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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 28 JUNE 2023 NEWS ACROSS 1) Wise old heads 6) Help in wrongdoing 10) Garments with underwires 14) "Looks __ everything!" 15) Eastern holy man 16) Sausage segment 17) Second Amendment issue 19) Prefix with "knock" or "lock" 20) Vigoda of "Fish" 21) Carnival oddball 22) Requiring a combination, say 24) More smart-mouthed 26) Put on a long face 27) Anthem contraction 28) Situations with "horns" 32) Fork-tailed seabirds 35) Comfy spot 36) 14-Across, informally 37) Not have ___ to stand on 38) Word that can follow the first parts of 17- and 57-Across and 10- and 25-Down 39) Clinton's attorney general 40) Bull artist 41) Inside-the-Beltway figures 42) "No kidding!" 43) Arlington, e.g. 45) ___-Columbian era 46) UPC part 47) Support, as a team 51) Home for a yacht 54) Hockey thug 55) Attorneys' org. 56) Zillions 57) LEAD -> LOAD -> GOAD -> GOLD, e.g. 60) Rum go-with 61) Square mileage 62) Ones in a skein 63) Broker's advice, maybe 64) Sign of boredom 65) Venerated one DOWN 1) Long tales 2) Island off Venezuela 3) Heredity factors 4) Ltr. accompanier 5) Cheap cigars 6) Take in or let out 7) Kennel sound 8) Moody subgenre of punk 9) Bankhead of "Lifeboat" 10) Illegal arms trade, e.g. 11) Where to do camels 12) Pot starter 13) Warehouse platform 18) Not e'en once 23) Good ___ boy 25) Kind of musical perfor- mance 26) Puts through a sieve 28) Dining table decoration 29) Demeanor 30) Part of AD 31) Pack overhead 32) Low end of the Mohs scale 33) Fashion designer Saab 34) Clean, as a pipe 35) Gooey campfire treat 38) Hightailed it 42) Period when forging began 44) Semi capacity unit 45) Place to play Marco Polo 47) Monster who trashed Tokyo 48) Like well-worn jeans 49) More than pudgy 50) Less done 51) Apple Store buys 52) Spiny succulent 53) Part of some sandwiches 54) Shot up 58) ___ pro nobis 59) Tierra ___ Fuego 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 HOT & SUNNY 32 0 / 22 0 TODAY MAINLY SUNNY 30 0 / 22 0 FEELS LIKE 31 0 FEELS LIKE 34 0 Inter Milan in advanced talks with Orlando Pride over Hayley Bugeja KARL AZZOPARDI MALTA international Haley Bugeja is close to joining Italian side Inter, according to reports. NET Television's Replay reported that the 19-year-old, who currently plays for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) side Orlando Pride, is in advanced talks with the Italian giants. Bugeja, who plays as a forward, joined Orlando Pride last year, hav- ing transferred from Italian Serie A side US Sassuolo. She was recently ranked 15th in ESPN's 21 Best Women Players 21 or Under and was named Number 3 on GOAL.com's NXGN 2022 – the 20 best wonderkids in women's football. On the international stage, Bugeja represented Malta at the youth and senior levels, earning her first sen- ior cap in 2019 at just 14 years old in a friendly match against Romania. Malta international Hayley Bugeja