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12 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 23 OCTOBER 2024 NEWS KARL AZZOPARDI kazzopardi@mediatoday.com.mt 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 MAINLY CLOUDY 26 0 / 18 0 TODAY MAINLY CLOUDY 25 / 18 0 FEELS LIKE 25 0 FEELS LIKE 25 0 i � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS 1) Address an audience 6) "All in the Family" character 11) Pranks a yard on Halloween (Abbr.) 14) Drink with marshmallows 15)_Lama 16) Three in Roman numerals 17) Like the first overtime points 19) Dispose of leftovers 20) Reunion attendee 21) "Disgusting!" 22) Chromosome component 23) Suburban school sport 26) Computer screen 28) "Black gold" gp. 29) Word with Glory or Testament 32) "Family Guy" creator Macfarlane 33) Move, in Realtor-speak 34) Banana covering 36) Back of a boat 39) Previously used by Shakespeare? 40) Social service part? TIME FOR OVERTIME 14 17 2 3 23 24 25 28 33 39 43 51 52 56 59 65 42) Mauna _ (Hawaiian peak) 43) Cavalry sword 45) Beef order 46) Agitation 47) Clean, as a pipe 49) Wist l wishing 50) _ l'Eveque cheese 51) More apt to complain 54) Bow like a girl 56) Decay 57) "7 Faces of Dr._" (1964 flick) 58) Arboreal monkey 59) It's fit to be tied 60) They cause performance ilures 65) Ballerina's prop 66) Hebrew month 67) Viola's big brother 68) Bulky phone-book section 69) Annoy successfully 70) Invite off one's doorstep nn W. Daniels 11 12 13 16 19 22 42 62 63 DOWN 1) Autumn mo. 2) King of France 3) Expert fighter pilot 4) Cigarette filling 5) Former "College Bowl" host Robert 6) Imported cheese 7) S._ (Neb. neighbor) 8) Widest of the three bones of the hip 9) Does a ballroom dance 10) Part of HRH 11) Got married 12) Key instrument? 13) Easte lute 18) Second-smallest continent 23) Ointment targets 24) Musical spectacle 25) People fodder? 27) "Addams Family" cousin 30) Jet-set jet 31) Crumble away 35) Angler's decoy 37) They help control a horse 38) Impeccably dressed 40) Behind 41) Writing instrument 44) Early night, to a bard 46) Elves, pixies and such 48) Cruel one 51) Composed, as a letter 52) Freight train hoppers, stereotypically 53) Cook with dry heat 55) Central New York city 58) Window shade? 61) Sheep's cry 62) Type, derogatorily 63) Manning of the NFL 64) Future heir, perhaps 5th January ACROSS 1) Address an audience 6) "All in the Family" character 11) Pranks a yard on Halloween (Abbr.) 14) Drink with marshmallows 15) ___ Lama 16) Three in Roman numerals 17) Like the first overtime points 19) Dispose of leftovers 20) Reunion attendee 21) "Disgusting!" 22) Chromosome component 23) Suburban school sport 26) Computer screen 28) "Black gold" gp. 29) Word with Glory or Testa- ment 32) "Family Guy" creator Mac- Farlane 33) Move, in Realtor-speak 34) Banana covering 36) Back of a boat 39) Previously used by Shake- speare? 40) Social service part? 42) Mauna ___ (Hawaiian peak) 43) Cavalry sword 45) Beef order 46) Agitation 47) Clean, as a pipe 49) Wistful wishing 50) ___ l'Eveque cheese 51) More apt to complain 54) Bow like a girl 56) Decay 57) "7 Faces of Dr. ___ " (1964 flick) 58) Arboreal monkey 59) It's fit to be tied 60) They cause performance failures 65) Ballerina's prop 66) Hebrew month 67) Viola's big brother 68) Bulky phone-book section 69) Annoy successfully 70) Invite off one's doorstep DOWN 1) Autumn mo. 2) King of France 3) Expert fighter pilot 4) Cigarette filling 5) Former "College Bowl" host Robert 6) Imported cheese 7) S. ___ (Neb. neighbor) 8) Widest of the three bones of the hip 9) Does a ballroom dance 10) Part of HRH 11) Got married 12) Key instrument? 