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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 17 FEBRUARY 2021 ACROSS 1) Grandparent, frequently 6) Declares 10) Cry of relief 14) Latin eyes 15) Lotion ingredient 16) Jeans name 17) Highly pleasing 19) Land of blarney 20) Pump purchase 21) Georgetown athlete 22) Practical, as a plan 24) Performer 26) Harmless cysts 27) Sizzling 28) Small trash receptacle 32) Wreckage on the sea bed 35) Greek alphabet letter 36) Take to a soapbox 37) Old-fashioned pitcher 38) Welcome words 39) Scat queen Fitzgerald 40) Heats a bit 42) Toward the stem 43) Witch's incantation 44) Indigo or henna 46) Thou squared 47) Handle difficulties 48) Line for hoisting a sail 52) Uncle Sam feature 55) Long hauler 56) Be a contestant 57) Nondairy topping 58) Chemistry between two people 61) Cubist Joan 62) Boxing victory 63) Hops-drying kilns 64) Record store category 65) Biblical paradise 66) Hangman's necessity DOWN 1) Durango maker 2) Humpback habitat 3) Second-largest city in Oklahoma 4) Whitney the inventor 5) "You said it!" 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(in '60s slang) 6) Mythical reveler 7) Communications "A" 8) Who 52-Across wants 9) Individual beings 10) Offerer's request 11) Marjoram or mint 12) It's not a good thing 13) Bouquet source 18) Owl sound 23) Division word 25) Place to lea some manners 26) Place for a sash 28) Hint of a fragrance 29) Hay block 30) "_ do" ( int praise) 31) "Hud" co-star Patricia 32) Like a dirty old man 33) On vacation 34) Richard of "Runaway Bride" 35) Rub the wrong way? 41) Promenade for Plato 43) Microchip material 45) Slow on the_ (not smart) 46) Bear in a iry tale 48) Bird with an S-shaped neck 49) Mail boat 50) Mob doings 51) Like Archie's pal Moose 52) Male turkeys 53) Literary collection 54) Lima locale 55) Eyelid inflammation 59) Wee bit 60) Lao-Tzu's creative force 20th August LAURA CALLEJA STUDENT enrolments in post-secondary and tertiary in- stitutions during the academic year 2018-2019 increased by 0.9% over the preceding aca- demic year, figures out today show. According to the National Sta- tistics Office the student popu- lation in post-secondary and tertiary institutions stood at 25,863 in 2018-2019. The figures show that 9,795 students were enrolled in sixth forms and other post-second- ary institutions, a decrease of 5.9% over the previous academ- ic year. 85.7% of these students were aged between 14 and 19 years old. There were also 872 interna- tional students at a post-sec- ondary level, amounting to 8.9%. The most popular field of study among vocational stu- dents was services with 20.1%, followed by health and welfare with 18.3% and engineering, manufacturing and construc- tion with 16.2%. At a tertiary level, the 2018- 2019 academic year saw 16,068 students enrolled, an increase of 5.6% compared to the previ- ous academic year. Female students comprised 56.8% of the total students en- rolled. 11,048 students were enrolled on a full-time basis, making up 68.8% of the student popu- lation. Part-time students in- creased by 14.2% over the pre- vious academic year. The most significant propor- tion of tertiary students, 54.8%, studied courses at a Bachelor's level or equivalent, followed by those enrolled at a Mater's or equivalent level with 31.3%. The largest share of tertiary students was composed of those aged between 20 and 24 years, followed by those under 20-years-old at 20.3%. Female students outnumbered their male counterparts at al- most all tertiary education lev- els, except at doctoral or equiv- alent. During the academic year 2018-2019, international stu- dents totalled 1,986 of the stu- dent population, at 12.4% This was an increase of 1.7% over the previous academic year. Female students also made up 88.3% of those in the education field, whereas the information and communication technolo- gies field had a high male pop- ulation with 84.5%. The most popular fields of students were business, admin- istration and law with 4,430 students, 27.6% and health and welfare with 3,202 students, 19.9%. The least popular field was ag- riculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary with only 0.4%. Student population in post-secondary and tertiary institutions stood at almost 26,000