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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1999Vol. 69 No. 12

Pacific Puzzle

p. 58 · Read in the full issue

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Across 3. Strange faces in Papeete’s coffee houses 8. Island east of Vanuatu’s Tanna, easily confused with Wallis’ mate 9. Capital place of Kiribati 10. Christopher? No, Sailors ways of saying “pass the rope through a block” 11. Handy Pacific tree?

Answers: Arnocc. o Cafes 8. Futuna 9. Tarawa 10. fl 80S I £ 12. Gold 13. Volcano 15. mi ast 20. Nippers 21. Squid 22.

I 11 done 24. Shell 26. Reefs 28.

I II faro 33. Dogs 34. Rosie 35. 1 II its 37. Skate I II Jva l u 2. Guam 3. Cargo 4. sia 5. Stem 6. Grog 7. Swells I II Oysters 15. Buses 16. Azure 18. Ambae 19. Treks 25. Ha’Apai 27. Fights 29. Ports 30. Ebeye 32. Opua 33. Dock

12. Fiji’s miners are going for ... 13. Hawaii’s Mauna Loa or Vanuatu’s Yasur 15. Nauru’s little lagoon 17. Fiji’s Hot Bread Kitchen uses this to rise to the challenge 20. Crab weapons 21. Cuttlefish cousin 22. Presumably you can eat off this type of coral

23. Lobe Ana confused with mollusc 24. Cone, cowrie or conch 26. You’ll find 24 Across on these 28. Skeletons used to mop up? 31. Root food 33. Sounds like these beasts are bound to be found in western FSM state 34. Sounds like her Fijian Travel Service is blooming 35. Marshalls island was a capital place for Germans and Japanese 36. Sloop, ketch and schooner 37. Kate’s confused about Ray Down 1. You’ll find Nanumea, Nukulaelae, Nukufetau and Niulakita here 2. Agana is a capital place in this US territory 3. Jon Frum cult once embraced in parts of Vanuatu 4. South Pacific territory which

gained self-government in 1977

(6,9) 5. Strict boat part? 6. Booze in Australia, kava in Fiji 7. Sea’s ups and downs 13. Lads’ van changed them into louts 14. Rockefeller liked these done in a spinach and seasoned sauce 15. Commuter vehicles 16. Lagoon’s hue 18. Vanuatu island between Espiritu Santo and Mae wo 19. Walking tours 25. King George Tupou I ruled this island group before becoming ruler of a united Tonga in 1845 (2’4) 27. Battles 29. Harbours 30. Island home for many of

Kwajalein’s workers

32. Yachties’ mecca and check-in spot in NZ’s Bay of Islands 33. Wharf

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