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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 31 AUGUST 2022 NEWS ACROSS 1) Little salamander 5) At an impasse 10) Poker variety 14) Jazz players are found here 15) Asian capital 16) Voicemail signal 17) No ___ Traffic 18) Iron ___ (rust) 19) Jessica of TV and film 20) Jimmy Buffett classic song 23) Hurricane heading, some- times 24) Small cyst 25) Born to the purple 27) Columbus' birthplace 29) Third letter of the Greek alphabet 33) Had a bite 34) Tonic's go-with 36) Not to 37) "It's OK after all" in editing 38) Bond's bar order 42) Pitchfork point 43) Ford product 44) Utter 45) Anti-apartheid party, for short 46) Colonist to be shunned 48) Send in, as payment 52) False cover 54) Strange craft 56) Folk-rocker Difranco 57) Classic song by the Eagles 62) Indigenous people of Japan 63) It may be found in runes 64) Dignified "Shucks!" 65) It's fed to computers 66) Prepare to propose 67) Maitre d's offering 68) Hot-sauce quality 69) Poet William Butler 70) Get ready for the operat- ing room DOWN 1) Eggnog spice 2) Natural gas component 3) Beatty of "Reds" 4) Goon squad member 5) Driftwood site 6) Arduous 7) Any police vehicle 8) Ending passage in music 9) Ukrainian capital 10) No longer fresh 11) Tunnel-entrance structure 12) Without a single defeat 13) Org. with a crack staff? 21) Lie in store for 22) Rolled-over item 26) Replayed tennis shot 28) Folklore fiend 30) All excited 31) Bride's title 32) Hardness scale 35) Pleasant to be around 37) Scottish terrier 38) Small details 39) Those who lived long ago 40) Toddler's afternoon ritual 41) Golden-calf maker 42) "You're it!" 46) Romanian currency 47) Variety of apple 49) Protective envelope 50) Certifiable 51) Snarls, as traffic 53) Baseball catcher's position 55) Gasoline and kerosene, for two 58) Like a squid's squirt 59) "The ___ Ranger" 60) Rug stat 61) Highway exit 62) Wood finishing tool F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Partly to rather cloudy and locally misty at first, becoming fine Visibility Good, locally moderate at first Wind West to Northwest force 3 TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER HOT & SUNNY HOT & SUNNY 36 0 / 25 0 35 0 / 26 0 FEELS LIKE 38 0 FEELS LIKE 37 0 LUKE VELLA INTERNATIONAL Mal- tese football player, Maya Lucia, has signed a one- year contract with Serie B side Genoa Femminile. M. Global S. Ltd, the intermediary agency li- cenced by the Malta Football Association, an- nounced the agreement between the Italian side and the 19-year-old on social media on Tuesday. The former Raiders Lija midfielder was on a 10- day trial at Serie A side Fiorentina Women this summer. Genoa have been newly promoted to Serie B, after finishing second in Serie C during the 2021/2022 season. Lucia was named wom- en's best young player by the Malta Football Play- ers' Association (MFPA) for the past season and was included in the Best XI, after scoring five goals. She was part of the na- tional U-19 selection that gained a promotion to League A in the European qualifiers. "I decided to take the plunge and make the move overseas in an effort to improve my football- ing craft," Lucia said in a statement issued by Ace Management, her legal assistants. "I have loved the game since an early age and be- ing able to make a profes- sion out of it is a dream come true. I was taken aback by Genoa's interest in me and their enthusiasm and commitment to having me as part of their squad." Maltese footballer Maya Lucia joins Italian Serie B side Genoa Maya Lucia