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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 29 JULY 2020 Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Fine Visibility Good Wind Northerly force 2 to 3 locally force 3 to 4 becoming Northwesterly Sea Slight TODAY TOMORROW Crossword Weather ACROSS 1) Man of La Mancha 6) Pago Pago's place 11) Two-way radios 14) Hacienda building block 15) Sans nuts, e.g. 16) Bauxite, e.g. 17) With awareness 19) Barely bite 20) Some billiard shots 21) Cable outlet? 23) Plaintiff, usually 26) Possessive pronoun 27) Bermuda wear 28) Lapwings 30) Kind of curve, in math 31) Small canary 32) Keyboard word 35) Conclude 36) Imitating 38) Cataract site 39) "Not a moment_ soon!" 40) Everybody's opposite 41) Unforeseen difficulty 42) Word-processing shortcuts 44) Hitchcock thriller 46) Control, as expenses 48) Above all the rest? 49) Kind of nerve 50) Like a major artery 52) Hawaii give-away 53) Game show players 58) Australian cousin of the ostrich 59) "E pluribus unum," e.g. 60) Downloadable novel 6 J) Canyon feature 62) Raise high-rises 63) Cheerful little earful DOWN 1) Bunt on a scorecard, sometimes 2) Tokyo, fonnerly 3) "Oui ou_?" 4) Hard to grasp 5) Put in new actors 6) Wild animal trail 7) Class of '97 member, now 8) The "M" in E=MC 2 9) Painter's medium 10) What some may try once 11) Agreement, harmony or compatibility 12) Pipe type 13) School mos. 18) Fits, snits or furies 22) Fido's doc 23) Black ink item 24) Coarse twilled cotton fabric 25) Owned apartment 26) Ashley, to Mary-Kate 28) Unskilled workers 29) Ashtabula's lake 3 I) "Beat it, fly" 33) Asian nannies 34) Sired, in the Bible 36) Completely surround 37) Ears that can't hear 4 J) Plans for courses 43) "Gimme_!" (Auburn cheer) 44) Butter units 45) Put on the ballot 46) Desk-drawer item 47) Varnish resin 48) 1545 council site 50) Get the pot going 51) Ear-related 54) Dinghy driver 55) Word in several Commandments 56) "Sesame Street" watcher 57) "Ole Buttermilk_" HOT & SUNNY UV: 11 HOT & SUNNY UV: 11 34 0 / 24 0 34 0 / 24 0 FEELS LIKE 37 0 FEELS LIKE 37 0 � � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS- - - - - - - - - - - I) Narow-waisted insects 6) Chapters of history 45) Brenda of the comics 46) Polygraph challenger 10) Priests wear them 47) Tapered slat for leveling 14) Run_ of (clash with) 15) Comstock deposit 16) Dull person 1 7) Resume drinking 20) Too much, in music 48) Australian bird 50) The euro replaced it 52)_ Paulo, Brazil 53) Dashiell's detective 56) Crumb 21) Pigeon's home 58) Small amounts, as of cream 22) Social connections 60) "I _ you one" 23) Canonical hour 25) Dance syllable 61) Golden Triangle country 63) Brownish grays 26) Trick taker, often 27) "_ now or never" 30) Gossip 32) Slip up 67) Be a hex victim 70) Neck of the woods 71) Letter a er theta 72) Clear, as a hard drive 73) Penetrate slowly 34) Unruly outbreak 36) Listening devices 38) Goosebump-raising 74) Like an uncleaned fireplace 75) Kept company with 42) Feature of some ncy resorts TRIPPED UP 2A 3s 4P s s 1 A F O u L 1 l O D 1 A L L O 1 F T H - ---- 2T Ro P O 2 C O 2 � t - 2� � I ) R w A T I A R I R S A b A B A A L s 7A R 7 7$ E s 7b 4$ H 5� s s u p E R A A T L I A G E L s E N s L M 0 L E D DOWN I) Travel, like an aroma 2) Way, way off 3) Song for one 4) Dime novels and such 5) Inclined 6) Tolkien's Legolas, e.g. 7) Campus military org. 8) For a certain purpose 9) Rage 10) Arab's robe 11) Sayings attributed to Jesus 12) It might be busted 13) Taste, e.g. 18) More cunning 19) Eyeglass_ (optometry patient) 24) A way to catch fish 27) Western blue flag, e.g. 28) Windshield option 29) Fizzy drink 31) Bring up the rear 33) Wrestling officials 35) Went like the dickens 3 7) Composed 39) Chorus from the sidelines 40) Hip bones 41) "Sesame Street" character 43) Alloy of copper and zinc 44) Literary mistakes 49) Astronomy Muse 51) Degraded 53) Chesterfields, e.g. 54) Cognizant 55) Con sed struggle 57) Bustles 59) Old Toyota 62) "Family Guy" creator Macfarlane 64) Bog product 65) Ultimatum word 66) Coaster 68) Drink om a dish 69) Beam of light June 16th, 2020 � � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS----------- I) Man of La Mancha 6) Pago Pago's place 11) Two-way radios 14) Hacienda building block 15) Sans nuts, e.g. 16) Bauxite, e.g. 17) With awareness 19) Barely bite 20) Some billiard shots 21) Cable outlet? 