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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 16 DECEMBER 2020 ACROSS 1) Not now or the future 5) Tolkien villains 9) Tea-producing state in India 14) Creative input 15) Not a happy fate 16) Neutral shade 17) Very pleasing 20) Arm counterparts of fibulae 21) Parceled out 22) Continuing indefinitely 25) Van Gogh lost one 26) Primitive percussion instrument 28) Filly, after maturing 32) Collapsible topper 3 7) Ready for a break 38) Good time for a walk hand in hand 41) Chats 42) Become very thin 43) Lid lump 44) Mortal danger 46) Appliance with blades 47) Violent storm 53) Birds of a region 58) Helper, essentially 59) Like some suburban roads 62) Bring to mind 63) Saharalike 64) Masseuse's supplies 65) Palindromist's principle 66) Long-gone bird 67) Twiggy digs DOWN 1) Excite, as interest or curiosity 2) Grown up 3) View from the Left Bank 4) Golden Horde member 5) _man out 6) Sturgeon product 7) Carbonated beverage 8) Grin bearer 9) More than hate 10) Small paving stone 11) Recipe directive 12) Malaria symptom 13) Pinochle combo 18) Poetic time after dusk 19) Feeling happy appreciation 23) Turkish commander (Var.) 24) Give money, and expect it back 27) Absolute 28) Kind of computer 29) Stirring solo performance 30) It's overhead 31) Boner's target 32) Withdraws (with "out") 33) Land map part 34) Hard to hang on to 35) Tool for deciduous foliage 36) Cousin of a zebra 37) Gumshoe 39) Send out matter 40) Dell, poetically 44) Revere in history 45) Cluster of nine 46) Diamond side 48) Daisy_ ofDogpatch 49) Blame for, as a crime 50) Murphy who played Klumps 51) Unloads 52) Secret encounter 53) Lookout, perhaps 54) On the qui_ (watchful) 55) Macintosh screen symbol 56) Bag-shaped fish trap 57) Prominent '70s hairstyle 60) Get of ( discard) 61) Words of commitment Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Rather cloudy becoming partly cloudy Visibility Good Wind South Southwest force 2 to 3 locally force 3 to 4 becoming Southerly TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY UV: 2 MAINLY CLOUDY UV: 2 19 0 / 14 0 19 0 / 13 0 FEELS LIKE 19 0 FEELS LIKE 19 0 � � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS----------- I) Fluid accumulation 6) Sicily neighbor 11) Rest-cure site 14) It's o en dressed r dinner 15) "He's _ nowhere man ... " 16) Beer holder 1 7) Dairy section selection 19) Skater Midori 20) Silent per rmers 21) Baltimore's "Yards" 23) Siepi of opera 26) Old slavery class 27) It's just above a ot 28) Doc 29) 1501, to Caesar 30) Yucatan fiber export 32) Percentage 35) Knitter's direction 37) One of Moses' spies in Canaan DOWN HILL 1 E 2 D 3 E 5 A 39) Quickly, on memos 40) Sana'a is its capital 42) Pavarotti was one 44) Part of a man's rmal wear 45) Gets accustomed (to) 47) Lie com rtably 49) Lives 51) Hot compresses 52) Word with "food" or "group" 53) British racecourse site 55) Tuna variety 56) Scan and omit 61) Marino of football me 62) Human bodies' trunks 63) One-on-one beneficiary 64) Film director Lee 65) Mocking expression 66) Tobacco pipe parts 1 5 A L A D 1 A R G D ,, u - ------ M M 1 D M E S N E E K 19 1 T 0 --- A DE N L OT RY C 0 p I E U T E E TE MS DOWN I) Long and 2) Former US 3) Manning 4) Cat or man 5) Finds wonder 6) Created 7) Some chairs 8) Hawaiian 9) Sprinkled 10) Soluble salts 11) Slam on the 12) Actor Falk 13) Ecstasy's 18) Like ipecac 22) Coffee-chocolate 23) Amusingly 