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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 8 MARCH 2023 NEWS ACROSS 1) Do the party dishes? 6) Killer in the high seas 10) Partner of circumstance 14) Shopping mecca of old 15) Grassy pastures 16) Field of expertise 17) Fantastic notions 19) "12 Years a Slave" actor 20) Baby bodysuit 21) Org. with a crack staff? 22) Peacock-feather features 23) Out of the ordinary 25) Thing that often has branches 27) Commercial garbage collector 32) Fond du __ , Wisc. 33) "Fifteen Miles on the ___ Canal" 34) Sign of what's coming 36) Basis of the marine food chain 40) Certain light source 41) It's in the eye of the beholder 43) Ninth Greek letter 44) First letter of the Hebrew alphabet 46) Repetitive learning method 47) Reasons for doing some- thing 48) A wing, for Dumbo 50) It crosses the nave 52) "Get a move on!" 56) Lennon's beloved 57) Nuclear-energy source 58) Post-wedding title 60) Absent without leave 65) Fuzz-covered fruit 66) Certain recyclables 68) Some spirit 69) Iris holder 70) Sesame seed and honey confection 71) Making its way there 72) Tailor-made 73) Less assertive DOWN 1) Mob kingpin 2) Opposed, Dogpatch style 3) Get bombed 4) "___ Tu" (Spanish-language hit song) 5) Cockpit items 6) Grand ___ Opry 7) One way to acquire informa- tion 8) Caravan beast 9) Attack with abandon 10) Office fasteners 11) One of the Indian languages 12) It's fed at curbside 13) "I Fall To Pieces" singer Cline 18) Colorful variety of lawn grass 24) Voice a formal objection 26) Bleated sound 27) Designer Oscar ___ Renta 28) River to the Caspian Sea 29) Act speechlessly 30) Patty of "Peanuts" 31) Put in fresh soil 35) Dragster's fuel 37) Al from Tennessee 38) At the summit 39) Ninety degrees from north 42) It's inclined to provide shel- ter 45) Bale contents 49) Noisy or violent disturbance 51) Some bridge positions 52) Atlantic cod relatives 53) Far from worthless 54) Martin's "Laugh-In" co-host 55) Establish as fact 59) Let fly, as lava 61) Place of many Mormons 62) Wartime partner 63) Campbell of TV and film 64) Autocratic ruler 67) Put an embargo on F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Rather cloudy at first becoming fine or partly cloudy Visibility Good Wind Northwest force 3 or 4, backing West Southwest TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER MAINLY SUNNY SUNNY 18 0 / 12 0 20 0 / 13 0 FEELS LIKE 18 0 FEELS LIKE 20 0 MATTHEW AGIUS A woman who had been gambling with large sums of money while also claim- ing social benefits and not declaring her earnings as a fortune teller has been jailed following an appeal by the Attorney General. The investigation into the woman, whose name is being withheld from publication at the order of the court, began when police received a tip in 2020 about her gambling at local casinos. It was discovered that she had gambled over €200,000 between 2009 and 2020, but her income did not match the amounts she had spent. She had registered as a fortune teller since 2009 but had not declared any income and was on so- cial benefits. The woman was charged with misappro- priation, fraud, money laundering, breaching court sentences, and re- cidivism and had been handed a suspended sentence of two years in jail, a €28,000 fine, and property confiscation in 2022. The Attorney General had subsequently filed an appeal to the decision. In a decision handed down late last month, the Court of Criminal Appeal also found the accused guilty of breach- ing previous court sen- tences and recidivism, leading to an increase in punishment. As a result, the woman was sentenced to impris- onment for 3 and a half years, with the court rec- ommending that the Di- rector of Prisons afford her the necessary treat- ment for an unspecified mental condition. Inspector Joseph Xer- ri prosecuted. Lawyer Jonathan DeMaria was defence counsel. The Of- fice of the Attorney Gen- eral was represented by lawyer Andrea Zammit. Fortune teller who gambled away social benefits jailed for fraud Woman who posed as fortune teller jailed for fraud and money laundering, fined €28,000