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12 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 13 NOVEMBER 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 PARTLY CLOUDY 25 0 / 16 0 TODAY POSSIBLE SHOWERS 24 / 16 0 FEELS LIKE 24 0 FEELS LIKE 25 0 i � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS-----------� 1) Well-dressed pitcher? 6) Chanel of shion, and namesakes I I) "The Rum _ Tugger" 14) It's tucked under the chin 15) Mom's kinsman 16) Santa _ winds 17) Con's way out 19) Wasn't the seeker, in a game 20) Peach container 21) Island of France 23) It's tailor-made 25) Apollo's parent? 27) "Up and __ !" 28) Beast that bore Balaam 29) Careers, classes, etc. 32) Doth speak 34) Taxpayer's headache 35) Daily occurrence 38) Dakar's domain 42) Most desirable people? 44) Love a lot 45) Orchestra's setting 50) Start of the last qtr. 51) Alto woodwind 52) Superman's sandwich choice? 53) Big deals 54) Stamp incorrectly, perhaps 57) Faint gleam 59) Numerical ending, sometimes 60) Doctor who specializes in diagnosis 64) Ball holder 65) Adam Bede's creator 66) Allegro and andante 67) "Bobby Hockey" 68) Cults 69) Geometric figures DOWN 1) "Hail!" to Caesar 2) Star t to approve? 3) Sort of snake 4) Eye-opener? 5) _ Valley, Calif. 6) Breakfast bowl l 7) Lennon married her 8) Range where Prometheus was bound 9) Football great Graham 10) Crystal-ball gazer 11) "Mutiny on the Bounty" isle 12) Halloween charity 13) Title for Marie Tussaud 18) Europe's tallest active volcano 22) Like many peanuts 23) Verbal feistiness 24) Old Testament in 26) Calypso offshoot 29) During 30) Work with lo y words 31) Semester ender 33) Made an outline 36) Title of respect 37) Having a sense of the beauti l (Var.) 39) What a party host looks to provide 40) Bowed, in music 41) Allows 43) Emphatic article, often 45) Awaken 46) _ dictum (passing remark) 47) Person e oying a light snack 48) Specialized vocabularies 49) Act relaxed 53) Ire 55) Humankind's cousins 56) Tall story 58) Extremely small amount 61) Extremely popular 62) Spot for a relaxing soak 63) Poet's contraction 8th January ACROSS 1) Well-dressed pitcher? 6) Chanel of fashion, and namesakes 11) "The Rum ___ Tugger" 14) It's tucked under the chin 15) Mom's kinsman 16) Santa ___ winds 17) Con's way out 19) Wasn't the seeker, in a game 20) Peach container 21) Island of France 23) It's tailor-made 25) Apollo's parent? 27) "Up and ___ !" 28) Beast that bore Balaam 29) Careers, classes, etc. 32) Doth speak 34) Taxpayer's headache 35) Daily occurrence 38) Dakar's domain 42) Most desirable people? 44) Love a lot 45) Orchestra's setting 50) Start of the last qtr. 51) Alto woodwind 52) Superman's sandwich choice? 53) Big deals 54) Stamp incorrectly, perhaps 57) Faint gleam 59) Numerical ending, some- times 60) Doctor who specializes in diagnosis 64) Ball holder 65) Adam Bede's creator 66) Allegro and andante 67) "Bobby Hockey" 68) Cults 69) Geometric figures DOWN 1) "Hail!" to Caesar 2) Start to approve? 3) Sort of snake 4) Eye-opener? 5) ___ Valley, Calif. 6) Breakfast bowlful 7) Lennon married her 8) Range where Prometheus was bound 9) Football great Graham 10) Crystal-ball gazer 11) "Mutiny on the Bounty" isle 12) Halloween charity 13) Title for Marie Tussaud 18) Europe's tallest active volcano 22) Like many peanuts 23) Verbal feistiness 24) Old Testament twin 26) Calypso offshoot 29) During 30) Work with lofty words 31) Semester ender 33) Made an outline 36) Title of respect 37) Having a sense of the beautiful (Var.) 39) What a party host looks to provide 40) Bowed, in music 41) Allows 43) Emphatic article, often 45) Awaken 46) ___ dictum (passing remark) 47) Person enjoying a light snack 48) Specialized vocabularies 49) Act relaxed 53) Ire 55) Humankind's cousins 56) Tall story 58) Extremely small amount 61) Extremely popular 62) Spot for a relaxing soak 63) Poet's contraction i � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS -- - - - - - - - - - � 1) A ican ravine 5) Parts of an udder 10) DNA component? 14) Drilling org. 15) Problem r a grain rmer 16) Revered expert 17) Storybook beginning 18) In the past, to poets of the past 19) JFK predictions 20) Progressed by large increments 23) Colony soldier 24) A ican jaunt 25) Cover with strings 27) _ Island (Brooklyn neighborhood) 30) Cool shoe 33) Enjoy the limelight 36) Stretched tightly 38) Fabricate, as a signature 39) Reindeer's cousin 40) Start to get in shape PUZZLE FITNESS 2 A 3D 4 1 S T G E 1 b p E C 1 R 1 b N C E 1 h G 2 l E A p 2 F R 0 2 5 A F A 3 L � V 0 4 A p E R � S b A T H s � � u S H 0 M � N T I L 0 T G A L G s y N C 7k E 42) Large 3-Down dispenser 43) Dispatch boat 45) Bere 46) Annoying buzzer 47) Gets thinner toward one end 49) Explosive stuff 5 l ) Swo statements 53) Camera parts 57) Puzzle doer, right now 59) Last part of a horse race 62) Poker buy-in 64) "All sales are_" 65) The Sail (southe constellation) 66) Author's conce 67) Like peas in a pod 68) Dashing style 69) Fit sound to action 70) Changed, as wallpaper 71) Stone paving block B Gia Kilro 7A B T 95 1 A 1 c 1) 1 b G 0 T 1 b u R u 0 N E 1 T A s G G E 2 A p R 2 b � A N D 3A 3l 0 R G E J R N 5 3 1 R I � 6 5 T R E T C H N A L " E L A I K E � L A N D I D 75 E T T DOWN 1) Angora 2) Sleep 3) Kind 4) Swell 5) Attack 6) Word 7) Avidly 8) Kingdom 9) Prepares, 10) It comes 11) Vamoose 12) Bit of 13) Fu 21)Not to 22) NBA 26) Yoko 28) English 29) Whitehorse 31) City 32) Donated, 33) De 34) Thomas 35) Abandon 37) Television's 40) Monetary 41) Nameless 44) Octopus's 46) Feels 48) Ram's-horn 50) Drop 52) Expression 54) Ancient 55) Acclaim 56) Snooty 57) Barks 58) The 60) Author 61) Who 63) List Commuters were left stuck in traffic as the yearly SiGMA conference got underway at the Mediterranean Maritime Hub in Marsa. The conference brings together operators, suppliers, and affiliates from around the world. This year, the SiGMA conference is expected to draw around 25,000 attendees. Many drivers reported that their usual travel times had more than doubled due to the traffic. According to the Maltese Road Traffic Updates Facebook page, Triq Dicembru 13 was particularly congested from Blata l-Bajda, and traffic on Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli stretched from the Kappara flyover down to Marsa. Other roads, such as the Mriehel bypass and parts of the Birkirkara bypass, also experienced gridlock. Transport Malta had announced various measures aimed at easing congestion during this year's event. These included designated pick-up and drop-off points for taxis and shuttle services designed to facilitate smoother access for attendees. But despite the transport arrangements, drivers are still experiencing more traffic than usual. The SiGMA effect