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TASMANThe Polynesian ancestors of the Maori had long since ventured to New Zealand when this devilish Dutch navigator sighted the South Island in 1642, Abel___ (6)
EDEDutc commune
LUCIFERThe evil cat in Disney's version of Cinderella was called by this devilish name
UTUBruno Lawrence starred in this 1983 NZ movie which told of the Maori wars in the 1860s
TWINEVictory is at the heart of the Maori yarn (5)
AULDLANGSYNEScottish phrase meaning "old long since" that was popularised by Robert Burns as the title and refrain of a song in 1788 and is sung on New Year's Eve to bid farewell to the old year ever since (4,4,4
MAORIMember of the Polynesian aboriginal people of New Zealand (5)
EOCENEEpoch when ancestors of the modern horse appeared
FEELERSSensory antennae of insects; palpi of spiders; tentacles of octopuses; or, tentative remarks ventured to gauge or probe others' reactions (7)
ANTIQUITYReferring to times long since passed, as in the cultivar of both Cosmos bipinnatus and sempervivum (9)
SAMOAIsland country in the Polynesian region of the Pacific Ocean whose capital is Apia (5)
KAVADrink obtained from the aromatic roots of the Polynesian shrub, Piper methysticum (4)
ANASAZIAncestors of the Pueblo
SARMATIANSProbable ancestors of the Slavs
PUREBREDHaving ancestors of the same breed over many generations
AQUILINEHere in Spain, ancestors of the eagle (8)
ALANIAncestors of the present-day Ossets
FOREFATHERSAncestors of the serf are greatly decomposed (11)
CITRONSAncestors of the humble lemon
STARREDHad long look over first of runners and took the lead (7)