Fat Bear Week

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Sockeye prey snatched mid-air by hungry competitors (4)
• The sole survivor of the single-elimination tournament (5)
• Pack on the pounds for a long slumber (4)
• The laid-back 20-year-old male crowned 2026 champion (8)
• What park rangers estimate these massive mammals do (5)
• The freezing season that necessitates all this extreme eating (6)
• Dominant male who faced Grazer in the dramatic 2024 finals (5)

Down

• What the contestants try to rapidly accumulate before hibernation (4)
• 2019 champion and mother of the 2026 winner (5)
• A young grizzly, like the ones fiercely protected by Grazer (3)
• Pleasantly round, a desirable trait for these contestants (5)
• The single-elimination format used to determine the fattest (7)
• The calorie-dense sockeye that fuel the competitors (6)
• The specific species of grizzly competing in the tournament (5)
• Internet slang affectionately used for a very rotund animal (5)
• Winter retreat for a slumbering heavyweight (3)

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