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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 6 SEPTEMBER 2023 NEWS ACROSS 1) Computer scientist Turing 5) Shoot-'em-up sounds 10) Saclike growth 14) Battle the clock 15) Freeze over 16) Find repugnant 17) Stone of the screen 18) Like a committee chaired by actor Cooper? 20) Alcoholic appetite arouser 22) Slurred over 23) Comedian Philips 24) Lilt syllable 25) "Take your pick" 26) Literary category characterized by jealous characters? 32) Flatow of "Science Friday" 33) Riles up 34) Poetic foot 37) Accepted fact 39) With 53-Down, like some rural roads 40) Annual Oct. 24 obser- vance 41) Take for a ride, so to speak 42) Brown ermines 44) "___ & the Women" (Rich- ard Gere movie) 45) Result of an auto mechan- ic's mishap? 48) Old TV ET 50) Out of practice? (Abbr.) 51) Page in history 52) Home of the NHL's Stars 54) Leave the launch pad 59) Grammy-winning rapper wearing his Swiss chard costume? 61) Put grill lines on 62) Baking spot 63) Zig and zag 64) Hill helper 65) Kid-lit detective ___ the Great 66) Goat-man deity 67) Nailed at a slant DOWN 1) Field of study 2) Aladdin's find 3) Nadir's opposite 4) Not so far 5) Country band Little __ 6) Trendy berry 7) Foam toy brand 8) Frat member, e.g. 9) Planet shapes, roughly 10) Starbucks tea offering 11) "Blah blah blah" 12) Dutch painter Jan 13) Victoria's Secret garment 19) ___ vital (life force) 21) "That is to say ..." 24) "Or else!" is one 26) Jobs, slangily 27) Bana of "Hanna" 28) Armada 29) Fielder's cry 30) Part of some carpentry joints 31) Diesel of Hollywood 35) Podcaster Maron 36) Computer memory unit 38) Outback avian 40) Podcast subscribers, say 42) Playground features, often 43) Where to put on a play 46) Uplifting lingerie 47) Bigwig with big bucks 48) Extra charge 49) Pupa-to-be 53) See 39-Across 54) Really tired 55) Impose, as a tax 56) Kasich's state 57) Lose sparkle 58) Pebbles Flintstone's dad 60) Tony winner___ Arthur F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Cloudy and rainy with locally thundery showers Visibility Moderate to poor in showers Wind North Northeast force 5 to 6 locally force 6 to East of area veering Northeast in the afternoon (Gusty near storms) TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER WINDY WITH THUNDERY SHOWERS 26 0 / 23 0 TODAY WINDY WITH THUNDERY SHOWERS 25 0 / 23 0 FEELS LIKE 26 0 FEELS LIKE 27 0 The Armed Forces of Malta rescued a swimmer who found himself in difficulty at Tigne in Sliema yesterday. The AFM said the Rescue Coordination Centre Malta (RCC) received a call reporting a person in water, in the area of Tigne in Sliema. "RCC Malta immediately directed Armed Forces of Malta assets to the location, and successfully rescued the person in water. The person was handed over to an awaiting medical team from Mater Dei," he said. RCC reminded the general public to keep a safe distance from shorelines in view of adverse incoming weather. (Photo: AFM/ Facebook)