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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 28 APRIL 2021 ACROSS 1) "Take ___ down memory lane" 6) Mix it up, in a way I 0) Pre-revolution ruler (Var.) 14) ___-Roman wrestling 15) It's plucked in Roma 16) Skin outbreak 17) Seriously shun the public 20) Rabbit-sized rodent 21) Type of shirt 22) Produce, as an egg 23) Family favorites 25) Where a plane's engine is housed 27) Resort hotel 30) "Heck!" cousin 32) Companion of Wynken and Blynken 33) Aviation prefix 35) Hipbone parts 37) Bug-repelling wood 41) Be an arbitrator 44) Warning from a doghouse 45) Wolfe in Stout books 46) Early fruit sampler? 47) Ecclesiastical garment 49) ___ up (monopolises) 51) Photo _ ( campaign events) 52) It may be guided 56) Salty seven 58) Slow-pitch feature 59) Franc successor 61) Central parts 65) Washington and Madison, for two 68) Preoccupied with 69) King's address? 70) Click the "Send" button 71) Bill passers 72) Listen to 73) "No man is an island" poet DOWN 1) Turkish biggie (Var.) 2) Math subject, briefly 3) Design over 4) Get more than frosty 5) Was sulky 6) Gloomy 7) Ready for surgery 8) Smith's garb 9) Loose overcoat 10) Lao-Tzu's creative force 11) Stem oar 12) Historic record 13) Do a salon job 18) Type of acid 19) Florid in style 24) Hair-styling site 26) Excessive fluid in plants 27) Be bratty 28) Heavy hammer part 29) Length X width, for rectangles 31) The X in the above clue 34) Gumbo pods 36) ___-ski (lodge socialising) 38) Queen of Carthage 39) Rush-order order 40) Sleep cycles 42) Federated 43) Ivanhoe's beloved 48) Like aquamarine or teal 50) Cooked lightly in butter 52) Corleone's group 53) Subtle satire 54) Reptile's covering 55) Sesame Street character 57) Nincompoop 60) "Dungeons & Dragons" figure 62) Supermarket meat label 63) Ireland, romantically 64) Gilligan's home, for a stretch 66) Negative responses 67) Catered Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Rather cloudy and misty at first, becoming fine Visibility Generally good but moderate at first Wind Northeast force 3 to 4 becoming force 2 to 3 Sea Slight TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER MAINLY SUNNY UV: 9 PARTLY CLOUDY UV: 2 24 0 / 16 0 26 0 / 16 0 FEELS LIKE 24 0 FEELS LIKE 27 0 i � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS-----------� 1) Fiery gem 42) Crossed letter 5) Naval-academy eshman 43) With the bow, musically 10) File lder appendages 44) Air anew 14) Looking healthy 45) Bee's place? 15) Mead study site 47) Oliver Twist, for one 16) Ruler's inch, e.g. 48) Monkeyed around (with) 17) In a gradual, reliable 5 l ) Bar staple shion 53) Slow musical pieces 20) Battlefield VIP 56) Labor organizer's cry 21) Nonwoody vegetation 60) Cinematographer's place, 22) What we have here sometimes 25) Wounds with a tusk or ho 64) Canadian-dollar image 26) Make more suitable 65) It's as sure as taxes 30) Causes of some night 66) Bodily distress frights 67) "Dukes of Hazzard" spin- 33) Ca ation site off 34) Bluefin, for one 68) Spread, as fingers 35) Like jazz cats 69) Arctic dog's burden 38) "There's no deadline" 2 h 2 b 2 h T AP EL T 5 E 3 V T E UN E D DOWN 1) Exclamations 2) It's always 3) Plant used 4) Salacious 5) Behavioral 6) Science class 7) Aboriginal 8) This one and 9) State of relaxation 10) Certain engines 11) Keep_ to 12) Unwelcome 13) Eyelid maladies 18) Wee 19) Craving 23) Student in 24) Reporter's 26) Reached ground 27) Letter's number 28) Far end of 29) Place r a 31) Counting everything 32) _ Paulo, 35) Detriment 36) Holder of notions 37) Philadelphia 