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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 27 JANUARY 2021 ACROSS 1) Mr. Rip ken 4) Orange Free_ 9) Embarrass 14) Folksy Difranco 15) Matron of_ 16) Clay court mallet-and-ball game 17) Hide out, in a way 20) Like Hamelin's piper 21) Liszt's "_ in B Minor" 22) Finds the right combination 26) Uninterrupted sequence 27) Kind of sheet for a felon 30) Unclean milieu 31) Do a grandjete 33) Road marking 35) Really enjoy 37) Knock out of a tournament 38) Find a scapegoat 42) Patriotic lapel pin 43) Gave props to 44) He used to follow the news 47) Brownish song bird 48) Busy activity 51) Nos. person 52) Cain's destination 54) Used a Q-Tip 56) Succession 59) "I thought_ never ask!" 60) Make noise illegally 65) Carpet calculations 66) Post-review reward 67) Hi-_ (having fine detail) 68) Difficult to endure 69) Sharp, narrow mountain ridge 70) "Spring ahead" abbr. DOWN 1) College setting 2) Put holy oil on 3) Full of pep 4) Moo_ (Chinese dish) 5) 2,000 pounds 6) Laurel/Hardy separator 7) Pedicurist's concern 8) It keeps a run from being earned 9) Without qualification 10) Rancher's footwear 11) Fish habitat 12) Great ball of fire 13) "_ be a fool not to!" 18) Tokyo, once 19) Maned antelopes 23) Time-signature preceder 24) Salmon that has spawned 25) Speaks like King James 28) Church recess 29) Favorite, as a project 32) "Don't give me that!" old-style 34) Kind of rage or map 35) Fixes the outcome 36) Legacy recipients 38) Personal affront 39) Pesky sort 40) Sounded, as a horn 41) She played Glinda in " The Wiz" 42) TV watchdog 45) Headlong assault 46) Cafe_ 48) On a train 49) Twos, in cards 50) Most peculiar 53) Messing or Winger 55) "Sayonara!" 57) JFK predictions 58) Dipper unit 60) Telegrapher's syllable 61) Nest egg, for short 62) Get a move on 63) Hrs. in NY 64) Third of September? 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 cloudy and rainy by evening Visibility Good except in rain Wind Northwest force 4 to 5 backing West Northwest. TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER MAINLY CLOUDY UV: 2 MAINLY CLOUDY UV: 2 14 0 / 12 0 16 0 / 13 0 FEELS LIKE 10 0 FEELS LIKE 14 0 � � FreeDailyCrosswords.com 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 buf lo 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 om Greece? 38) Occasionally I s I SE A C 6b A I u � C T E 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) Fi h book of the New Testament 66) Sledgehammer end 67) Penned up, like pigs T 0 E N DOWN 1) "Give it 2) Kunis of 3) Stabilized 4) Make a 5) What strikers 6) French-speaking 7) Mooring 8) Flossing 9) Put trust 10) Shots on 11) Mount 12) Iowa river 13) Singer 18) Greasy 19) Fixes the 24) One in 26) Prayer 27) "Puppy" 29) Makes 30) Pie _ 3 l ) Bert's twin 33) Large percussion 35) Dispose 36) Unimaginably 37) Loosen, 39) Prefix 40) Hold the 41) Domesticated 45) Tourist 46) Devout 47) Fashion 49) Writer 50) Permitted 52) Witches' 53) Bygone 54) Partner 55) Communion 5 7) Ming treasure 58) Wooed 60) Tint or 61) Butterfly � � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS----------- 1) Mr. Rip ken 4) Orange Free_ 9) Embarrass 14) Folksy Difranco 15) Matron of_ 16) Clay court mallet-and-ball game 17) Hide out, in a way 20) Like Hamelin's piper 21) Liszt's "_ in B Minor" 22) Finds the right combination 26) Uninter r upted sequence 27) Kind of sheet r a lon 30) Unclean milieu 31) Do a grandjete 33) Road marking 35) Really enjoy 37) Knock out of a tou ament 38) Find a scapegoat NOT IN PLACE 42) Patriotic lapel pin 43) Gave props to 44) He used to follow the news 47) Brownish song bird 48) Busy activity 51) Nos. person 52) Cain's destination 54) Used a Q-Tip 56) Succession 59) "I thought_ never ask!" 60) Make noise illegally 65) Carpet