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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 01 SEPTEMBER 2021 ACROSS 1) Longhorn snarer 6) Appreciative and happy 10) Entrance into a mine 14) Sounds from a piglet 15) Pink, in a steakhouse 16) Prefix with "diction" 17) Three types of boys 20) Clairvoyance, e.g. 21)_ out (barely manages) 22) Young mewler 23) Cultured gem 25) Fit an item inside another 26) Seriously harm 28) Refuse receptacles 32) Freeze, as glass 34) Time of "comfort and joy" 35) Digit that gets socked 38) Two types of boys 42) Ballpark fig. 43) Equine shade 44) "I don't care" gesture 45) What opposites do 48) Quite simple 49) Land measure 51) Dan of "Laugh-In" 53) Do a cop's job 55) Had on 56) What "it" plays 59) Two types of boys 62) "_ here" ("Ditto") 63) Cheat at blindman's buff 64) Article of faith 65) Baby blues, for some 66) Isn't fasting 67) "The _ of Kilimanjaro DOWN 1) Run easily 2) Is unwell 3) Like the one speaking most irritably 4) Blue hue 5) Milo of"Barbarella" 6) Thin porridges 7) Laddie's love 8) "_ we having fun yet?" 9) "From the_ of ..." 10) Drops off or subsides 11) Credit card balances 12) Coastal feature 13) Practically any high schooler 18) Creole vegetable 19) Some smiths 24) Flightless flock 26) Be good at charades 27) Air force standouts 29) Scavenger known for laughing 30) Mongrel 31) Pilsner alternative 33) Most cheeky or forward 35) "The Hateful Eight" director 36) Cross to bear 37) On pins and needles 39) "_so fast!" 40) Lo ng-jawed fish 41) Bird similar to an ostrich 45) Ridges on ranges 46) Criminals 47) Ripped 49) Deck out 50) It's before and after "de la" 52) Adam and Jerry 53) Area beyond the altar 54) A or B, in personalities 55) Hone 57) Again, from the beginning 58) Catches on 60) Caribbean, e.g. 61) Biddy Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Fine Visibility Good Wind Southwest force 3 to 4 Sea Slight becoming slight to moderate Swell Negligible TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER HOT & SUNNY UV: 9 HOT & SUNNY UV: 9 33 0 / 24 0 34 0 / 25 0 FEELS LIKE 35 0 FEELS LIKE 37 0 i� FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS-----------� 1) Alabama city 6) Lost in Paris? 11) In mercials, e.g. 14) Elite military unit 15) At ll speed on the water 16) Dandy 17) Manila's country 19) Transcript fig. 20) Rabbitlike rodent 21) Not this, that or those 23) Clandestinely 26) "The magic word" 27) Tom of Hollywood 28) Cowardly 30) Yamuna River city 31) Prepare r impact 32) Org. in 27-Across movies 35) 100 qintars 36) Like zebras 38) Costa del _ 39) Tire letters 40) "Shhh!" 41) Vanity case r madam 42) Fix, in the animal world 44) Extremely lea ed person 46) Some tropical fruits 48) Hall-of- mers and such 49) Deprived of nourishment 50) Mystical medicine man 52) Health resort 53) Gulf of Guinea country 58) "_ the season ... 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" 10) Drops off or subsides 11) Credit card balances 12) Coastal ature 13) Practically any high schooler 18) Creole vegetable 19) Some smiths 24) Flightless flock 26) Be good at charades 27) Air force standouts 29) Scavenger known r laughing 30) Mongrel 31) Pilsner alte ative 33) Most cheeky or forward 35) "The Hate l Eight" director 36) Cross to bear 3 7) On pins and needles 39) "_ so st!" 40) Long-jawed fish 41) Bird similar to an ostrich 45) Ridges on ranges 46) Criminals 47) Ripped 49) Deck out 50) It's be re and after "de la" 52) Adam and Jerry 53) Area beyond the altar 54) A or B, in personalities 55) Hone 57) Again, om the beginning 58) Catches on 60) Caribbean, e.g. 61) Biddy 25th October School reopening plans finished, awaiting health authority's approval LUKE VELLA Education minister Justyne Caruana said that the plans for school reopening are already in place but are yet to be an- nounced, pending the approval from the health authorities. The ministry has been crit- icised for failing to provide guidelines to parents and teacher, less than one month prior to the reopening of the schools. During a press conference on Tuesday, Caruana said that preparations for the opening are in place and that the ap- proval from the health authori- ties should happen in the com- ing hours. No indications have been provided as to whether the mask mandate would remain mandatory or whether the bubble concept would be re- tained in the new scholastic year. Caruana stated that as a parent, she understands the frustration with the delays of the new plans. She emphasised that the ed- ucation authorities are better prepared this time, as they have a year's experience with the pandemic and the majority of the staff and the pupils of 12 years and above are now vacci- nated. Caruana announced as well that a public conference will take place in the coming days, during which all the details will be announced for all the stake- holders to prepare themselves. She ensured that everything will run smoothly once the school restarts. Man charged with attacking his mother and sister MATTHEW AGIUS A 40-year-old man has been re- manded in custody in view of al- leged violent behaviour towards his mother and sister. The Zabbar man, who is not being named in order to protect his alleged victims, was arraigned before magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras on domestic violence charges this afternoon. Prosecuting police inspector Eman Hayman told the court how last Monday, the two wom- en had gone to the police head- quarters in Floriana to file a report about the escalating vio- lence against them. Hayman said the man's actions were part of a series of incidents which includ- ed beatings and damage to the mother's house. Hayman said the man had been drunk from the day before and had been trying to pick a fight with the alleged victims, who had not reported him to the police before, because they did not want to cause him to be rearrested as he was out on bail for another of- fence. The man was charged with using physical, moral and psy- chological violence against the women, frightening them and demanding money. He was also accused of insulting the victims and threatening them with hard objects, breaching the peace and breaching a previous bail decree. A not guilty plea was entered by the accused. His legal aid lawyer, Yanika Bugeja, did not ask for bail. A request for a protection or- der in favour of the mother and sister, as well as their respective families, was upheld by the court.

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