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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 18 OCTOBER 2023 NEWS ACROSS 1) Baron Cohen's movie Kazakh 6) Spanish finger food 10) Maddux in Cooperstown 14) Singer with the album "25" 15) Birthstone for many Libras 16) Steak order 17) Guardians of the Tower of London 19) Major Spanish river 20) With suspicion, as a look 21) Houseguest's place to sack out 23) S&L conveniences 25) Parenthetical words 26) Scorpion attacks 30) Gun enclosure 33) "Gay" capital 34) Off-the-wall shot 35) Eustachian tube site 38) Sign over a theater door 39) ___ fours (small cakes) 40) Colombian metropolis 41) Insult, on the street 42) Part of MO 43) Golf green border 44) Rig driver 46) Brought a smile to 47) Nuts go-with 49) Leave an impression? 51) Eisenhower Library locale 54) "Nature" essayist 59) Eric of "Troy" 60) Small hexagonal cracker 62) Spy Aldrich 63) Blacken on the grill 64) Bench pieces 65) Go on a tirade 66) Ferber who wrote "Show Boat" 67) Newbies on the job DOWN 1) Cake with a kick 2) Keatsian works 3) Need a bath badly 4) Italian auto, informally 5) Like almost all high school students 6) Family emblem 7) Go _ (lose it) 8) Links benchmarks 9) ___ - ran 10) Mechanic's gun contents 11) TV antenna of old 12) Got it wrong 13) Crystal-lined rock 18) Bits of legislation 22) Many a rural business 24) Level of importance 26) Flouted the limit 27) Danny DeVito sitcom 28) Tablecloth fabric 29) Barclays Center player 31) Author of"Battle Cry" 32) Tum to compost 34) Hand over, as land 36) Spiny succulent 37) Brie covering 39) Office-seeker, informally 40) Main chip, for short 42) Clio or Erato 43) Massachusetts college 45) "It's about time!" 46) Wile E. Coyote's supplier 47) Kid-lit elephant 48) President who once lived in Indonesia 50) Aquarium beauty 52) Margin of victory, perhaps 53) Green-_ (jealous) 55) Depend (on) 56) Hollywood VIP 57) "The Simpsons" bus driver 58) "The Untouchables" role 61) _ Luis Obispo 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 29 0 / 23 0 TODAY WINDY WITH THUNDERY SHOWERS 28 0 / 23 0 FEELS LIKE 29 0 FEELS LIKE 30 0 i� FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS - - - - -- - - - - - � 1) "Sesame Street" skills 5) NASA's domain 10) Neither gain nor loss 14) Bit of mischief 15) Antisocial sort 16) Rombauer of cookery 17) Tunnel-creating rodent 19) King of tragedy 20) Regalia item 21) Do something 22) Pitcher's malady 24) Not in motion 27) Locusts, termites, etc. 28) Another tunnel-creating rodent 30) Item und in ruins 33) Undesirable berth 34) It rolls in 35) Pindaric works 39) "Alice" diner 40) Catlike beast with a spotted coat K-9 CORPS 41) River on the Chinese- Korean border 42) Whole bunch 43) Tied up 44) Date night option 45) Di up 47) Up-to-the-second 48) Red- ced eling 51) Stubble- ee 53) Homemade rtilizer 56) Palindromic biblical figure 57) Pot pie morsel 60) Starting om 61) Blues legend who recorded "Spoonful" in 1960 64) "Quo Vadis" emperor 65) Twistable treats 66) Coloratura's piece 67) Fearsome dino 68) Walrus tusks, really 69) Ranking symbol B Fred Pisco 1 A 2 B 3c 45 55 6 P 7A a c 9E 1 � 1 1 1 l 1 l 0 I R M A 1 P I E A R C A R M 2 p H p p I D E L I V A L u V V I E A T E 5 T A S c 0 M � 5 0 0 L I 0 L F � E R E 0 5 R I A 6 R E E T H T A R DOWN 1) Brand 2) Comic 3) Small, 4) Enjoy 5) Deli gadget 6) Producers 7) "Go on 8) Boardroom 9) There 10) Purchaser 11) Floor 12) Nattily 13) Does 18) More 23) Troy, 25) Nickname Francis 26) Supports 28) Wrigley 29) GM's 31) From 32) Tennis 34) DVR 36) Part of 37) Y-sporting 38) Bird 40) Image 44) Master 46) Sign after 47) Like a 48) Hardly 49) North-of-the-border 50) Dean 52) Spartan 54) Tried 55) Floored 58) Essayist's 59) Way out 62) Pint-sized 63) Isn't anymore i� FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS-----------� 1) Baron Cohen's movie Kazakh 6) Spanish finger od 10) Maddux in Cooperstown 14) Singer with the album "25" 15) Birthstone r many Libras 16) Steak order 17) Guardians of the Tower of London 19) Major Spanish river 20) With suspicion, as a look 21) Houseguest's place to sack out 23) S&L conveniences 25) Parenthetical words 26) Scorpion attacks 30) Gun enclosure 33) "Gay" capital 34) Off-the-wall shot 35) Eustachian tube site 38) Sign over a theater door 39) _ urs (small cakes) IN A STEW 1 2 3 4 5 6 14 15 17 18 20 33 38 41 51 59 62 65 7 40) Colombian metropolis 41) Insult, on the street 42) Part of MO 43) Golf green border 44) Rig driver 46) Brought a smile to 47) Nuts go-with 49) Leave an impression? 