Computer Connections
Extracurricular
Animals
Big Rivers
Crossword Clues "N"
100

Term for a system of interconnected computers & devices; a LAN is a "local area" one

What is a network?

100

Put on your trunks & explore offshore in this hobby with a breathing tube extending above the surface

What is snorkeling?

100

The giant species of this South American insectivore has no teeth & an up to 2-foot-long tongue

What is an anteater?

100

The longest river that only flows through one country is this 3,900-mile river AKA the Chang Jiang

What is the Yangtze?

100

Pester (3)

What is nag?

200

Nations get their own domain extensions; .dk is the one for this country

What is Denmark?

200

In chess, the only time you can move two pieces in the same turn is with this special move involving the king & a rook, getting the king out of the center & hopefully protecting it

What is castling?

200

Some of these mammals give birth hanging upside down, with the mothers catching the baby in their wings as it drops

What is a bat?

200

At 3,000 miles, the Parana River is only the second-longest river on this continent

What is South America?

200

Can't feel a thing? (4)

What is numb?

300

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee gets questions like "Why are links" this color?--"There is no reason"

What is blue?

300

Get your box or delta ones of these soaring--just be sure not to fly them over an airport or power lines


What are kites (drones)?

300

Animals react to winter weather in different ways; monarch butterflies set off on this type of journey

What is a migration?

300

These two rivers that form parts of the USA's borders are each more than 750 miles long

What are the Rio Grande and the St. Lawrence?

300

Jesus's childhood home (8)

What is Nazareth?

400

Your online shopping cart couldn't stay up to date without these data packets that help websites track you

What are cookies?

400

Tatebanko is a Japanese hobby of crafting dioramas out of this material also used in origami

What is paper?

400

Lobsters & tarantulas both have these hard outer bodies that must be periodically molted

What are exoskeletons?

400

Capital cities on the banks of the Nile River include Cairo & this capital of Sudan

What is Khartoum?

400

Favoritism shown to family members in business or politics (8)

What is nepotism?

500

Microsoft's Internet Explorer uses "favorites" where other browsers use this word from the non-wired world

What are bookmarks?

500

"Vivir Mi Vida" by Marc Anthony is a hit in this dance style that, very appropriately, may include dipping your partner

What is salsa?

500

One of the largest structures made by rodents or any animal, a 2,800' long one is found in a Canadian national park

What is a (beaver) dam?

500

Giving its name to a different country, this ancient river flows 2,000 miles mostly through Pakistan

What is the Indus?

500

Neither acidic or basic (7)

What is neutral?

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