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Arctic Sealology: Cryptic Marine Lexicon
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Mapping moonlight on icy seal habitats? (11)
  • 3. Frozen newborn seal in cryptic wordplay (8)
  • 4. Sonar-like sense, often hidden in marine mammals (10)
  • 9. Propeller-like limb of the aquatic acrobat (7)
  • 11. Fatty insulation cloaking Arctic denizens (7)
  • 13. Sound science enabling underwater communication (9)
  • 15. Frozen fortress where seals reign supreme (9)
Down
  • 2. Mediterranean monk’s silent marine relative (7)
  • 5. One who preys upon the tuxedoed swimmer (8)
  • 6. Water-efficient shape aiding swift underwater motion (12)
  • 7. Cold-hardened snapshot of Arctic’s emblematic mammal (8)
  • 8. Wild and untamed, unlike the docile green variety (5)
  • 10. Icy saline coating, habitat’s frozen veil (9)
  • 12. Swimming adaptation in flippered creatures (9)
  • 14. Hidden or camouflaged — resembling a seal’s prowess? (9)
  • 16. Tactile whiskers sensing underwater currents (9)
  • 17. Genus name veiled beneath a Latin disguise (5)

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