Pacific Puzzle
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Across
1. Nationality of Pacific explorer Abel Tasman. 6. Personal windows on a watery world. 9. Author Robert Louis Stevenson lived on this Kiribati Island in 1889.
10. Tongan island group. (4’l) 11. Traditional Kiribati dance, banned by missionaries. 12. of Cook Island which means “in the direction of the prevailing wind, south.”
13-Polyisculptures.
14. Waffling lights. 16. boat. 18. Tropical treat. 19. Head northeast from 12 Across and you’ll find this island, next to Atiu. 21. Convent. 23. in Samoa, malo e lelei in Tonga, in New Zealand. 24. The sour carambola by another name. (4,5) 27. Large passenger ship. 28. Strange route to distant islands. 29. version of language. 30. navigation aids. 31. British author lan Flemming once said of this island tourist transport; “A is dangerous at both ends nd uncomfortable in the middle.”
Down
1. Frogman. 2. Hot surfing spot in Fiji’s Mamanuca Islands. 3. Most Tahitians prefer to live on the coast, believing tupapau their island’s interior. 4. Cultural division of the Pacific. 5. Vanuatu island which is a stronghold of the Jon Frum movement. 6. American author who wrote of Fiji’s beachcombers; “They lived worthless lives of sin and luxury.” (4,5) 7. Swimmer’s simple breathing device. 8. Ships’ rigging components. 14.1 n Samoa and Papua New Guinea, this likes to soar at sunset. 15. Small boat motors. 16. Octopus arms. 17. fish. 20. main town. 22.6 Down is a quote from the book Following the . 23.Ships’ storage areas.
24. Fiji’s sweet mainstay.
25. Found on top of a Vailima or a Fiji Bitter. 26. in Fiji, trois in Tahiti, in Australia.
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ACROSS: I.Dutch 6.Masks 9.Abemama lO.Vava’u ll.Ruoia I2.Rarotonga 13.Tikis 14. Beacons 16. Trawler IS.lce 19.Takutea 21. Nunnery 23.He110 24. Star fruit 27. Liner 28.0uter 29. Dialect 30. Stars 31. Horse.
DOWN: I.Diver 2.Tavarua 3.Haunt 4.Melanesia S.Tanna 6.Mark Twain 7.Snorkel S.Spars 14.8 at IS.Outboards 16. Tentacles 17. Ray 20.Kolonia 22. Equator 23.H01ds 24. Sugar 25. Froth 26. Three