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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2015 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly cloudy locally rather cloudy at times and with some isolated showers VISIBILITY: Good except in some showers WIND: Northerly force 3 to 4 becoming locally force 2 to 3 overnight SEA: Slight SWELL: Negligible Sea Temp.: 19 °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. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 17 º C / 10 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. More secure 3. Leash 6. Something lent 7. Line of police 9. Daughter of one's brother or sister 10. To a smaller extent 11. Monkey 13. Antiaircraft fire 15. Roofing stone 18. Composer 19. Hoot 20. Forceps 21. Eccentric Down 1. Salty 2. Burning gas 3. Pure 4. Travels on 5. Stink 8. Feebleness 12. Trouble 14. Fabric woven from flax yarns 16. Got up 17. Discharge of a firearm Qh3+ Ke8 Rg8+ Kf7 Qh7+ Qg7 Ne5+ Ke6 Qf5# SAILING Mapfre Middlesea Euromed Regatta THE sixteenth edition of the Map- fre Middlesea Euromed Regatta will take place between the 19th and 21st December 2015 at Mel- lieha Bay. 221 sailors, representing 15 coun- tries will be taking part making this the biggest international din- ghy event since its inception. It is envisaged that nine races per day will be held with the first race taking place at 10:00hrs. Crews will be available for interviews prior to the start of the race at 9:15hrs. A rib will be made available to TV crews interested in filming the event. For more information please contact Ms. Anna Rossi, Honor- ary Secretary, Malta Young Sailors Club on +356 9949 4657