13) Eastern lute 18) Second-smallest continent 23) Ointment targets 24) Musical spectacle 25) People fodder? 27) "Addams Family" cousin 30) Jet-set jet 31) Crumble away 35) Angler's decoy 37) They help control a horse 38) Impeccably dressed 40) Behind 41) Writing instrument 44) Early night, to a bard 46) Elves, pixies and such 48) Cruel one 51) Composed, as a letter 52) Freight train hoppers, stere- otypically 53) Cook with dry heat 55) Central New York city 58) Window shade? 61) Sheep's cry 62) Type, derogatorily 63) Manning of the NFL 64) Future heir, perhaps i � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS -- - - - - - - - - - � 1) Struggle r air 5) It goes through the roof 10) Pierce with a knife 14) Chip in a pot? 15) Holiday pie ingredient 16) Call to mind 17) Small biter 18) Absinthe flavoring 19) God of love 20) Brought up pickled fish? 23) Thaws a eezer 25) For this reason 26) Batters in Baltimore 27) Amount in grandma's recipe 29) Acknowledge the villain's entrance 30) It's guaranteed to remove wrinkles 31) Guevara grills Kasparov's equipment? NOW EAR THIS 1 G 2 A 35 4P 55 G T 1 A N T 1 P E 1 h N R E 2 b 2 E F R 0 5 2 b R I I 5 5b R E 5b I C E � p E S c L 6 N E 5 6� T 38) Chew the t 39) Swarm 41) Key West shows? 45) Collection of sacred songs 48) Bring together 49) Second Amendment words 50) James Bond's depressing drink? 53)_Van Dyke 54) Like many teenagers' rooms 55) Haitian's head 58) Dueling sword 59) One of classic TV's Hux tables 60) "Terrible" czar 61) Loch _ monster 62) First vertebra 63) Transmit, as a text erse 7A B C 9K 1 8 C A N I T E I 5 E 1 A M 0 R H E R I N G E C E I 0 T E R A R A R M 5 5 y A I R V A N L A 5 E N D DOWN 1) Prevent 2) Massachusetts 3) Celebrities' 4) He broke 5) Thinly 6) Dogmata 7) They 8) Charge 9) Reflex-testing 10) Like 11) Comic 12) Immediately 13) He wasn't 21) "You've 22) Thick-skinned 23) Play-_ 24) Rocker 27) They're 28) Organized 30) Make 32) Male 33) Stuff 34) Franken 35) Mythical 36) What 37) Have 40) Bride's 41) Like 42) Needing 43) Sister's 44) Vampires 45) Old Iran 46) Greek 47) Former Fleischer 49) Metabolism 51) Urban 52) Leave 56) Convert 57) Author's NEARLY half of all appli- cants have failed their driv- ing test in 2024, informa- tion tabled in parliament shows. Transport Minister Chris Bonnet tabled the information in the House in reply to a parliamen- tary question by Opposi- tion MP Mark Anthony Sammut. Tests for the category B licence, the one required to drive cars, saw a fail- ure rate of 48%. The rate has seen year on year in- creases since 2022, when 40% failed their driving test. 44% failed their test in 2023. Category D licences, which are required for passenger vans, regis- tered the highest failure rate, with 56% of appli- cants failing. This marks a significant jump from 46% in 2023 and 39% in 2022. Category A licences (motorcycles) also faced more failures, with 42% failing in 2024, compared to 40% in 2023 and 32% in 2022. Category C, for trucks and large vans, had the lowest failure rate at 38% in 2024, though this too increased from 33% in 2023 and 24% in 2022. Driving test failure rates rise in 2024, almost half of applicants fail