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12 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 17 JULY 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 Fine but locally partly to rather cloudy and with sea fog patches Visibility Good locally moderate or poor in fog Wind West to Northwest force 3 or 4, gradually becoming variable force 2 or 3 by late morning TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER SUNNY 36 0 / 25 0 TODAY SUNNY 35 / 25 0 FEELS LIKE 38 FEELS LIKE 38 0 ACROSS 1) Eight ball's rebound 6) Shower with affection (with "on") 10) Dillon on "Gunsmoke" 14) Long way from slim 15) Dress, as in one's Sunday best 16) Miscellaneous collection 17) Cope 20) Nice leisurely walk 21) Like some positions 22) "To your health!" 25) Took a stab at 26) Common '70s hairstyle 30) Common one of ancient Rome 32) Type of trial or diagnosis 35) Rub the wrong way 41) Coroner 43) Resurrection Day 44) Makes larger in stature 45) "Normal" starter 47) Ushers do it 48) Papas' counterparts 53) Aquatic South American rodent 56) Paper-folding art 58) Like a proper marching band 63) Certain crime solver 66) Features 67) Brother of LaToya 68) Laptop instruments of yore 69) Saucy or spirited 70) Dental woe 71) Exercise, as influence DOWN 1) Oft-filleted fishes 2) Help in the wrong way 3) Caboose place 4) Norway's biggest city 5) Cries weakly 6) Banned insecticide's letters 7) Sound of admiration 8) Aquarium reptile 9) Certain sword 10) Wisdom tooth, e.g. 11) It can keep you out of jail 12) What every film has 13) Monkeyed around (with) 18) Sort or type 19) Red, carpenter or velvet 23) Certain gem 24) Quickly, musically 26) Cartoon coyote's favorite company 27) Circus bug 28) Frees (of) 29) Tending to a problem 31) Hillside, to the Scottish 33) Rocks in a glass 34) Bellyache 36) Anti-smoking org. 37) Picky criticisms 38) You can get down on one 39) Chanteuse Home 40) Formerly, in days of yore 42) Revealing photo? 46) Like vinegar 48) Finish a wet, messy job 49) Ceased lying? 50) Athlete running 5,280 feet 51) Feed livestock 52) ___ fly (RBI source) 54) A la mode item, some- times 55) Family man 57) Prefix with "physical" 59) Underworld river 60) Spare item 61) Lasting starter? 62) Mosquito, gnat or fly 64) Bible verb ending 65) Stocking stuffer? CANNABIS activists ReLeaf Malta came out against statements made by ARUC chief executive Joey Re- no Vella to ban the outdoor culti- vation of cannabis by its registered retailers. Vella, head of the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis, which regulates Malta's cannabis clubs, told the Malta Independent the authority had introduced a rule to ensure cultivation of legal cannabis can only take place in- doors, or in an enclosed and stur- dy environment, such as a green- house, if this would be outdoors. "Therefore, outdoor cultivation is now totally prohibited, as per the amendments in the direc- tives," Vella was quoted as say- ing. "The reason for this is so that the associations have full control over the cultivation of the canna- bis product, as outdoor cultiva- tion would be open to more pests and elements." ReLeaf Malta said it was "out- raged" by what is called "overly bureaucratic directives banning outdoor cultivation for cannabis associations. "This contradicts environmen- tally friendly practices, forcing clubs to rely on artificial lights, climate control, and other pow- er-consuming methods," ReLeaf president Andrew Bonello said. "Switzerland, a leader in envi- ronmental responsibility, actual- ly did the complete opposite by banning all indoor cannabis cul- tivation in favour of organic soil- based methods, for their five-year adult use pilot project. We believe association cultivators should have the freedom to choose their preferred sustainable, eco-friend- ly cultivation methods. The time has come to stop treating canna- bis like plutonium." In an interview to the Inde- pendent, Vella added that if as- sociations are going to resort to groundwater, or water from wells, that water needs to be qual- ity-tested. Cannabis activists unhappy about outdoor cultivation ban