calculations 66) Post-review reward 67) Hi-_ (having fine detail) 68) Difficult to endure 69) Sharp, narrow mountain ridge 70) "Spring ahead" abbr. B Jill Pe er DOWN 1) College setting 2) Put holy oil on 3) Full of pep 4) Moo_ (Chinese dish) 5) 2,000 pounds 6) Laurel/Hardy separator 7) Pedicurist's concern 8) It keeps a run om being earned 9) Without qualification 10) Rancher's otwear 11) Fish habitat 12) Great ball of fire 13) "_ be a ol not to!" 18) Tokyo, once 19) Maned antelopes 23) Time-signature preceder 24) Salmon that has spawned 25) Speaks like King James 28) Church recess 29) Favorite, as a project 32) "Don't give me that!" old-style 34) Kind of rage or map 35) Fixes the outcome 36) Legacy recipients 38) Personal affront 39) Pesky sort 40) Sounded, as a ho 41) She played Glinda in " The Wiz" 42) TV watchdog 45) Headlong assault 46) Ca _ 48) On a train 49) Twos, in cards 50) Most peculiar 53) Messing or Winger 55) "Sayonara!" 57) JFK predictions 58) Dipper unit 60) Telegrapher's syllable 61) Nest egg, r short 62) Get a move on 63) Hrs. in NY 64) Third of September? 14th August AN overwhelming vote in favour of a report on Europe's Strategy for Small and Medium-sized En- terprises spearheaded by Labour MEP Josianne Cutajar, will now see the MEP following up on its implementation. As chief negotiator for the S&D group on the report, Cutajar is seeking assurances from the European Commis- sion by fielding a parliamen- tary question asking for more specific information from the Commission on the next steps in the implementation of the SME strategy. Cutajar requested explanations as to how the various difficulties and operational bur- dens that SMEs are facing today will be eased. She also asked for details on how the Commission is planning to address the challenges currently affecting the com- petitiveness and opportunities of those enterprises operating from small islands like Malta and Gozo. Cutajar also asked for details on the Commis- sion's plans to ensure that is- land-based SMEs do not suffer any setbacks owing to their lo- cations, that make them signif- icantly less well-connected than enterprises based in other, more accessible areas of Europe. Cutajar insisted, moreover, that the impact of any future revision of European compe- tition rules on businesses that are already at a disadvantage because of their location will need to be assessed before- hand. Currently, challenges for transportation, connectivity and other issues continue to place SMEs that work from locations on the periphery of the EU in a disadvantaged sit- uation. The Gozitan MEP pledged her continued support for more flexible competition rules that would improve the chances of success for island-based and periphery-based SMEs, includ- ing measure to help them over- come the expenses they incur over and above those of their mainland-based counterparts. "I am pressing ahead with my work to see this Strategy come to fruition. This will not only benefit the thousands of enter- prises across the European Un- ion member states, but also the thousands of workers they em- ploy and their families, includ- ing those of Malta and Gozo," she said. Cutajar's engagements for the past week have included a meeting with European Com- missioner Margrethe Vestager. The various disadvantages that small islands like Malta come up against were discussed dur- ing the meeting, with Cutajar reiterating her commitment to place the policy for islands higher on the European agen- da, and to ensure they receive the attention they deserve. Cutajar meets Vestager over SME strategy MEP Josianne Cutajar (above) has stepped up the effort towards Europe's implementation of its SME Strategy and has met European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager (inset)