CROSSWORD PUZZLE

No 7 We are glad that more people are now sending in solutions to our crossword puzzles. We hope to get even larger entries in the future. Prize winners are: E. M. Johnston (Auckland), Puzzle Number 5, out of a ballot of 9; C. E. Rose (Auckland), Puzzle Number 6, out of a ballot of 6. Quite a number of incorrect solutions were received as well. A guinea prize will again be paid for a correct solution to the present crossword. The closing date is 23 April, 1954. If more than one correct solution is received, the winner will be determined by lot. Address solutions to The Editor, Te Ao Hou, P.O. Box 2390, Wellington. Solution No. 6

CLUES (all answers are Maori words) ACROSS 1 Fence 8 Deer 9 Burn 10 A cry 11 Forest 13 Small Maori settlement 15 The indefinite article 17 Marie 18 Hush 21 Particle 23 Food or a vowel 24 A God 25 I had it (two words) 26 Whip 27 Here it is 28 Action song (traditional tune) 29 Numeral 31 To cut down 34 Ladder 38 Exclamation 39 Veins 40 Herring 41 Year 42 Lightning DOWN 1 The Sky Parents' faithful child 2 Maggot 3 Preceded by ‘e’ to mean ‘according to’ 4 Knock 5 A hill at Cape Te Reinga 6 Quality to be preserved by the Maori 7 The calendar 9 Burn 12 Affirmative 14 To squirt 16 Throw down 18 Top or summit 19 The sides of a canoe 20 To drag 22 Paid up 30 Emblem of an atua; synonym of Mauri