Complete Clue List
Across
1. Large, striped feline
4. Hissing reptile
7. Large deer
8. Asian bear
9. Bury
10. Virgin Mary wasn't invited here
11. Individual ranking entries
14. As an example, 18/24 rates metal fineness in jewelry
17. Malagasy ring-tailed primate
20. Stage in 2-wheeled pursuit
23. Expresses a surprised find
24. Surviving wife's payment after minister's death; settlement in the Highlands
25. Australian tree type; uninhabited Queensland village
26. Slithery fish
27. Help, benefit
28. Fur seals are labeled this way, true seals aren't
Down
1. Brazilian mammal with prehensile trunk
2. Feline-like, meat-eating mammal with ringed-tails seen in the Maghreb, Kenya and even Spain
3. Play again by digital media, e.g. TV
4. Widespread lizard type, stubby legs
5. Subsequent
6. Wading bird, feathers used in millinery
12. Tail-less primate
13. Australian ratite
15. Busy bug lives in hills
16. Egyptian hisser with fatal bite
17. Animal that lugs stuff in Peru
18. Filter-feeding giant marine ray
19. Feisty badger that seeks bee larvae rather than its namesake
20. Bald and Steller's Sea are types
21. Feared hisser in England
22. Savannah ruminant with spiral appendages