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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 16 SEPTEMBER 2020 ACROSS 1) Galley drudge 6) Carnival dance 11) Nest egg abbr. 14) A Muse 15) Bouts of chills 16) French refusal 17) Bittersweet plants 19) Set of parts to assemble 20) Contact site 21) Boxing legend 22) Ship area, to a bo's'n 24) Laundry items of yore 27) More than walk 28) " _ the ramparts ... " 29) Like a narrow mind 33) Got one's feet wet? 36) Word with "circus" or "flicker" 37)_-jerk reaction 38) Bit of history 39) Surrenders, as land 40) Like some martinis 41) Open to breezes 43) Successor 44) Spade work? 46) Country home site 48) Hunk's pride 49) Vocational identifiers 50) Shower unit? 55) Particular region's plants 57) Major broadcaster 58) Call of Duty: Black_ 59) Couple's pronoun 60) Sewell's horse 64) "_ Howdy Doody time!" 65) Not barred 66) Upper-level storage area 67) Two-time U.S. Open winner Trevino 68) Wear away 69) Parasite DOWN 1) Extend a subscription 2) Some Hindu people 3) They may be raised after striking 4) Old verb ending 5) Did a tire-maintenance job 6) Title of respect in colonial India 7) Turkish bigwig 8) Wet dirt 9) Old-fashioned cold remedies 10) Distribute into categories 11) Former desk features 12) Move turbulently 13) Start a poker pot 18) Hurtful remark 23) Bubbly popper 25) Tilling tool 26) Army person 30) At no time, in verse 31) Parrot's beak part 32) Stevie Wonder strikes them 33) Prosperity 34) Song that might have trills 35) Unlikely winner 36) Prepare a meal for 39) Crook 42) Calendar's scope 44) Keep it hush-hush 45) Interject 47) Shetlands' shelter 48) Variety of lettuce 51) Sprain locale 52) What a travel planner plans 53) Kind of nerve 54) College major, for short 55) Fencing weapon 56) Pear-shaped stringed instrument 61) Back in time 62) Certainly not a gentleman 63) Gourmandized Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Rather cloudy with showers locally thundery Visibility Good locally moderate to poor in showers Wind Northeast force 5 backing North Northeast TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS UV: 9 ISOLATED SHOWERS UV: 9 29 0 / 24 0 29 0 / 24 0 FEELS LIKE 31 0 FEELS LIKE 31 0 'I'm okay with the criticism' – transport minister on flooded roads NICOLE MEILAK ROADS minister Ian Borg is fine with criticism levelled towards him on social me- dia following serious flooding on Monday that turned main roads into rivers. But he insisted that the au- thorities are looking into the multiple causes of the flood- ing. He said there were different causes for flooding, ranging from blocked water culverts in some roads and others that do not have systems in place because they are still under construction. "There were certain issues that we have been aware of for years, such as the flooding in a road in Pembroke where no works have taken place so far. In some cases, water cul- verts were blocked by debris carried by the water. In other areas, road works were still underway [the roads beneath the Marsa flyovers] and so the systems aren't yet functional. The cases vary," he said. Borg was replying to ques- tions after a press conference in Gozo to announce a new special bus route linking Gozo to the university and Valletta. The minister said yester- day's downpour saw places in Malta experience four inches of rainfall. "This is almost one fifth or 20% of usual yearly rainfall," he said. When asked about the new- ly rebuilt Triq Gorg Borg Ol- ivier in Rabat, pictured with rainwater bypassing a drain- age grill, Borg confirmed that he has asked Infrastructure Malta to verify the situation. "The authorities are looking into the cause, but the cause is different for every circum- stance. Where the authority or contractor is in the wrong, they have to remedy the issue; where it is a situation that requires more time and re- sources for planning, it has to be tackled from that aspect," he added.