There are 30 words related to "ANIMALS" (15 across and 15 down) in the diagram below. The letters are in order but not consecutive. Cross out the letters as you find them. Work back and forth between across and down in order to establish which letter to erase. The unused letters, reading from top to bottom and left to right will spell put a quotation by Gene Fowler.
| ACROSS | DOWN | ||
| 1. | Male horse | 1. | Male turkey |
| 2. | Ant eating animal | 2. | A domesticated South American animal |
| 3. | An antlered animal | 3. | Various small fish |
| 4. | Whalebone | 4. | One horned animal |
| 5. | Cat family | 5. | Small cat |
| 6. | Of mixed breed | 6. | Australian marsupial |
| 7. | Underground shelter | 7. | Dam builder |
| 8. | Young rooster | 8. | Group of dogs |
| 9. | Like a wolf | 9. | A burrowing animal |
| 10. | Wild horse | 10. | Animal chest |
| 11. | Type of dog | 11. | "Armoured" animal |
| 12. | Plumage | 12. | Animal fat |
| 13. | Like an ox or a cow | 13. | "Smelly" animal |
| 14. | Animal having four leg like appendages | 14. | With a backbone |
| 15. | Group of ants | 15. | Leopard like animal |
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