Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Cryptic Icebound Biology and Lore
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Class of soft-bodied creatures sharing Seel’s cold seas
- 2. Affinity for aqueous embrace in biological membranes
- 3. Structure of frozen water where clarity eclipses chaos
- 7. Frozen continent where related fauna finds refuge
- 9. Drifting microscopic community beneath the icy surface
- 10. Navigator versed in saline depths, echoing Seel’s habitat
- 11. Water’s cloudiness, obscuring the crystal clear depths
- 13. Repetitive vocal mimicry, eerily akin to Seel’s calls
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- 4. Light-sensitive cell essential to vision’s underwater canvas
- 5. Unicorns of the sea, sharing Arctic waters with Seel
- 6. Measure of ocean’s briny constitution shaping ecosystems
- 8. Cognitive lens through which behavior and habitat intertwine
- 12. Shelled arthropods cohabiting in icy marine biomes
- 14. Process of raising temperature; vital in Arctic survival
- 15. Thermal insulator beneath skin, nature’s chilly armor