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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 23 AUGUST 2023 NEWS ACROSS 1) Like unnaturally blond hair 9) They're taken on a flight 15) It's taken on a flight 16) Flirt with subtly 17) Sitcom with a magical title character 19) 50-50 chance 20) Golf bag item 21) A few 22) Witness 24) Toxic spill-fighting gp. 26) Take the gold 27) Stand-in dad, say 33) Helper in horror movies 34) TV's "Science Kid" 35) Order to relax 39) Hatchling group 41) One of a pack of 20, for short 43) Acquired kin 44) Mexican Mrs. 46) Chow down 48) Run out of steam 49) Prepare to join the table 52) __ Harbour, Florida 55) Shine, in some product names 56) Plumber's bend 57) Lyft rival 59) Dartboard wood 61) Garfield's milieu 66) Show hidden at the end of 17-, 27- or 49-Across 69) Japanese war cry 70) Eastern, Central, Moun- tain or Pacific 71) French city on the Somme 72) Hurried up DOWN 1) Angler's supply 2) Venetian beach resort 3) Slips up 4) Kin of Kong 5) Contract provision 6) Interferes with 7) "Neroli" musician Brian 8) Highly skilled 9) Popeye's kid 10) Carrere of Hollywood 11) "Raggedy" dolls 12) "That's obvious!" 13) "Spider-Man" director Sam 14) Dutch artist Jan 18) Give a raspberry 23) Cast-of-thousands film 25) Pro's foe 27) Bits of fiction 28) Barbarous type 29) By and by 30) March en masse 31) "So long!" 32) First hole of the back nine 36) Et ___ (and others) 37) Agra attire 38) Fancy jug 40) Part of FDA 42) Look awed 45) He played Grandpa on "The Munsters" 47) Perfumed powders 50) Kinks hit of 1970 51) Place for hangers 52) Friend of Forrest Gump 53) James ___ Garfield 54) Actress Tea 58) Tear down 60) Stuff of legends 62) Baseball Hall ofFamer Johnny, "the Big Cat" 63) Double-clicked thing 64) Walking stick 65) Yukon transport 67) Dapper fellow? 68) ABBA's "Mamma __!" F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Sunny during the day becoming partly cloudy overnight Visibility Good Wind West Southwest force 2 to 3 veering Northwest force 3. Overnight becoming West force 2 to 3 TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER SUNNY 30 0 / 21 0 TODAY SUNNY 30 0 / 21 0 FEELS LIKE 31 0 FEELS LIKE 31 0 LOCAL postage rates will increase by 1c as from Mon- day 28 August and those for froeign outbound mail by 10c, Maltapost announced on Tuesday. The new rates mean that the local postage rate is now 38c for letters up to 50g in weight. Sending a similar letter overseas will now in- cur a cost of €1.50, up 10c. Other tariff changes were announced for domestic and foreign bound bulk mail and parcels. Maltapost said the chang- es were approved by the Malta Communications Authority, the regulator. Regulator approves higher postal rates Posting a letter locally will cost 38c instead of 37c as from Monday 28 August