23) Plaintiff, usually 26) Possessive pronoun 27) Bermuda wear 28) Lapwings 30) Kind of cu r ve, in math 31) Small canary 32) Keyboard word 35) Conclude 36) Imitating FOUR JAILBIRDS 2 3 4 5 14 17 23 24 25 27 35 39 52 61 38) Cataract site 39) "Not a moment_ soon!" 40) Everybody's opposite 41) Un reseen difficulty 42) Word-processing shortcuts 44) Hitchcock thriller 46) Control, as expenses 48) Above all the rest? 49) Kind of nerve 50) Like a major ar tery 52) Hawaii give-away 53) Game show players 58) Australian cousin of the ostrich 59) "E pluribus unum," e.g. 60) Downloadable novel 6 J) Canyon ature 62) Raise high-rises 63) Cheer l little ear l DOWN I) Bunt on a scorecard, sometimes 2) Tokyo, fonnerly 3) "Oui ou_?" 4) Hard to grasp 5) Put in new actors 6) Wild animal trail 7) Class of '97 member, now 8) The "M" in E=MC2 9) Painter's medium JO) What some may try once J J) Agreement, harmony or compatibility 12) Pipe type 13) School mos. 18) Fits, snits or ries 22) Fido's doc 23) Black ink item 24) Coarse twilled cotton bric 25) Owned apartment 26) Ashley, to Mary-Kate 28) Unskilled workers 29) Ashtabula's lake 3 I) "Beat it, fly" 33) Asian nannies 34) Sired, in the Bible 36) Completely surround 37) Ears that can't hear 4 J) Plans for courses 43) "Gimme_!" (Auburn cheer) 44) Butter units 45) Put on the ballot 46) Desk-drawer item 4 7) Varnish resin 48) 1545 council site 50) Get the pot going 51) Ear-related 54) Dinghy driver 55) Word in several Commandments 56) "Sesame Street" watcher 57) "Ole Buttermilk_" June 14th, 2020 Malta in 'nobody's supporters' club', Bartolo says of growing foreign influence in Libya MASSIMO COSTA FOREIGN Minister Evarist Bartolo has downplayed Mal- ta's role in the Libyan conflict and overtures to Turkish influ- ence, saying the island is "no- body's supporters' club". Bartolo, who has led talks with Turkish and Libyan counterparts in support of the United Nations recognised Government of National Ac- cord in Tripoli, insisted Malta remained a neutral country in the conflict. "We are not taking any sides. We are talking to everyone," Bartolo said, who recent- ly held conversations with his Egyptian counterpart on the Libyan conflict, and to- day said he will be holding a conversation with his coun- terpart from the United Arab Emirates. The Foreign Minister was speaking to MaltaToday fol- lowing a press conference on Tuesday, which focused on Malta's joining of the Blue Heart campaign for victims of human trafficking. Both Egypt and the UAE, together with Russian mer- cenaries, are supporting Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army in the east to takeover Tripoli. The GNA is backed by strong military and air support from Turkey, whose influence in the Eastern Mediterranean has also angered Greece. "It is clear: we are a neutral country," Bartolo told Mal- taToday. "We're not taking sides. We speak to everyone." But Bartolo underlined the fact that the GNA was the UN-recognised government and the only interlocutor with Malta on matters that concern it, such as the departure of mi- grants from its coasts. "Our duty, mindful of our small size, is to be in favour of a united Libya, for a solution found by Libyans between themselves. The faster, the better." Bartolo downplayed Malta's risk in being caught between the two dominant spheres of influence in Libya – Turkey on one side, and Russia, Egypt and France on the other. "We must make sure our country is not used in the conflict. But we must speak to everyone. Our duty is to be in nobody's supporters' club – except our own. Where we can, we'll pitch in a word for peace and prosperity." Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar (left) with Evarist Bartolo in a meeting earlier this month