put the grid together I had Kahlo in mind, but spelled her Freda. Luckily I checked the spelling before publishing
- Well, I decided that the SE corner was "OLIVE WREN", which is absolutely not a real kind of bird (I might have been thinking of the olive sparrow, who knows), so that made the last step of figuring out the new animal quite difficult. Really nice puzzle.
- thanks for persevering to the end despite the fictional bird!
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Rare handiwork of the Amati family
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Across
- 1ARare handiwork of the Amati family
- 4AAncient painted Scot
- 7AHorse, or John of The Avengers
- 10ADull
- 12AExclamation that might precede humbug!
- 13ACage & Fish employee, to her friends
- 15AIn brief, a useful lexicographical resource for completing this puzzle
- 16ANumerical adversary of the Demogorgon
- 17ADeliberately crash into
- 18AChina has the largest, and Vatican City the smallest (at 135 men)
- 19ASecond person singular present of be
- 20ASinger of "When I am laid in earth..." or "My tea's gone cold..."
- 21ACity with the largest collection of Art Deco buildings in the world
- 22ASon of Forkbeard, and king of England, Norway and Denmark
- 23AElder brother of Moses
- 25APoppins rival in the magical nanny sector?
- 27A[N 1, NE 7, E 3, SE 1, S 5, SW 3, W 8, NW 6]
- 29AGo through (an experience) again
- 32ALeonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo, age-wise
- 34A[N 1, NE 7, E 3, SE 1, S 5, SW 3, W 8, NW 6]
- 35AAte
- 37ANot cut, clarity or colour
- 39A[N 1, NE 7, E 3, SE 1, S 5, SW 3, W 8, NW 6]
- 40ALess restricted
- 41AApplies (pressure)
- 43A[N 1, NE 7, E 3, SE 1, S 5, SW 3, W 8, NW 6]
- 44AAnimal with a pink bow on his detachable tail
- 46AAnimals
- 48AGrain for livestock
- 50APalindromic stories about Viking voyages
- 52AShoop Shoop singer
- 54ABaby bed
- 55ADo 29A29AGo through (an experience) again[------]for the first time?
- 57AOne of thirteen popes
- 58ASouth African flower
- 59ARock with some metal in it
- 60ACondemn (to eternal punishment?)
- 61AMild, pale or golden drink
- 62AMarvel's Spider-____ or ____pool
- 63AOne who is older than 32A32ALeonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo, age-wise[-----]
- 64AWorks of Anaximander, Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, for example
- 65AWritten discourse
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- 1DBaker and Bruce band
- 2DDisney Cocker Spaniel
- 3DCompliant
- 4DGrand residences
- 5DMusician who recorded a murder ballad with Minogue
- 6DWhere a company performs its work?
- 7DDessert consisting of ice-cream, syrup and, to be honest, anything else you like
- 8DPatron saint of sailors (and puppets?)
- 9DBob or Thomas
- 10DSimplest of the Greek architectural orders
- 11DBerry and Buck band
- 12DEuropean capital
- 13DOne of the songs in 20A20ASinger of "When I am laid in earth..." or "My tea's gone cold..."[----], but not the other
- 14DYoung guy
- 24DSix balls in cricket
- 25DBlind, tail-less rodents?
- 26DPartner of Marie in Roxette
- 27D[The first half of the animal goes down here, letters in the correct order]
- 28D[The second half of the animal goes down here, letters in the correct order]
- 30DPinocchian utterance
- 31DA glancing blow with a cricket bat
- 32DSpecies, genus and family, for example
- 33DFriend, Roman, countryman, lend me your ___?!
- 35DOlympic event involving a 7A7AHorse, or John of The Avengers[-----]
- 36DThe Wachowski's most famous protagonist
- 38DLexicography, housewarming, or intestines (which is 2nd-order!)
- 40DPutrefies
- 42DSticky place where you might find a fossil
- 45DAvian protector of the Tower of London
- 46DMexican self-portrait painter, to her friends (beware that unchecked middle letter!)
- 47DFavourite lighting of 36D36DThe Wachowski's most famous protagonist[---]?
- 49DCarry
- 51DA bit grubby (like bird food?)
- 52DClothed (usually in armour)
- 53DFringe
- 54DJohn Pemberton's potable invention
- 55DSounds made by Friesians
- 56DFury
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