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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 20 JANUARY 2021 ACROSS 1) Dark orange-yellow 6) Provider of a one-way ride 10) Rudimentary puppet 14) Miss America's topper 15) Senate helper 16) Old buffalo hunter 17) "That's enough!" 20) Homey, e.g. 21) Men's business wear 22) Grapevine gossips 23) One who deals with deals 25) Draft beverage 26) "Wait, there's more" 28) Service club since 1915 32) Bach composition 34) Greenspan or Alda 35) Letter from Greece? 38) Occasionally 42) Homer's TV neighbor 43) Whimper like a baby 44) Many-stringed lute 45) Broadcast backer 48) The "kissing disease" 49) Skater Kulik 51) Keep up on the issues? 53) Digital displays? 55) Go by bus 56) Park or 5th, briefly 59) Individually 62) Horse's trot 63) Insurable item 64) Do hair-raising work? 65) Fifth book of the New Testament 66) Sledgehammer end 67) Penned up, like pigs DOWN 1) "Give it _" (putting tip) 2) Kunis of TV and film 3) Stabilized nautically 4) Make a boo-boo 5) What strikers usually want 6) French-speaking island 7) Mooring post 8) Flossing advocacy gp. 9) Put trust in, with "on" 10) Shots on lots 11) Mount a soap box 12) Iowa river with rapids 13) Singer Alicia 18) Greasy residue 19) Fixes the spine of, as a book 24) One in attendance 26) Prayerful assent 27) "Puppy" or "true" follower 29) Makes high-pitched, whiny noises 30) Pie _ mode 3 l ) Bert's twin sister, in fiction 33) Large percussion instrument 35) Dispose of 36) Unimaginably long time (Var.) 37) Loosen, as a knot 39) Prefix with "natal" or "classical" 40) Hold the title to 41) Domesticated 45) Tourist attractions 46) Devout petition 47) Fashion freshly 49) Writer Asimov 50) Permitted by law 52) Witches' brew creatures 53) Bygone Chevy 54) Partner of crackle and pop 55) Communion or baptism, e.g. 57) Ming treasure 58) Wooed visually 60) Tint or tone 61) Butterfly snare Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Partly cloudy Visibility Good Wind Southwest force 4 to 5 at first, becoming force 3 to 4 locally force 4 Sea Slight to moderate TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY UV: 2 PARTLY CLOUDY UV: 2 16 0 / 12 0 16 0 / 12 0 FEELS LIKE 16 0 FEELS LIKE 16 0 K ARL AZZOPARDI DURING the last three months of 2020, police stopped around 7,000 cars in traffic inspections carried out across the country. The most common violations were failure to use seatbelts, lack of registration plates and vehicles without headlamps. Inspections were carried out by district police, the traffic section, the Rapid Interven- tion Unit, the Environmental Protection Unit, the dog sec- tion and the Armed Forces of Malta. Around 110 traffic inspec- tions were carried out in Octo- ber. Some drivers were found in possession of cannabis and crushers. Others were driving under the influence of alcohol, with three drivers refusing to do the breathalyser test. Searches on vehicles also yielded knives, a baseball bat and a gun. Other minor contraventions were also issued for vehicles without registration plates, il- legally tinted windows and fail- ure to wear a seatbelt. 13 people were found in pos- session of drugs in November, with two drivers also caught driving under the influence. Two refused to do the breath- alyser test. Searches yielded pepper spray and two firearms, after 115 in- spections were carried out. With 150 inspections carried out in December, 14 people were identified as driving un- der the influence of alcohol. Substances suspected of being drugs, grinders and other ob- jects related to the consump- tion of drugs were also lifted. 13 drivers were stopped for driving at excessive speeds, with other citations issued for failure to wear a seatbelt, tinted windows, lack of a valid license and no registration plates. Police Commissioner Angelo Gafá said the inspections serve to keep Malta's streets safe, stating traffic stops will contin- ue to be carried out in the com- ing weeks and months. 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