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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 15 SEPTEMBER 2021 ACROSS 1) Smashed little bits? 6) "Psycho" building 11) Peculiar 14) _New Guinea 15) Beethoven's "Fidelio," for one 16) Sign of a winner? 17) Alphabetised by one of the "Friends" 19) Particular period of history 20) Attorney's customer 21) More maneuverable at sea 23) Ski maneuvers 26) Intrepid 27) Notifying devices, once 28) Arab pooh-bah 30) Caesar's worst day 31) Place to plant a wet one 32) Stubborn beast of burden 35) One of Santa's helpers 36) Barren 38) Genetic material 39) Hawaiian giveaway 40) Autumn apple drink 41) Deterrent to team players 42) Stared daggers 44) Lifeguards and penny pinchers 46) Take _ to (like) 48) Bygone prime-time soap 49) Saw socially 50) Rides or ribs 52) _-Wan Kenobi 53) Electronic silent butlers? 58) "Big" clock in London 59) Like appealingly shock- ing details 60) Draw forth 61) Fraction of a joule 62) Taters 63) Euripides drama DOWN 1) Busy IRS mo. 2) Lao-Tze's philosophy 3) Coin-_ (vending ma- chines) 4) Bodybuilder's pride 5) Popeye, e.g. 6) Methods, as of transpor- tation 7) Currently retailing 8) Printed words 9) "... _he drove out of sight" 10) Feminine 11) Fees after one pays to get into a club? 12) Baseball's Jeter 13) Snookum's kin 18) "_ Island" (Jodie Foster flick) 22) Bering Sea diving bird 23) Pitch 24) Big dipper 25) Wrestling matches paired by birth dates? 26) Lemon skin 28) Measure of dignity? 29) One with will power? 31) Formally surrender 33) Emulate a bull 34) Saucy 36) Tabloid topics 37) Spare change? 41) Deliberately vague 43) Tell it like it isn't 44) Be in harmony 45) "God Save the Queen," e.g. 46) Claylike building block 47) Cavalry weapon 48) Twosomes 50) By way of, briefly 51) In a crowd of 54) Dine late 55) Affirmative action 56) _out a win (barely get the victory) 57) Swell place Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Fine or partly cloudy Visibility Good Wind West force 2 to 3 Sea Slight Swell Negligible TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER ISOLATED SHOWERS UV: 9 THUNDERY SHOWERS UV: 9 30 0 / 22 0 31 0 / 22 0 FEELS LIKE 31 0 FEELS LIKE 31 0 i� FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS - - - - -- - - - - - � 1) One of three i -tale bears 5) Harass 11) Many college egs. 14) Voting nay 15) Fainting 16) Little amphibian 17) Frighten one's Ha oween staf 19) Anger 20) Kind of station 21) Lawyer's objection 23) Happen 26) Wanna-_ (copycats) 27) Inebriate 28) Remote access? 30) Fatalities 31) Reward for waiting? 32) TV watchers 3 5) What caused Dracula to go the doctor? 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Parker 7 8 9 10 12 13 DOWN 1) Busy IRS mo. 2) Lao-Tze's philosophy 3) Coin-_ (vending machines) 4) Bodybuilder's pride 5) Popeye, e.g. 6) Methods, as of transportation 7) Currently retailing 8) Printed words 9) " ... _ he drove out of sight" 10) Feminine 11) Fees after one pays to get into a club? 12) Baseball's Jeter 13) Snookum's kin 18) "_ Island" (Jodie Foster flick) 22) Bering Sea diving bird 23) Pitch 24) Big dipper 25) Wrestling matches paired by birth dates? 26) Lemon skin 28) Measure of dignity? 29) One with will power? 31) Formally surrender 33) Emulate a bull 34) Saucy 36) Tabloid topics 37) Spare change? 41) Deliberately vague 43) Tell it like it isn't 44) Be in harmony 45) "God Save the Queen," e.g. 46) Claylike building block 4 7) Cavalry weapon 48) Twosomes 50) By way of, briefly 51) In a crowd of 54) Dine late 55) Affirmative action 56) _ out a win (barely get the victory) 57) Swell place 2nd November The Grand Finale of the Malta Fireworks Special was held on Monday at the Grand Harbour. This was the last in a series of four special nights, which the Malta Tourism Authority and the Ministry for Tourism and Consumer Protection organised in Xaghra (Gozo), Mellieha, Mqabba and The Grand Harbour. Those watching were treated to traditional sets of fireworks, as well as complex five- to seven-minute firework shows, all at the hands of 29 firework factories and 45 firework associations from across Malta and Gozo. Light up the sky