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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 14 JANUARY 2015 Sport 23 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine becoming rather cloudy in the morning, and becoming fine once again in the afternoon. VISIBILITY: Good WIND: West to Northwest force 3 to 4 locally force 4 to 5 becoming Northwest force 4 to 5 overnight SEA: Moderate, locally slight to moderate at first SWELL: Low Northeast becoming Southwest SEA TEMP: 16 °C A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 White to play and mate in four moves A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last week's solution Sudoku rules are extremely easy: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 9x9 box. PARTLY CLOUDY 17 º C / 10 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits BOXING Across 1. Fortunately (7) 4. Sensational novel (7) 8. Measure of the warmth or coldness (11) 12. Score (4) 13. Paint unskilfully (4) 14. Insanely (5) 15. Jams tight (6) 17. 8th letter of the Greek alphabet (5) 22. Bring into existence (4) 23. Grasp (5) 24. Sudden assault (4) 25. Chambers (5) 28. Bother (6) 30. Doughnut-shaped roll (5) 32. Deep wound (4) 34. Crack (4) 35. Inflammation of the tonsils (11) 38. Not at work (3,4) 39. Incomplete (7) Down 1. Express mirth (5) 2. Bottom of ship's hull (4) 3. Cut off (3) 5. Covering for the head (3) 6. Thin rope (4) 7. Dutch painter (9) 8. Story (4) 9. Periods of history (4) 10. Supporter (4) 11. Overhanging lower edge of a roof (4) 14. Untidy (5) 16. Sleep images (5) 18. Groups of animals (5) 19. Misunderstanding (9) 20. Masculine pronoun (3) 21. Pertaining to punishment (5) 26. Expel (4) 27. Worn by women in India (4) 28. Hades (4) 29. Optical device (4) 31. Prickly (5) 33. Grasp (4) 34. River sediment (4) 36. Posed (3) 37. Class (3) Ng4+ Kh1 Qf3 h2 c3 Kg1 Qd1++ Khan sets Mayweather deadline Amir Khan has set Floyd Mayweather a five-day deadline as he attempts to line up a fight against the pound-for-pound king KHAN has long been seek- ing the clash and enhanced his claims for a shot at the undefeat- ed American with a convincing win over Devon Alexander in December. The Bolton fighter had previ- ously pulled out of a prospective fight against Alexander because he thought he had landed May- weather only for the 37-year-old to chose Marcos Maidana as his opponent. That came after May weather had asked fans on Twitter to vote on whether he should face Khan or Maidana, with Khan coming out the winner. The 28-year-old defeated Luis Collazo on the undercard of that May 3 bout but then missed out again as the five-weight world champion decided to hand Maid- ana a rematch in September. And with speculation mount- ing that May weather is close to agreeing a bout with Manny Pacquiao, Khan is keen to get a decision so he can begin prepa- rations for a fight in May. "I want to fight in May and I want the May weather fight but it's not getting any closer," he told the Daily Mail. "I've answered all the things May weather wanted me to do. He wanted me to fight at wel- terweight, I did that; he wanted to do a vote, I won the vote; he wanted me to beat a top guy in the division and I gave Devon Alexander a beating he'd never had before. "There is a lot of money in a fight with me, not just in Amer- ica, but he's trying to avoid me. He's avoiding two names in box- ing, Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan. "May weather wants to keep his '0', he doesn't want to take the big fights. If he's not fight- ing the top guys but is fighting guys who are over the hill or not at their peak, he's going to be undefeated. "One thing about me is I've fought guys at their peak and who have been dangerous. I didn't have to fight them but I did. Losing doesn't make you a bad fighter, losing shows how good you are if you come back from those losses. "It's a waiting game, I've giv- en his team five days. I need to know this week because I need to start training." Amir Khan celebrates his victory against Luis Collazo following their fi ght at the MGM Grand in May 2014