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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 23 SEPTEMBER 2020 ACROSS 1) Columbus' birthplace 6) Workout in a lake 10) You might have one in your heart 14) Good snorkeling site 15) Apply to a whetstone 16) Width times length 17) Country's basic regulations 20) Mexican gala 21) Ballroom dance 22) Straight up and down 25) Highlanders, e.g. 26) McNally's map partner 30) Camera feature 32) Pharmaceutical plant 35) Specialized languages 41) Go for it to the extreme 43) Flower part 44) Coffee liqueur 45) Not shut tight 47) Swear by (with "on") 48) One of a biblical 150 53) Seeing red 56) Let fly 58) Nab in a sting operation 63) Some callbacks for carpenters 66) Tennis ranking 67) The embryo of an invention 68) Discharges 69) Airborne fish-eaters 70) "Answer, please" (Abbr.) 71) Gave the furnace new li DOWN I) Barbed spear 2) Holder of notions 3) Hits allowed in a perfect game 4) Ransom of automobiles 5) Sporting wings 6) That boat 7) Ton's soup partner 8) Counting everything 9) Small-minded 10) Tex-Mex condiment 11) Take the podium 12) Banister post 13) Big breaths 18) Spoil the finish of 19) Tripod support 23) Old Testament prophet 24) Benzene source 26) From_ to riches 27) De-bused, e.g. 28) Temporary superstar? 29) Pass judgment on 31) Poet Angelou 33) Be in competition 34) Sicilian spouter 36) "CD" follower 37) _ gum (food thickener) 38) Grendel in "Beowulf," e.g. 39) Slave away 40) "Don't go!" 42) Old Italian money 46) Wars oflslam 48) A place for change 49) Unkind look 50) Visitor from Venus 51) Hands over temporarily 52) Female parents, for short 54) Kind of party 55) Shift neighbor 57) Cool coffee 59) "Back to the Future" focus 60) Muddy up, as water 61) Pro's adversary 62) "Check this out!" 64) "My Name is Asher_" (Potok novel) 65) 440 yards, on a track Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Partly to rather cloudy becoming partly cloudy Visibility Good Wind Southwest force 2 to 3 becoming West Northwest force 3 TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER MAINLY SUNNY UV: 7 PARTLY CLOUDY UV: 7 31 0 / 24 0 31 0 / 24 0 FEELS LIKE 33 0 FEELS LIKE 33 0 � � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS- - - - - - - - - - - 1) Galley drudge 6) Carnival dance 11) Nest egg abbr. 14) A Muse 15) Bouts of chills 16) French re sal 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 TURN OUT THE LIGHT 1 R 2 0 w 4E S R 6 s 1 E R A T 0 1 A 1 N I G H T 1 H 2 E y E A S 2 H 2 b � 3b E I E 4s S b u L G A 1 T E G 6 l E R 0 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 : • I I I 7A � 9B G u E A E D I I B : K B A L D E 1 A ! . -m N R 0 T T R A 3k N b N C E � u � T T E E I L 3c E R p T I C T E I I 3k E y s y C H June DOWN 1) Extend a subscription 2) Some Hindu 3) They may 4) Old verb ending 5) Did a tire-maintenance 6) Title of respect 7) Turkish bigwig 8) Wet dirt 9) Old-fashioned l 0) Distribute 11) Former desk 12) Move turbulently 13) Start a poker 18) Hurt l remark 23) Bubbly popper 25) Tilling tool 26) Army person 30) At no time, 3 1) Parrot's beak 32) Stevie Wonder 33) Prosperity 34) Song that 35) Unlikely winner 36) Prepare a 39) Crook 42) Calendar's 44) Keep it hush-hush 45) Interject 4 7) Shetlands' 48) Variety of 51) Sprain locale 52) What a travel 53) Kind of nerve 54) College major, 55) Fencing weapon 56) Pear-shaped 61) Back in time 62) Certainly 63) Gourmandized � � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS----------- I) Columbus' birthplace 6) Workout in a lake 10) You might have one in your heart 14) Good snorkeling site 15) Apply to a whetstone 16) Width times length 17) Country's basic regulations 20) Mexican gala 21) Ballroom dance 22) Straight up and down 25) Highlanders, e.g. 26) McNally's map partner 30) Camera ature 32) Pharmaceutical plant 35) Specialized languages 41) Go r it to the extreme GROWN INWARD 43) Flower part 44) Coffee liqueur 45) Not shut tight 47) Swear by (with "on") 48) One of a biblical 150 53) Seeing red 56) Let fly 58) Nab in a sting operation 63) Some callbacks for carpenters 66) Tennis ranking 67) The embryo of an invention 68) Discharges 69) Airborne fish-eaters 70) "Answer, please" (Abbr.) 71) Gave the ace new li DOWN I) Barbed spear 2) Holder of notions 3) Hits allowed in a perfect game 4) Ransom of automobiles 5) Sporting wings 6) That boat 7) Ton's soup pa r tner 8) Counting everything 9) Small-minded 10) Tex-Mex condiment 11) Take the podium 12) Banister post 13) Big breaths 18) Spoil the finish of 19) Tripod support 23) Old Testament prophet 24) Benzene source 26) From_ to riches 27) De-bused, e.g. 28) Temporary superstar? 