39) Covered vehicle 40) Princess Leia's 41) Land for I ivestock 45) Sets sail 46) Jupiter's Norse 48) Poker player's 49) Cinema name 50) Brutish person 52) Noble realm 54) Lotto info 55) A way up 57) Urchins 58) River duck 59) Huron neighbor 61) Holbrook or 62) Sweater letter 63) So-so center? i � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS-----------� 14 17 20 1) "Take _ down memory lane" 6) Mix it up, in a way I 0) Pre-revolution ruler (Var.) 14) _-Roman wrestling 15) It's plucked in Roma 16) Skin outbreak 17) Seriously shun the public 20) Rabbit-sized rodent 21) Type of shirt 22) Produce, as an egg 23) Family vorites 25) Where a plane's engine is housed 27) Resort hotel 30) "Heck!" cousin 32) Companion of Wynken and Blynken 33) Aviation prefix 35) Hipbone parts 37) Bug-repelling wood 41) Be an arbitrator 2 3 4 5 44) Wa ing om a doghouse 45) Wol in Stout books 46) Early uit sampler? 47) Ecclesiastical garment 49) _ up (monopolizes) 51) Photo _ ( campaign events) 52) It may be guided 56) Salty seven 58) Slow-pitch ature 59) Franc successor 61) Central parts 65) Washington and Madison, r two 68) Preoccupied with 69) King's address? 70) Click the "Send" button 71) Bill passers 72) Listen to 73) "No man is an island" poet 62 63 DOWN 1) Turkish biggie (Var.) 2) Math subject, briefly 3) Design over 4) Get more than osty 5) Was sulky 6) Gloomy 7) Ready r surgery 8) Smith's garb 9) Loose overcoat 10) Lao-Tzu's creative rce 11) Stem oar 12) Historic record 13) Do a salon job 18) Type of acid 19) Florid in style 24) Hair-styling site 26) Excessive fluid in plants 27) Be bratty 28) Heavy hammer part 29) Length X width, r rectangles 31) The X in the above clue 34) Gumbo pods 36) _-ski (lodge socializing) 38) Queen of Carthage 39) Rush-order order 40) Sleep cycles 42) Federated 43) Ivanhoe's beloved 48) Like aquamarine or teal 50) Cooked lightly in butter 52) Corleone's group 53) Subtle satire 54) Reptile's covering 55) Sesame Street character 57) Nincompoop 60) "Dungeons & Dragons" figure 62) Supermarket meat label 63) Ireland, romantically 64) Gilligan's home, r a stretch 66) Negative responses 67) Catered 12th September KARL AZZOPARDI ONLY 1.7% of vehicles in Malta are electric, study shows Electric and hybrid automobiles account for only 1.7% of the entire stock of vehicles in Malta, figures published by the Na- tional Statistics office have shown. Of the 404,303 licensed vehicles in Malta, only 6,993 are elec- tric. By the end of March, 59.2%, or 239,401, vehicles had pet- rol-powered engines, while 156,139 (38,6) had diesel engines. Of the 404,303 licensed vehicles, 76.5% were passenger cars, 13.9% were commercial motor vehicles and 8.5% were motorcy- cles, quadricycles and ATVs. Buses and minibuses amount to less than 1% of vehicles. During the first quarter of 2021, the stock of licensed motor ve- hicles increased at a net average rate of 21 motor vehicles a day. New licensed vehicles from January to March amounted to 4,921, with the majority (67.2%) being passenger cars. Motorcycles, E-bikes and pedalling bikes followed at 970, or 19.7%. Newly licensed 'new' motor vehicles amounted to 2,241 or 45.5% of the total, whereas newly licensed 'used' motor vehicles totalled 2,680 or 54.5%. An average of 55 motor vehicles per day were newly licensed between January and March. During the first quarter of 2021, 7,513 motor vehicles were tak- en off the road due to a restriction. 35.2% were put up for resale, 33.7% were garaged and 29.6% were scrapped. 4,921 new vehicles registered in Malta in first quarter of 2021