Slow and Steady Won Him the Race Against the Hare
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Australia, Group 1013, Puzzle 5 (Royal Exhibition Building).
Question is: Slow and Steady Won Him the Race Against the Hare
and the answer is: TORTOISE
Word Meaning:
TORTOISE — Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India), whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.
Definitions from Wiktionary.