CROSSWORD PUZZLE NO. 15 This puzzle has been set by Mrs Beth Ranapia. It has as its special theme the sea: canoes, fishing and similar subjects. One guinea will be awarded to the winner. Send all solutions to The Editor, Te Ao Hou, P.O. Box 2390. Wellington, before August 31. Solutions to puzzles 13 and 14 have been given here, but winners will not be announced until next issue, as at the time of writing the time limit for these puzzles has not yet expired.

CLUES ACROSS 1.One who marks time for the paddlers in a conoe. 4.Having two entrances (a cave for example). 8.Ancestral canoe of the Waikato-Maniapoto people. 9.Sneeze 11.To be sailed across (as the sea) 12.God of the ocean 15.God of the storm wind 17.The figurehead or bow part of a canoe 19.Yours (plural) 21.Streamers of feathers at stern of canoe 23.To strike with the fist 25.Belonging to you. 26.The head 27.A plant with an edible root said to have been brought in the Mataatua canoe 29.To go round about 30.The sail of a canoe 31.At a distance; yonder place

CLUES DOWN 1.Captain of the Tainui canoe 2.Descendants 3.Waka —-; a double canoe 4.Night 5.The name of (3 words, 2, 5, 1) 6.A headland or cape 7.The ancestral canoe commanded by Tama-te-kapua 10.To catch fish in a net 13.To sow seeds 14.The stern-post of a canoe 16.Deaf 18.Poles erected on a tuauhu or sacred place 20.Landing or beaching place of a canoe 21.Anchor 22.A piece of wood by which the body of a canoe is lengthened 24.Scale of fish 28.To bale out a canoe