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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 17 APRIL 2024 NEWS ACROSS 1) Owned apartment, brief- ly 6) Ennead minus one 11) "A likely story!" 14) Live, as an interview 15) Still in existence 16) Stat for Zack Greinke 17) Free from party affiliation 19) Feel queasy 20) Salmon variety 21) In and of itself 23) Source of many unhappy returns 27) Tweet platform 29) Dental coating 30) Tree outgrowth 31) Public blights (with "eye") 32) Baffled person's attempt, sometimes 33) Work unit in physics 36) Plays a role 37) You live there 38) "Lion King" baddie 39) A question of identity 40) Reclines lazily 41) Ring-tailed animal 42) Sans secrecy 44) Rang slowly, as a bell 45) Go house-to-house for votes 47) Excites 48) Some very long films 49) Sunbathing risk 50) Cries of contentment 51) Attribute of a very gener- ous person 58) Obedience school com- mand 59) "Up next ..." sayer 60) Like "The Twilight Zone" 61) Superman's logo 62) Fancy leather 63) Property documents DOWN 1) Jailbird 2) Musician Yoko 3) Bert Bobbsey's sister 4) Slight depression 5) They offer divine insight? 6) Scouts take them 7) Muse of history 8) "___ the season to ..." 9) Mrs. Peron 10) Strike victims? 11) Become a minister 12) Begin a revolt 13) Comparatively fit 14) Coin collection? 19) Catchall for omitted items 20) Make a board even small- er 21) Methuselah's father 22) Funny drawers? 23) Iowa State University locale 24) Allowable weights 25) Do a laundry chore 30) Beefy 32) Greatly irritates 34) Honey-loving badger 35) Crossword puzzle layouts 37) Billions of years 38) Things one sings? 40) Reins cats and dogs? 41) Like some cattle 43) Plastic pipe material 44) "Comin' ___ the Rye" 45) Stop 46) Plant sap-sucker's genus 47) One in a class by him- self? 49) Raised cattle 52) Ostrichlike bird 53) Valuable blackjack card 54) "___ whiz!" 55) Mined rock 56) Jar cover 57) ___ Moines 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 Northwest force 5 to 6 backing West Northwest force 6 to 7. Overnight becoming force 5 to 6 Sea Rough, locally very rough at times TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER WINDY 19 0 / 13 0 TODAY WINDY 19 / 13 0 FEELS LIKE 19 0 FEELS LIKE 19 0 MATTHEW FARRUGIA mfarrugia@mediatoday.com.mt THE MET Office forecasts windy weather for the com- ing week as the Force 5 and 6 winds are expected to last un- til Friday before calming down over the weekend. The MET Office also ex- plained that April's warmer weather is the result of "a ridge of high pressure over the At- lantic which was extending to- wards the central Mediterrane- an and Libya." It was explained that the majority of western Europe was under this high pressure, which kept extending over Malta. Wednesday's highest tem- perature reached 21°C, which is slightly colder than it was last week. This is a result of the "unstable weather" expe- rienced in recent times. It was further explained that a trough of low pressure that is expand- ing from Libya towards the central Mediterranean is the cause of this instability. Visibility is expected to in- crease due to less dust in the air, as the current East-South- east winds are bound to change to Northwest overnight. "The Northwest wind will persist until at least Friday, es- pecially over the exposed are- as." Until Friday, one can expect windy conditions, according to the MET Office, who noted that their forecast may change throughout the week. "The wind is expected to reach F5-6. Over the weekend, temperatures are forecasted to reach 20 °C, with light winds of up to Force 3." Strong wind to last all week, MET office says The MET Office forecasts strong wind for the rest of the week with Force 5 and 6 winds expected to last until Friday before calming down over the weekend (Photo: James Bianchi/MaltaToday)