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PASSENGERPIGEONNorth American bird which once numbered in the billions but became extinct in the early 1900s (9.6)
QUAGGAZebra subspecies that became extinct in the 1880s
GATESBill in the billions
EAGLEBird which once landed on the moon? (5)
DODOExtinct flightless bird which once inhabited Mauritius (4)
BALDEAGLEThis bird may have numbered in the hundreds of thousands when it was declared the American national bird in 1782, but its numbers steadily declined over the next two centuries, owing primarily to huma
CIAOrg. in David E. Hoffman's book "The Billion Dollar Spy"
VERSEIt's numbered in the Bible
BUSTARDThe great ____, a chalk downland bird in southern England, became extinct in 1832, and was reintroduced on Salisbury Plain in 2003
HEATHHENA bird of the grouse family in North America that became extinct in 1932 (5,3)
MANMOUNTAINDEANFrank Leavitt, wrestler of the early 1900s, better known by this name
ROALDAMUNDSENNorwegian explorer who led the first expedition to the South Pole in the early 1900s: 2 wds.
WRIGLEYIn the early 1900s, which chewing gum manufacturer was the US's biggest advertiser? (7)
RAGTIMEKind of jazz piano music invented in the U.S. in the early 1900s (7)
PEREDAVIDSDEERLarge animal, a native of China but now extinct in the wild, also called the elaphure (4,6,4)
PATHEWhich French company led the filmmaking world in the early 1900s? (5)
PIPECLEANERSWire brushes used in crafting invented by John Harry Stedman and Charles Angel in Rochester, New York in the early 1900s (4,8)
PAPERNow known as a tissue, the ... handkerchief came into use in the early 1900s
GOSHAWKBird of prey once almost extinct in the UK (7)
GOLDENFROGThe National Zoo is one of several facilities worldwide reviving the population of this striking-looking Panamanian jumper, now thought to be extinct in the wild