24) Give qualities 25) Breaking 26) Lady of Troy 28) Stags and 31) Fills and then 33) Employee's 34) They're heavier 36) 1917 revolutionary 38) Beet soup 41) They like 43) Zingers 46) Think, colloquially 48) Irritated 49) _ book 50) Allen or Hawke 53) Altar end 54) Use a mixing 57) Red- ced 58) Sport-_ 59) Jeweler's 60) "For_ i � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS-----------� 1) Not now or the ture 5) Tolkien villains 9) Tea-producing state in India 14) Creative input 15) Not a happy te 16) Neutral shade 17) Very pleasing 20) Arm counterparts of fibulae 21) Parceled out 22) Continuing indefinitely 25) Van Gogh lost one 26) Primitive percussion instrument 28) Filly, after maturing 32) Collapsible topper 3 7) Ready for a break 38) Good time for a walk hand in-hand SWEET! 14 17 20 38 41 59 62 2 3 4 6 7 41) Chats 42) Become very thin 43) Lid lump 44) Mortal danger 46) Appliance with blades 47) Violent storm 53) Birds of a region 58) Helper, essentially 59) Like some suburban roads 62) Bring to mind 63) Saharalike 64) Masseuse's supplies 65) Palindromist's principle 66) Long-gone bird 67) Twiggy digs 8 19 B Hen Quarters 10 11 12 13 DOWN 1) Excite, as interest or curiosity 2) Grown up 3) View om the Left Bank 4) Golden Horde member 5) _man out 6) Sturgeon product 7) Carbonated beverage 8) Grin bearer 9) More than hate 10) Small paving stone 11) Recipe directive 12) Malaria symptom 13) Pinochle combo 18) Poetic time after dusk 19) Feeling happy appreciation 23) Turkish commander (Var.) 24) Give money, and expect it back 27) Absolute 28) Kind of computer 29) Stirring solo per rmance 30) It's overhead 31) Boner's target 32) Withdraws (with "out") 33) Land map part 34) Hard to hang on to 35) Tool for deciduous foliage 36) Cousin of a zebra 37) Gumshoe 39) Send out matter 40) Dell, poetically 44) Revere in history 45) Cluster of nine 46) Diamond side 48) Daisy_ ofDogpatch 49) Blame r, as a crime 50) Mu rphy who played Klumps 51) Unloads 52) Secret encounter 53) Lookout, perhaps 54) On the qui_ (watch l) 55) Macintosh screen symbol 56) Bag-shaped fish trap 57) Prominent '70s hairstyle 60) Get of ( discard) 61) Words of commitment 4th August OVER a period of five years, Malta Customs has seized more than 174 million cigarettes and 7,000 kilograms of tobacco, worth €43.85 million. Customs said a KPMG survey in 2019 showed that consumption of illicit ciga- rettes in Malta represents 10% of the mar- ket, down from 19.1% in 2016, 17.9% in 2017, and 10.7% in 2018. Customs said that local consumption of cigarettes and tobacco products generates €98.8 million in revenue. "It is estimated that 90% of the local con- sumption is clean, and all duties and taxes thereupon are duly paid. That leaves 10% of the local market as being of illicit prove- nance. This amounts to €9.8 million in en- dangered taxes." Customs said that it manages to recover 3% of the illicit market, averaging €325,000 annually. 174 million cigarettes seized by customs since 2015 Cigarettes seized by Customs since 2015 2015 - €232,623 Cigarettes – 803,88 Tobacco – 505 kgs 2016 - €7,476,185 Cigarettes – 29,680,575 Tobacco – 303 kgs 2017 - €5,435,733 Cigarettes – 21,687,951 Tobacco – 220 kgs 2018 - €11,877,468 Cigarettes – 47,022,986 Tobacco – 2,135 kgs 2019 - €18,504,127 Cigarettes – 73,923,822 Tobacco – 1,465 kgs 2020 - €329,494 Cigarettes – 747,349 (up to October 2020) Tobacco – 2,271 kgs (up to October 2020)