| SCALES | Skinks are characterized by shiny overlapping ___ and a cylindrical, robust body |
| LAMED | Injured by shiny stuff on the day (5) |
| SQUIFFY | Tight hairstyle pinned by shiny tips (7) |
| MODIGLIANI | This Italian painter and sculptor's portraits and nudes are characterized by asymmetrical compositions and elongated figures. His painting Nu couche (sur le cote gauche) (Reclining Nude), dated 1917, |
| SOLITARY | Skinks are ___ and only get together for mating |
| CELLWALL | Unlike animal cells, plant cells are characterized by an outer _ _. |
| LIZARDS | Skinks are a family of small ___ |
| ANTARCTICA | Skinks are found on every continent except ___ |
| SLIDER | A luger; a mini burger; a mule; a sash window; a skidder; a slithering skink; a terrapin that uses a rock as a glide; or, a tricky ice-cream sandwich (6) |
| LEGLESS | Common skinks in the Eastern Cape are: Eastern ___ Skink, Variable Skink, Red-sided Skink, Cape Skink |
| SUNNING | Skinks spend their time looking for crickets, flies, grubs, worms and spiders to eat and ___ themselves on rocks |
| SUMMER | Skinks lay their eggs in ___ and mid autumn |
| GECKO | A native lizard in New Zealand is a skink or a what? (5) |
| ANIMALS | Lynx, minks and skinks |
| TAILS | Most skinks can shed and regrow their ___ |
| REPTILES | Skinks and snakes |
| PISTON | A cylindrical piece moving to and fro in a hollow cylinder in engines and pumps (6) |
| CAMOUFLAGE | Skinks have the ability to ___ with their habitats like trees or mountains |
| CULLEN | ____ skink, a thick Scottish soup of smoked haddock, potatoes, onions and milk (6) |
| LIZARD | The skink and common basilisk are examples of this animal type (6) |
