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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 31 JANUARY 2024 NEWS ACROSS 1) Use one's reflexes 6) One from Cedar Rapids 11) Cheesecake leg 14) Tidal flood 15) Recto's opposite 16) Pi-sigma connection 17) Elite military unit 19) Underwater electricity source 20) Mai follower 21) Filbert or cashew 22) What to do after being served 23) Pressing importance 27) Maroons 29) Neither's go-with 30) Bar mitzvah honoree 32) Modem Old World money 33) It can be behind the eight ball 34) Spread out, as fingers 36) Brainy club 39) Brings into play 41) Certain moles 43) Makes a drink last 44) Camping shelters 46) It comes from the hip 48) Meal crumb 49) ___ Christian Andersen 51) Main actor 52) Prefix with "con" 53) Old Japanese military lead- ers 56) Less abundant 58) Cross-shaped Greek char- acter 59) Ben Carson's grp. 60) Compact submachine gun 61) Roll-___ (some deodorants) 62) Oft-stuffed veggie 68) Cause of grief 69) Exit 70) Out of practice 71) Bra's relative 72) Was at fault 73) Kitchen rack item DOWN 1) Avg., in sizes 2) Hammer and anvil locale 3) Time of one's existence 4) Minotaur's home 5) Flat people? 6) "___ Gotta Be Me" 7) Above, to a poet 8) Small brown birds 9) Clever 10) Quack remedy 11) Envious veggies? 12) Like the frontrunner 13) Drops feathers 18) Mounds of arms 23) Like some director's edi- tions 24) Awaken 25) They offer controlled grow- ing conditions 26) Sounds from a pound 28) Trojan War figure 31) Finger features 35) Butler-turned-poet? 37) Indulgent outing 38) Millionaire on the Titanic 40) Pre-wedding party 42) Acquire quickly 45) Get close and cozy 47) Hungry sheep 50) One who is loud at night 53) Uses the cargo hold 54) Vietnamese city 55) Weapon with a pointy head 57) Destroy a contract, in a way 63) Dec. 24, e.g. 64) "The Simpsons" neighbor Flanders 65) Letters on a tire 66) List ending, often 67) Kind of whiskey F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Partly cloudy Visibility Good Wind Northeast force 2 to 3 locally force 3 to 4 becoming West Northwest force 3 to 4 Sea Slight to moderate TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY 16 0 / 9 0 TODAY PARTLY CLOUDY 15 / 8 0 FEELS LIKE 15 0 FEELS LIKE 16 0 A 44-year-old man from Tarxien was arrested after police found a consid- erable amount of cannabis plants at his house. The police said the arrest happened after an individual filed a police report at the Żabbar police station after she found missing objects at her house and identified the alleged thief. After speaking to the individual, they went to his residence in Tarxien where a search was carried out. There the police found a consider- able amount of cannabis plants, and €15,000 in cash. Duty magistrate Rachel Montebello has been informed of the case, and has launched an inquiry. Police investigations are ongoing. Man arrested after police find 'considerable amount' of cannabis plants at his house Man arrested after police find large number of cannabis plants and €15,000 at his Tarxien residence Photos: Police