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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 10 FEBRUARY 2021 ACROSS 1) Not for the first time 6) Sound on a track? 10) Mentions further 14) African linguistic group 15) Drachma replacer 16) Chimney sweep's grime 17) Successfully deciphering 20) Thumper's target 21) Tad 22) In a previous time 24) Sheet on a desk 27) Made a heap 28) Rasta's smoke 31) Find new tenants 33) Middle of summer? 34) Live through 36) Zero point 38) Sky sighting 42) One kind of panel 43) Artificial flavor bases 45) Sottish syllable 48) Kind of passages 50) Purposely keep just out of reach 51) City famous for steak 53) Bangkok citizen 55) Dino, for the Flintstones 56) Decide to withdraw 58) Happy-hour perch 61) Period or comma 66) Estrada of classic TV 67) Small valley 68) Quiet craft 69) Weight room counts 70) Bessemer process leftover 71) Kind of territory DOWN 1) TV letters 2) Nosy fish? 3) Amazon predator 4) Desire, so to speak 5) Microwave, in slang 6) Tallest NBA player, typically 7) Warm squeeze 8) Bit for the barker 9) Exclamations of surprise 10) Computer character code 11) Creation during a phone conversation 12) Bumper-car ride 13) Mounts 18) Ending for "capital" or "social" 19) Least forceful, as threats 22) Mellow, as cheese 23) Group of criminals 25) Hanukkah centerpiece 26) Any of several Norse kings 29) Moonshine vessels 30) One on Jason's ship 32) Slight lead in the polls 35) Jazzy Duke's collaborator 37) Anatomical nerve network 39) 90 degrees, on a compass 40) Water lander 41) Highlander's tongue 44) Filming locale 45) Burt Reynolds film 46) Adulterated 47) Mouser's mint 49) Performing high-tech surgery 52) Equine ankles 54) Japanese prime minister 57) Harbor vessels 59) A single occasion 60) Land on the Arabian Sea 62) _ in a day's work 63) Midaftemoon drink, for many 64) CD type 65) Door opener? 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The announcement was made as the MFA launched its first ever strategy, aimed raising the sport's standard in the country. The strategic plan aims to address the technical and infrastructural develop- ment of the game, as well as the growth and sustainability of local football clubs. Furthermore, it aims to improve good governance in football by strengthening the compliance and integrity aspects of it, as well as strengthening protection through a legal framework. The plan is based on the ratification by the Association's Executive Committee of the document 'Vision 2027' as pre- sented by MFA President Bjorn Vassal- lo in 2019. "The vision of the MFA is to further strengthen its investment to build a stronger foundation, prioritising long- term development and the sustainabil- ity of Maltese football across all levels, from community, grassroots, amateurs, women and youths all the way to the elite, clubs and national team selec- tions," Vassallo said. By 2024 the MFA hopes to make in- vestments which will enhance the tech- nical set-up to develop a unified philos- ophy for the national teams. In addition, the Malta FA has already submitted a bid to organise the UEFA Under-19 Eu- ropean Championship in 2023/24. Vassallo said the actions and projects proposed in this comprehensive strate- gic plan are "ambitious but realistic and achievable". The association will also be looking to create a commercially sustainable set- up "by pursuing new opportunities and consolidating existing concepts such as sports tourism and esports."