29) Pass judgment on 3 l) Poet Angelou 33) Be in competition 34) Sicilian spouter 36) "CD" llower 37) _ gum ( od thickener) 38) Grendel in "Beowulf," e.g. 39) Slave away 40) "Don't go!" 42) Old Italian money 46) Wars oflslam 48) A place r change 49) Unkind look 50) Visitor om Venus 51) Hands over temporarily 52) Female parents, r short 54) Kind of party 55) Shift neighbor 57) Cool coffee 59) "Back to the Future" cus 60) Muddy up, as water 61) Pro's adversary 62) "Check this out!" 64) "My Name is Asher_" (Potok novel) 65) 440 yards, on a track May 30th UM researchers working with Chinese university on 3D printing tech for marine transport A new collaboration between a number of Maltese researchers from the University of Malta's Department of Metallurgy and Ma- terials Engineering and Southeast Universi- ty in China (SEU) will see the two working on a project to optimise 3D printing tech- nology used in marine transport. Surface Engineering for Additive Manu- factured parts used in marine transporta- tion (SEAM), is a two-year research project being jointly led by Dr Ing. Ann Zammit and Prof Jian Chen, with the aim of deter- mining the suitability of additive manufac- tured parts used in the marine transport industry. This will be achieved through the opti- misation of additive manufacturing tech- nologies for surface finish and strength of metallic parts, the designing, developing and application of anti-corrosion and an- ti-fouling surface engineering technologies on the 3D printed parts, and the building of prototype parts to be tested in a marine simulated environment. The SEAM project is in line with Malta's National Research and Innovation Scheme, which lists eight priority areas, including high value-added manufacturing – inno- vation in product development and proto- typing and decrease in manufacturing lead time. Introducing the project at a kick-off meeting, Zammit said that thanks to this initiative, which has a budget of €350,000, a number of researchers will be given the opportunity to conduct their postgraduate studies. Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, executive chair- man of the Malta Council for Science and Technology, which is funding the research, said that international cooperation was of immeasurable help in fostering local re- search and innovation capacity. "This programme has proven to be a suc- cess, so much so that MCST will be inten- sifying its collaborative efforts to not only secure further bilateral initiatives with Chi- na, but also to establish other international collaborations in the near future," he said. With marine transportation being one of the major modes of freight transportation in Malta, the University's research in opti- mising the use of technology to make this process as efficient as possible is useful not just for the people working in the indus- try, but also for those who make use of the goods transported. Chinese Ambassador to Malta, Jiang Jiang said that the project was of great signifi- cance, and not just in the areas of science and technology. "It has the added value of cooperation be- tween our two countries, as we learn from each other's expertise," he said. Parliamentary Secretary for Research & Innovation Clayton Bartolo also praised the project. "This project kick-off is a pivotal milestone on which we can build a forward-looking society that embraces change, which is in line with Malta's vision of being a knowl- edge-based economy," he said. [From left to right: Ann Zammit, SEAM Project Leader, Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, MCST Executive Chairman, Prof Alfred J. Vella, UM Rector, Parliamentary Secretary Clayton Bartolo, anx China's Ambassador to Malta, Jiang Jiang