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16 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 8 MAY 2024 NEWS 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 DURING the first quarter of 2024, road traf- fic accidents and casualties decreased when compared to the same quarter of the previ- ous year. Road traffic fatalities amounted to one. The number of reported traffic accidents during the first quarter of 2024 reached 3,811, down by 0.3 per cent over the same period in 2023. The Northern Harbour district registered the most accidents with 1,347 cases or 35.3 per cent of all accidents. Road traffic casualties decreased by 8.2 per cent to 337 over the same period in 2023. Grievously injured persons amount- ed to 81, and consisted of 54 drivers, 7 pas- sengers and 20 pedestrians/cyclists/others. The injuries suffered by one pedestrian proved fatal. During this quarter, three less fatalities occurred when compared to the same pe- riod in 2023. The majority of those grievously injured were males (77.8 per cent). Moreover, the fatality that occurred dur- ing this quarter involved a male. As regard to age cohorts, 32.0 per cent of the casualties involved persons in the 41 to 59 age bracket Number of traffic accidents during first quarter of 2024 reached 3,811 ACROSS 1) Make scholarly revisions 6) Fan part 11) Mongrel 14) San ___ (California city) 15) "Nevermore" speaker 16) Gene material, briefly 17) Testy garden flowers? 19) Wood-shaving tool (var.) 20) Fuss 21) Came in first 22) Feed lines to 23) Inept 27) Followed obsessively 29) "Close Encounters" craft 30) Nevada's second-largest city 32) Keystone State port 33) Chop, as tree limbs 34) Follows recipe directions 36) Guessed wrong, e.g. 39) Artist's apartment 41) Cook, as crabs 43) Not quite closed, door- wise 44) Brew, in a teapot 46) Deep sleep 48) Title of respect, abroad 49) Customer come-on 51) Effervescent beverage 52) Shed tears 53) Private's privy 56) Abolishes or cancels 58) Jackie O's spouse 59) Org. quoted on tooth- paste tubes 60) "Go team!" 61) Carving mo. in the U.S. 62) Laughing very hard, in slang 68) Docs in a bloc 69) Disclose 70) Commit character assas- sination? 71) Mineo of old Hollywood 72) More than a third of "Mississippi" 73) Roomy vehicle DOWN 1) Bad ___ , Germany 2) Dog's best friend? 3) Flier's concern, for short 4) Country bordering Tibet 5) Walks unsteadily 6) Grille cover 7) Hang back 8) Declares openly 9) De musical sign? 10) Catch in a trap 11) First-rate 12) Type of influence 13) Brought down the house 18) Red colors used by painters 23) Ships' bottoms 24) Underway, as a game 25) Musical extravaganza 26) Agitated states 28) Italian cash, once 31) Cookies with three parts 35) It's a matter of taste 37) Tidal bore 38) Mule-drawn vehicles 40) Kind of drop 42) Up-to-date 45) Easily bent 47) Wreaks havoc on 50) Provides with a trait 53) Turner and Cantrell 54) Free bakery treat? 55) 90-degree headings 57) Midwest airport 63) Little piggie, for one 64) Write-___ (some vote-getters) 65) ___ about (wander) 66) "Anytown, ___" 67) Midmorning hour The majority of those grievously injured in the first three months of 2024 were males