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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 18 NOVEMBER 2020 ACROSS 1) Brazil discoverer Cabral 6) Plant prop 10) Valuables protector 14) Hard-to-get-into schools 15) Cornell or Pound 16) Cake layer 17) Churches establish them abroad 20) Swiss peak 21) Dubai VIP 22) Band worn during mourmng 23) Boston Marathon month 25) Newspaper section 26) Realty measure 28) Afternoon drink servers 32) Partner of Lois or Lewis 34) The Sultan of Swat 35) Fancy dresser 38) Suit request 42) View finder? 43) Require 44) Weight units 45) Second-century astron- omer 48) Cream lump 49) Bangkok citizen 51) Gasped with delight 53) Disreputable lenders 55) Food-thickening starch 56) Exec's degree 59) Lost on the battlefield 62) "Do _ others ... " 63) Flow slow 64) Like a raw diamond 65) "West Side Story" extra 66) Dutch South African 67) Keeps in the manuscript DOWN 1) Fine cotton 2) Like Satan 3) Entirely unalike 4) Domicile (Abbr.) 5) American dogwood 6) Suffering from dementia 7) One spelling for an old Russian ruler 8) Make a blooper 9) Writer Angelou 10) Treads heavily 11) Way to the altar 12) Wined and dined 13) Once, formerly 18) Forget to include 19) Fast or march, sometimes 24) Prefix with "scope" 26) Wile E.'s favorite firm 27) Surfeit with excess 29) Humble home 30) Missile platfon11 31) Kimono tie 33) Heyerdahl's raft 35) Meadow residents 36) Capital of Norway 37) "Check this out!" 39) Classic introduction? 40 ) _Aviv 41) Club for knights 45) Person of the cloth 46) Whiny type 47) Activity on a mat 49) "To_ own self be true" 50) It makes waste 52) Conjurer's first word? 53) Salacious stuff 54) Highbrow 55) Lor XL 57) Ring match 58) Kitchen pests 60) Mush 61) Blast maker Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Partly cloudy becoming rather cloudy with isolated showers Visibility Good except in showers Wind Variable force 2 to 3 becoming Northeast locally force 3 to 4 TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY UV: 2 SHOWERS UV: 2 21 0 / 15 0 21 0 / 16 0 FEELS LIKE 21 0 FEELS LIKE 21 0 SCIENCE in the City 2020 has announced its complete festival programme. Following a month-filled with pre-festival activities, many still available on Science in the City's website and social media, the festival has much more to offer. The festival weekend, from Fri- day 27 to Sunday 29 November, has been split into a Live Virtual Channel, full of exclusive per- formances and shows, and an Explore the Arches area, where even more interactive content will be accessible all week- end. Science in the City's team strongly recommends that vis- itors book their free tickets for the live virtual channel in ad- vance to secure their spot. The Live Virtual Channel will go live on Friday 27 November at 7pm with a grand festival open- ing. This ceremony will be fol- lowed by a virtual escape room at 7.25pm, where researchers and performance artists work together. to get out of their con- finement, in a nail-biting adven- ture against the clock. Like many of the Live Virtual Channel's ac- tivities, audiences will influence the event through live chats with event hosts. 'Feedback Loops' by research- er Alina Ivan follows at 8pm, a music and dance performance showcasing groundbreaking mental health technology that will help people with mental health issues track their condi- tions. Angele Galea will then present her brand-new theatrical piece for the Women in STEM pro- ject, Jumping Genes at 9.30pm. This piece gives a glimpse in- to the life of two very different women who are struggling to stay afloat. At 10.30pm, Bats Do Jazz by Diccon Cooper and Si- mone Cutajar, is a captivating fi- nale to the day's events featuring a musical performance which echoes the bizarre behaviour of bats. Saturday 28 will take the Live Virtual Channel in a new direc- tion. Some of Malta's leading re- search groups will take the stage to engage audiences with their cutting-edge investigations. Af- ter a snappy opening ceremony at 12pm, More of Less Theatre presents Be the Change, com- bining water conservation with a load of laughs. A further sixteen activities are on offer ranging from Esplora's experiments to the University of Malta's laser quantum keys. One key high- light is the debut of Malcolm Galea's 0.0031% theatre perfor- mance