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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 3 DECEMBER 2023 NEWS ACROSS 1) Study all weekend 5) Newton with a bump on the noggm 10) Pompous "bye" 14) Murder mystery suspect 15) Saki's real last name 16) 37-Across booking 17) Brings to a conclusion 18) Pumpkin eater of rhyme 19) "Render therefore ___ Caesar" 20) Org. approving new medicines 21) Well-connected kids' game 23) Western film "necktie" 25) Band-Aid necessitator 26) In style 28) High-pressure pitch 33) Glorify 34) One of the Barbary States 35) Constrictor snake 36) Ad-___ (improvises) 37) Well-connected travel guide listing 38) Set edge-to-edge 39) "To Crosswords" could be one 40) Sapid 41) Garbage 42) Socializes in search of new business 44) Submerged nets 45) It may appear after a long time? 46) Far from trailing 47) Like well-connected natives 52) Cap from Morocco 55) "This won't hurt ___" 56) Gradually surrender to wind and water 57) Model builder's need 58) Chanel's famous fragrance 59) Where you look better upon exiting 60) "Encore!" 61) Acute, as vision 62) Astral objects 63) They provide easy times DOWN 1) Master of whipping, beating and stuffing 2) Violently split 3) What well-connected lookouts do? 4) Woman who made it official 5) Like a playfully naughty grin 6) Blue shoe material of song 7) Starting poker chip 8) Neighborhood 9) Farm storage site 10) Has faith in 11) Sensational rating 12) Carry-on bag 13) Run ___ (go nuts) 21) One expecting an RSVP 22) They don't go "boom!" 24) Lubricates 26) Breakfast side, sometimes 27) Iron ___ (rust) 28) Seeks prey 29) First name in Mayberry 30) What well-connected tides do 31) Nit 32) Plasterwork backers 34) To-do list item 37) Certain British noble 38) Solo at an opera 40) Garment of old Rome 41) Like a football at kickoff 43) Like some destruction 44) Surface lusters 46) Intense feeling of love 47) It makes a stool a chair 48) Slender woodwind 49) Jambalaya ingredient 50) Old-style "Shucks!" 51) Weapon with weights on each end 53) 100 cents 54) This puzzle has two? 57) Clock standard, briefly 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 with some isolated showers at first becoming cloudy with showers locally thundery and gusty at times Visibility Good locally moderate to poor in showers TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER ISOLATED SHOWERS 22 0 / 16 0 TODAY ISOLATED SHOWERS 20 / 15 0 FEELS LIKE 20 0 FEELS LIKE 22 0 LYDIA Abela has kicked off the fourth edition of the campaign Rigal Bi Mħab- ba, which encourages people to donate gifts for children in need. The Prime Minister's wife said pre- sents can start being placed beneath a large Christmas tree in Castille Square, Valletta, from 12 December. Abela, who started the initiative in 2020, said she was looking forward to see people and companies participate in full force as they did in previous years. "An initiative like this makes me real- ise how much the Maltese and Gozitans cherish social values and ensure that even the most vulnerable amongst us will have a chance to be happy with a Christmas gift," she said at the launch of the campaign on Monday in the presence of a children's choir from La Voix Studios. The campaign ends on 21 Decem- ber with a Christmas village at Castille Square where people are invited for a day of activities. As in previous years, members of the disciplined forces will be distributing the presents left by the public under- neath the tree to children in need. Lydia Abela invites people to donate Christmas gifts for vulnerable children Lydia Abela (right) with her daughter Giorgia-Mae near the large Christmas tree outside Auberge de Castille in Valletta where people can leave Christmas gifts for vulnerable children (Photo: DOI)