Crossword-Solution: NANUMEA
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| Clue | Answers |
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| Northernmost Ellice I. | 1 answer |
| TUVALU island | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an
animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal
fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
Hint 2 anagram
OARDLS
Hint 3 another clue
BACK ___!
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Thus in the island of Nanumea (South Pacific) strangers from ships or from other islands were not allowed to communicate with the people until they all, or a few as representatives of the rest, had been taken to each of the four temples in the island, and prayers offered that the god would avert any disease or treachery which these strangers might have brought with them.
Afterwards they purified the ambassadors themselves by leading them through the flames.(355) In the island of Nanumea (South Pacific) strangers from ships or from other islands were not allowed to communicate with the people until they all, or a few as representatives of the rest, had been taken to each of the four temples in the island, and prayers offered that the god would avert any disease or treachery which these strangers might have brought with them.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1944–1945).