at 7.45pm. Sunday 29 ends the festival with a programme tailor-made for families. At 7.15pm visitors won't want to miss the festival's closing fea- ture, when Science in the City theme this year: 'Engage, Em- power, Enable' will take on a whole new meaning, critical for 2020. Visitors are recommended to go to Science in the City's web- site and social media to secure their place in Malta's first online science and arts festival. Science in the City is part of the European Researchers' Night, an EU-wide celebration. It has been funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and in- novation programme (under grant agreement No 955263), and a number of corporate spon- sors. It is recognised as a festival by Europe for Festivals and Fes- tivals for Europe (EFFE). Science in the City launches its first ever virtual programme � � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS----------- I) Tolkien monsters 5) Ink's color, to Browning 9) Milking-machine attachment 14) Early-bird special, e.g. 15) Cape Canaveral cancellation 16) Least vorite pet? 17) Group that includes the gluteus maximus 20) "Whoopee!" 21) A beagle's prominent feature 22) Landlord's income 23) Cleaned one's plate 24) Car grille protector 26) Palm fruit 28) Agra garment 30) Great Dane it's not 34) Salt of the sea? 37) Like a certain wolf or eagle 39) Princess' headgear 40) Attractive quality E A 1A B D u 7 H OR 44) Clear a cribbage board 45) Aquatic organism 46) Sauce type 4 7) Ready to go 49) Type of excuse or duck 51) Hard to comprehend 53) Tyrannosaurus_ 54) Kind of rally 57) Two-part 60) Biblical boat 62) Dora the Explorer, e.g. 64) Pay for merely showing up 67) Back of a boat 68) Without equal 69) Vague quantity 70) Merry-go-round figure, to a child (Var.) 71) Logan postings 72) Lid swelling B Kenneth Holt gu 1b 1b 1 1k E V E L E s NA E y 0 ME 1 T Y E DOWN I) Missouri 2) Contradict, 3) Group of 4) Speak after 5) Hold spellbound 6) Ghost's word 7) Cruel person 8) One difficult 9) Bullish times 10) Broken-down 11) Editing mark 12) Odd opposite 13) Quiet relaxation 18) Alternatives 19) River to the 25) Kind of therapy 27) British art 29) Excluding 31) Honored guest's 32) Approximately 33) Like meat 34) Tightly-strung 35) Diarist Frank 36) Ready r 38) Samantha 41) Busybodies 42) Tropical malady 43) Anonymous 48) Anjou or 50) Cause r 52) Talk excessively 54) Wine option 55) Hostile party 56) Endorser, 57) 100-yard 58) As many 59) Imitative 61) Boat speed 63) Mix, as a 65) Whatever 66) Book balancer � � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS----------- I) Brazil discoverer Cabral 6) Plant prop 10) Valuables protector 14) Hard-to-get-into schools 15) Co ell or Pound 16) Cake layer 17) Churches establish them abroad 20) Swiss peak 21) Dubai VIP 22) Band wo during mourmng 23) Boston Marathon month 25) Newspaper section 26) Realty measure 28) Afte oon drink servers 32) Partner of Lois or Lewis 34) The Sultan of Swat 35) Fancy dresser 38) Suit request NICE YOUNG DY 42) View finder? 43) Require 44) Weight units 45) Second-century astronomer 48) Cream lump 49) Bangkok citizen 51) Gasped with delight 53) Disreputable lenders 55) Food-thickening starch 56) Exec's degree 59) Lost on the battlefield 62) "Do _ others ... " 63) Flow slow 64) Like a raw diamond 65) "West Side Story" extra 66) Dutch South A ican 67) Keeps in the manuscript DOWN I) Fine cotton 2) Like Satan 3) Entirely unalike 4) Domicile (Abbr.) 5) American dogwood 6) Suffering om dementia 7) One spelling for an old Russian ruler 8) Make a blooper 9) Writer Angelou 10) Treads heavily 11) Way to the altar 12) Wined and dined 13) Once, rmerly 18) Forget to include 19) Fast or march, sometimes 24) Prefix with "scope" 26) Wile E.'s vorite firm 27) Sur it with excess 29) Humble home 30) Missile plat n11 3 l) Kimono tie 33) Heyerdahl's raft 35) Meadow residents 36) Capital of Norway 37) "Check this out!" 39) Classic introduction? 40)_Aviv 41) Club r knights 45) Person of the cloth 46) Whiny type 4 7) Activity on a mat 49) "To_ own self be true" 50) It makes waste 52) Conjurer's first word? 53) Salacious stuff 54) Highbrow 55) Lor XL 57) Ring match 58) Kitchen pests 60) Mush 61) Blast maker May 7th Behind the scenes with MMSAt the Science in the City 2020 studio, where the Live Virtual Festival will be live-streamed