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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 24 APRIL 2024 NEWS ACROSS 1) Purple flower 6) Bugs on a hill 10) Dreadful day for Caesar 14) Preserved or reserved 15) Bimonthly tide 16) Evening hour 17) Enjoyed dinner at home 18) Chihuahua bull 19) Again from the start 20) Angry fit on Everest? 23) Diamond, e.g. 24) Counterfeit token 25) "Be Prepared" org. for boys 28) Some farm critters 31) Promotes one's music 34) Bedevilers 36) Ardor 38) Barely perceptible amount 40) Sailing vessels are fans of Lassie? 43) Search, as for talent 44) State with confidence 45) "Sweater Girl" Turner 46) Elephant's quartet 48) "Phew!" inducer 50) Like a debtor's ink 51) Hawk among gods 53) Born, in the society pages 55) Exclusive circle of insects? 61) Ceramic piece 63) Pakistan language 64) Eddy or Allman of music 65) A good way away 66) Breakfast choices 67) Van Halen on guitar 68) Delivery org. 69) Wine sediment 70) Things done by 25-Across DOWN 1) Rich, dark soil 2) "And lead us not ___ ..." 3) In ___ of (instead of) 4) Breezing through, as a test 5) Shaq played it 6) Prefix with "skid" or "the- sis" 7) Gas light 8) Infield coverings 9) Pampered to a fault (var.) 10) Address every four years 11) Eat well 12) Compass point between N and S 13) Start on one's wardrobe? 21) Astonish 22) Repeat word for word 25) Lobster eaters' accessories 26) Kiss sound 27) Cook's cover-up 29) Clifflike, flat-topped eleva- tion 30) Twenty-one-gun salute, e.g. 32) Air-traffic control device 33) Scottish quick bread 35) Rats 37) Wasn't truthful 39) "Ods bodkins!" 41) Areas of human develop- ment 42) Danish currency 47) "Rocky II," e.g. 49) Like a usable clarinet 52) Protector in the office 54) Conservatory assignment, maybe 55) Appreciate a performance 56) Result of honing 57) Press lips 58) Put on, as cargo 59) "Idylls of the King" charac- ter 60) Calls, in poker 61) Fraternity "T" 62) Preconditions 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 A hunter will be charged in court after he was caught shooting down a pro- tected Eurasian Collared-dove at the limits of Marsaskala by one of BirdLife Malta's Spring Watch teams. Environmental Protection Unit (EPU) police officers caught the hunt- er red-handed, according to BirdLife, and will have his licence revoked for the rest of the hunting season. "As police scoured the area for fur- ther casualties, a number of killed Tree Pipits were also found," the NGO said. Soon after, officers also stumbled upon a cage trap which had a total of 21 European Turtle-doves and a Eurasian Collared-dove trapped in- side. These birds were confiscated and have been passed on to BirdLife Malta for rehabilitation. "These birds would have been destined to be used as live decoys or forced into attempts of cap- tive-breeding. The birds will now be tended to and healthy birds can be released after the end of the hunting season on this Vulnerable species," the NGO said. Hunter to be charged after getting caught shooting down protected Collared-Dove Environmental Protection Unit police officers stumbled upon a cage trap in which they found 21 European Turtle-Doves and a Eurasian Collared-Dove