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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 30 MARCH 2022 ACROSS 1) What cymbals do 6) Neurotic worry 11) "My country ___ of thee " 14) Nest on high 15) Legendary singer Vaughan 16) Genetic component 17) One bite and you know it's not right 19) Small hotel 20) Ski hill 21) Told your dog "Attack!" 23) Bora Bora neighbor 26) 100-meter runners, e.g. 27) Hardly melodious 28) Mix again 29) At all times, in verse 30) Type of nut 32) Things to wish upon 35) Have trouble saying "S" 37) Greek architectural order 39) Cram into the over- head 40) Nasty look 42) Some studio tapes, for short 44) It may gird a geisha 45) Elementary school practice book 47) River horses 49) Stretcher at the gym? 51) Casts out from the body 52) Alarm bell 53) Giving the once-over 55) "Arabian Nights" name 56) Like a good police witness 61) Go against God 62) Skylit hotel lobbies 63) From around here 64) Big pig 65) Freeloader 66) Dust particle DOWN 1) Front of a semi 2) Hawaiian neckwear 3) What you'll find in a museum 4) Jams with the band 5) Audible dance step 6) Right away, in memos 7) Back of the neck 8) Org. or assoc. 9) Dips for chips 10) They believe in God 11) Three-horned dinosaur 12) Adjective for sanctum 13) White ___ Missile Range 18) Agitated 22) Debt markers 23) Chinese weight units 24) Dined at home 25) Sport with betting 26) Jeans fabric 28) Less frequent 31) Manuscript volume 33) Mechanical worker 34) Watch word? 36) Hammer ends 38) Beneficiary's brother, perhaps 41) Moderate's opposite 43) Heralds 46) Symbolize 48) Wooden spinning toy 49) Hidden supp ly 50) Salle vaccine target 53) Film with many extras 54) "Okey-dokey" 57) Valuable rock 58) Hockey surface 59) Wet-dry ___ 60) Broad-antlered animal Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Partly cloudy Visibility Good Wind North Northwest force 7 backing Northwest force 5 to 6 and becoming force 4 to 5 overnight TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER MAINLY CLOUDY MAINLY CLOUDY 16 0 / 10 0 16 0 / 10 0 FEELS LIKE 16 0 FEELS LIKE 16 0 603 new COVID-19 cases were regis- tered on Tuesday, according to open data published online by Malta's COVID response team. One death occurred in the last 24-hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 635. There are currently 4,685 active cases, with 72,346 people having re- covered from COVID-19 so far. 1,255,851 doses of the vaccine have been administered thus far, with 350,176 of those being booster doses. Currently, COVID figures are not being published on the health min- istry's Facebook page 'SAHHA' be- cause a new government has yet to be formed. Tourism sector welcomes PM pledge to lift all COVID-19 restrictions COVID-19 cases double overnight with 603 infections registered LAURA CALLEJA THE tourism sector has wel- comed Prime Minister Robert Abela's pledge to remove all COVID-19 restrictions. During an address to the na- tion on Monday after being sworn in as PM, Abela said "it's time to lift all COVID restric- tions", insisting government will leave it "up to people to choose how to safeguard their own wellbeing." In a statement on Monday, the Malta Hotels and Restau- rants Association President Tony Zahra said the PM's statement echoed the senti- ment of competing countries. "This is very much in line with what some of our com- petitor countries have already done and what we have already recommended Malta should do. Indeed, in the past two years, the hospitality industry did what it was asked to do by the Health Authorities, and thanks to collective efforts, Malta has managed to weather the COVID storm," Zahra said. He said MHRA members are now anxiously awaiting to see tourists returning, and for Malta to start getting back to some normality. The Malta International Air- port also welcomed the PM's statement. At the same time, the airport unveiled its flight schedule for the summer featuring 99 routes in 34 counties. Over the weekend, the MIA welcomed the first flight from Shannon, which it said would provide a direct link between Malta and Ireland's west coast until October. This flight will be operated twice a week by Ryanair. Another development from Ryanair is the Bordeaux ser- vice, which will be one of the nine routes connecting the Maltese Islands to France.