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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 14 JUNE 2023 NEWS ACROSS 1) "Great" beasts 5) ChapStick, e.g. 9) House of the lord 14) Parcel's partner 15) "Got it" 16) Admiral Byrd book 17) "Clear the ___!" 18) "Strawberry" horse 19) "Song of the South" uncle 20) Eggs, slangily 23) World's record suffix 24) Hold in high regard 25) Took the plunge 27) Stylist's need 29) Patronizes, as a bistro 33) Badmouth 37) "Jake's Thing" author 39) "Aladdin" parrot 40) Past one's prime 43) ___ bene 44) Heroic exploit 45) Is short of 46) Aesopian characters 48) Don't just sit there 50) "Full," on B'way 51) Mount Hood's state 56) Hunk's asset 59) Sedentary type 63) "Gladiator" setting 65) Show approval, in a way 66) Primitive abodes 67) ___ noodles (cheap meal) 68) Act the 59-Across 69) "A Death in the Family" author 70) Use the firehouse pole 71) Blown away 72) Uncool type DOWN 1) At full speed 2) Legal aides, informally 3) At attention 4) Vampire's undoing 5) Galley of yore 6) Starting on 7) King of tragedy 8) Chalkboard list, maybe 9) Weasel cousin 10) India pale ___ 11) 1890s gold rush city 12) Heavy load 13) Break between notes 21) Cubism pioneer Fe- mand 22) "If only!" 26) Clear in winter 28) Pool divisions 29) Formal decrees 30) Japanese rice wine 31) See 40-Across 32) Zillions 33) Paquin of "The Piano" 34) Timely blessing 35) Source of bubbly 36) Bombards with e-junk 38) Classic British sports cars 41) Hemispherical home 42) "101" class, for short 47) Understood by few 49) Agreed to, as a plea 52) Hawke of "Boyhood" 53) Get a feel for 54) Web-footed mammal 55) Barely beat, with "out" 56) Watering holes 57) Viva voce 58) "Skyscraper" singer Lovato 60) Daily Bruin sch. 61) Lobster part 62) "Purple ___" (Hendrix classic) 64) Literary harpooner ___ Land 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 VELLA FORMER Prime Minister Jo- seph Muscat is expected to testify before parliament's Public Accounts Committee next week on the Electrogas tender. Muscat's testimony was re- quested by the Opposition MPs at the end of Tuesday's PAC meeting during which former Ministry for Tourism Permanent Secretary Ronald Mizzi testified. The request to summon the former Prime Minister, was not opposed by government MPs on the committee. The PAC heard the testi- mony of civil servant Ronald Mizzi, who was permanent secretary in ministeries un- der Konrad Mizzi's purview, namely the energy and later the tourism ministry. In both ministries, Mizzi says he first followed the Delimara gas plant tender from the per- spective of state aid issues, and later in the tourism ministry after 2017, to assist in any fi- nancial closure for the project. Mizzi denied having had any interaction with Brian Tonna, the former Nexia BT partner, or any other member of the Delimara gas plant evaluation committee. Mizzi defended his role as tourism ministry permanent secretary when he penned a right of reply to The Guardian in 2018 on a story dealing with the Electrogas deal. He told the PAC that he felt was not overstepping his lim- its by penning a reply on which he felt he had competence in answering, even though he was no longer permanent sec- retary on energy. "I felt there should be no mis- representations on the work of the government." Former prime minister Joseph Muscat next witness for Electrogas PAC Former PM Joseph Muscat with former energy minister Konrad Mizzi