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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 8 FEBRUARY 2023 NEWS ACROSS 1) Rock band's handouts 6) Sultan's women 11) Cookware item 14) Lewis Carroll heroine 15) 2008 "Yes We Can" sloganeer 16) ___ Alicia of "Falcon Crest" 17) Hawaiian-born LPGA star 19) Thespians' org. 20) Makes absolutely certain 21) Rugged wheels, for short 22) "To each ___ own" 23) High point in an orbit 26) Very early morning 30) Make improvements to 32) Good earth 33) Eminem's genre 34) Rolling stone's lack 35) Bill who led the Comets 37) Buster Brown's dog 38) "The Addams Family" cousin 39) Swoosh, to Nike 40) Initiated, frat-style 41) "Lost my train of thought" 45) Ides of March victim 46) ___ double-take 47) Muffs it 48) Oscar presenters, e.g. 53) Like 1960s British fashion 54) Nintendo game-players 57) "Sorta" suffix 58) Craig Biggio, notably 59) Group mailing tool 60) General on Chinese menus 61) Gave pills to 62) Box score data DOWN 1) Beavers' handiwork 2) Nobelist Wiesel 3) Computer plug-ins 4) Phil who sang "Draft Dodger Rag" 5) Did a slow bum 6) "Total patient" treatment 7) Drive the getaway car, say 8) Unedited, as text 9) British record label until 2012 10) West of "Sextette" 11) Remove bacteria from, as milk 12) As a rule 13) Makes "it," in a game 18) Lane of the Daily Planet 21) In days of yore 23) Natural emollient 24) Shakespeare work 25) Resistance unit 26) Wagon master's cry 27) New USN officer 28) Give the green light 29) Hotfooted it 30) Kingsley who wrote "Lucky Jim" 31) Grueling race for bikers 35) Bar mitzvah dance 36) Golden __ (senior) 37) Shooting marble 39) "___ Miz" 40) Typically black vehicles 42) "___ a Rebel" (Crystals hit) 43) Johnny Depp title role 44) Parti-colored horse 47) Give off 48) Plot size, perhaps 29 49) Numskull 50) Director Kazan 51) Take five 52) JFK landers, once 54) Glob of gum 55) Prefix with bar or metric 56) FWIW part F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Cloudy with rain Visibility Good becoming moderate to poor in rain Wind East to Southeast force 5 to 6 locally force 6 becoming force 6 locally force 7 TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER WINDY & RAINY WINDY & RAINY 12 0 / 9 0 12 0 / 9 0 FEELS LIKE 9 0 FEELS LIKE 9 0 THE dog days are over for K9 Peter, who has been helping Customs Department for the past four years and a half in sniffing out undeclared cash and contra- band tobacco. Peter is now officially retired and has been adopted by a Customs employee, into their lov- ing home. Peter's biggest achievement was when he inter- cepted €33,164 in undeclared cash in a single find, at the Malta International Airport. All in all, Peter bagged 84 positive hits, 27 of which were related to cash seizures, detecting €598,859 in undeclared cash. Peter also sniffed out 54 other cas- es related to tobacco seizures, totalling to 150kgs and three narcotics cases; 1 case of cannabis and another two of cocaine. Back in 2021, Peter won the Best Dog in Uniform award during Malta's Animal Honours Award cer- emony. Peter has undoubtedly left a legacy and will always be remembered for his excellent olfactory skills, obedience and docility. Customs Malta has now welcomed a new k9 re- cruit - Dezerto - to the four-legged team. Dezerto is a young Springer pup, donated to the Department by Tat-Tarġa Kennels in 2022 and is currently un- dergoing the required training on two commodities. Originally from Italy, K9 officer Dezerto is eager to learn, responds well to instructions and is obe- dient. Dezerto is proving to be a promising officer and the Department said it sees great potential. Customs Malta bids farewell to K9 Peter, welcomes new recruit Dezerto K9 Dezerto K9 Peter