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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 7 JUNE 2023 NEWS ACROSS 1) Swampy areas 5) Dele undoer 9) Atomizer outputs 14) Not intravenous 15) Spa treatment, for short 16) Milo of "Ulysses" 17) Girl in a Beatles title 18) Copier insert (Abbr.) 19) Seaweed, e.g. 20) Similarities in series of events 23) Sales rep's advantages 24) Needing darning 25) Stylish 29) Dr. Leary's tum-on 30) Gossip, slangily 34) Gold-related 35) Brownish tone 37) Prefix with "natal" 38) Where many items are assembled 41) Sleep cycle letters 42) Campaign verb 43) Sweet filling, in ads 44) "Pronto!" 46) Highest minor league 47) Went at it 48) Hippocratic Oath word 50) Pine-___ (cleanser brand) 51) Fender or Gibson neces- sities 57) Rich kid in "Nancy" com- ics 58) Has markers out 59) Kirkuk's land 61) 1998 Robert De Niro thriller 62) Time to give up 63) Jot down 64) Rickman's role in "Harry Potter" movies 65) Gives the green light 66) Left speechless DOWN 1) Gift tag word 2) Former Attorney General Holder 3) Albania joined it in 2009 4) Insult, slangily 5) Enamored, in a silly way 6) Fork-tailed fliers 7) Do copy work 8) Predicament 9) Gloomy Gus 10) Christmas or Easter 11) Source of roe 12) Till stack 13) Did nothing 21) Billiards blunder 22) "The Kiss" sculptor 25) "It's a Wonderful Life" director 26) Angler's boxful 27) Diner's enticement 28) Tom Sawyer's half-brother 29) Digilux camera maker 31) Word before "strength" or "city" 32) Summons from the boss 33) Washed outdoors, per- haps 35) Totally crush 36) High-pH compound 39) Bow of the silents 40) Sales rack abbr. 45) Elizabeth II's husband 47) Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff 49) Make amends 50) Surgeon's insert 51) Hockey thug 52) Radius neighbor 53) ___ 'Pea (Popeye's kid) 54) One of a 15th-century trio 55) Spring up 56) Fill to the gills 57) Four Monopoly proper- ties (Abbr.) 60) End-of-proof letters 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 Visibility Good Wind East Southeast force 3 to 4 becoming East Northeast force 5. To the South of Malta: East Southeast force 4 to 5 becoming East force 5 to 6 TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER WINDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS 21 0 / 16 0 TODAY MAINLY CLOUDY 21 0 / 16 0 FEELS LIKE 21 0 FEELS LIKE 21 0 MATTHEW AGIUS A 68-year-old pensioner from Qrendi has been fined €4,000 and ordered to perform 50 hours of community work, as well as being placed on pro- bation for three years after he admitted sending sexually suggestive text messages to a 13-year-old girl. Karmenu Magro pleaded guilty to facilitating the corrup- tion of a minor, harassing the girl and misuse of electronic tel- ecommunications equipment. The maximum penalty for the crime is seven years in pris- on and/or a maximum fine of €23,000. But in their submissions on punishment, Magro's defence lawyers Josè Herrera and Kris- tina Camilleri Deguara as well as prosecuting police inspector Kylie Borg and Lawyer Cynthia Tomasuolo from the Office of the Attorney General said that a custodial sentence would not be a suitable punishment in this case. Inspector Borg added that the accused had cooperated ful- ly with the police and had ex- pressed remorse for his actions. Herrera explained that Ma- gro's wife had died last year, stressing that the man had rec- ognised that he had made a mis- take. Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit sentenced Magro to probation for three years and fined him €4,000. The man was also ordered to perform 50 hours of community service and placed under a three-year restraining order. Magro's name will also be in- scribed on the sex-offenders register. Pensioner sent sexually suggestive text messages to 13-year-old girl Probation and €4,000 fine for 68-year- old who pleaded guilty to facilitating the corruption of a minor, harassing the girl and misuse of electronic telecommunications equipment