51) Eisenhower Libra locale 54) "Nature" essayist 59) Eric of "Troy" 60) Small hexagonal cracker 62) Spy Aldrich 63) Blacken on the grill 64) Bench pieces 65) Go on a tirade 66) Ferber who wrote "Show Boat" 67) Newbies on the job 8 9 12 13 DOWN 1) Cake with a kick 2) Keatsian works 3) Need a bath badly 4) Italian auto, in rmally 5) Like almost all high school students 6) Family emblem 7) Go _ (lose it) 8) Links benchmarks 9) _-ran 10) Mechanic's gun contents 11) TV antenna of old 12) Got it wrong 13) C stal-lined rock 18) Bits of legislation 22) Many a rural business 24) Level of importance 26) Flouted the limit 27) Danny De Vito sitcom 28) Tablecloth bric 29) Barclays Center player 31) Author of"Battle Cry" 32) Tum to compost 34) Hand over, as land 36) Spiny succulent 37) Brie covering 39) Office-seeker, in rmally 40) Main chip, for short 42) Clio or Erato 43) Massachusetts college 45) "It's about time!" 46) Wile E. Coyote's supplier 47) Kid-lit elephant 48) President who once lived in Indonesia 50) Aquarium beauty 52) Margin of victo , perhaps 53) Green-_ ealous) 55) Depend (on) 56) Hollywood VIP 57) "The Simpsons" bus driver 58) "The Untouchables" role 61) _ Luis Obispo 23rd May Young man denied bail after allegedly harassing his mother for drug money MATTHEW AGIUS A 22-year-old drug addict from Tarxien has been remanded in custody after being accused of harassing and threatening his mother to access money he had entrusted her with for safekeep- ing. The defendant, whose name is subject to a court-imposed me- dia ban, was arraigned before magistrate Giannella Camilleri Busuttil on Tuesday. He plead- ed not guilty to charges of caus- ing his mother to fear violence, harassing and threatening her and misuse of telecommunica- tions equipment. He also denied breaching the conditions of a sus- pended sentence and recidivism. Police Inspector Colin Shel- don, prosecuting, told the court that on September 16, the man's mother had gone to the domestic violence unit together with an- other one of her sons, to report that the defendant was always pestering her for money due to his acute drug addiction. Inspector Sheldon said that the money belonged to the defend- ant, who had entrusted it to his mother to stop him from spend- ing it all on drugs. That day, he had demanded the woman hand him €200 in the morning and later in the af- ternoon had asked for another €70. The mother left the house to avoid having to face the defend- ant when he returned home and had gone to live somewhere else. "Things were going to escalate. She was afraid of him and he had been physical in the past," said the inspector. When he didn't find her at home the defendant had sent his mother a non-stop stream of messages and phone calls, some of which were received while she had been filing her police report. That same day a conveyance or- der was issued for the defendant, under which he was to be sent to Mount Carmel Hospital, said the inspector, going on to say that as he was due to be released today, the decision was taken to arrest him before that could happen, on the strength of a warrant. Defence lawyer Albert Zerafa entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of the defendant and re- quested bail. The prosecution objected to the request. Stressing that the defendant was never violent, Zerafa asked the court to hear what the moth- er had to say, as he was informed that there was a possibility that she might allow the defendant to return home. At that point, Inspector Shel- don informed the court the wom- an's lawyer, Carina Nagiah had just told him that the mother did not want her son to go to prison and that she had an alternative place to live. "There were more than just drug problems," Zerafa added. Sheldon argued that the case was still in an early stage and that there was a realistic risk of a more serious incident occurring. The defendant had recently spent some four months at Mount Car- mel, where he did not have access to drugs, said the inspector, argu- ing that there was "no guarantee that if released the circumstances will remain the same." The prosecution also requested a protection order be issued in fa- vour of the mother. Bail was denied at this stage, as the court felt there was a real risk of the man committing further crimes. The magistrate made a recommendation to the prison director, asking him to ensure that the defendant receives all the treatment and assistance he required. A protection order in favour of the mother was also is- sued. Explaining to the accused that he was prohibited from ap- proaching his mother until pro- ceedings are concluded on pain of a €7,000 fine or a 2-year prison sentence, the court said it was for the best. "I think it is important that you receive all the help you can at this time. I urge you to seek help and always respect your parents," said the magistrate. Lawyer Albert Zerafa was de- fence counsel, while Lawyer Ca- rina Nagiah appeared for the par- te civile. Inspector Colin Sheldon prosecuted. The court heard that the accused's mother had to leave her house in order to avoid her son who was pestering her for money to buy drugs