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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 13 APRIL 2016 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine VISIBILITY: Good WIND: South force 4 becoming Southeast SEA: Slight to moderate becoming locally moderate SWELL: Negligible becoming low Southerly Sea Temp.: 17°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 27 º C / 13 º C UV INDEX: 7 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Full of stones (5) 3. Skin of the upper part of the head (5) 6. Child's toy (4) 7. A principal beam (6) 9. Insect stage (5) 10. To the inside of (4) 11. Floor covering (3) 13. Woody plant (4) 15. Misuse (5) 18. Desire for food (6) 19. 12 inches (4) 20. Roofing items (5) 21. Coming after (5) Down 1. Bicycle seat (6) 2. Oilcan (5) 3. Curved sword (8) 4. Examine account books (5) 5. Free from contamination (4) 8. Having no name (8) 12. Communication (6) 14. Pertaining to the kidneys (5) 16. German submarine (1-4) 17. Converse (4) Nd5+ Kd6 Bg3+ e5 Bxe5+ Kxe5 Qf4# Ne4+ Ke8 Nd6+ Bxd6 Qxd6 any move Qe7# FORMULA 1 Alonso taking nothing for granted before China medical FERNANDO Alonso hopes to be racing for McLaren at this weekend's Chinese Formula One Grand Prix but the Spaniard says he is taking nothing for granted ahead of a fitness test at the Shanghai circuit. The double world champion fractured his ribs in a crash at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 20 and the governing FIA's medical team then ruled him out of the subsequent race in Bahrain. He will undergo more tests at the Chinese circuit on Thursday before the third round of the 21-race season. "It was disappointing to be told I couldn't race in Bahrain, but I fully respected the decision of the FIA medical team," he said on Tuesday in a team preview for the race. "While I hope I'll be back in the cockpit on Friday (for practice), until I get the all-clear from the doctors to race, whenever that may be, we cannot assume any- thing. "But I'm continuing to prepare for the race weekend as normal." The Spaniard was replaced in Bahrain by the team's Belgian reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who ended up 10th to score McLaren's first point of the season after team mate Jenson Button failed to finish.[nL- 3N1760CU] The Belgian remains on standby for China. Alonso had stayed on at the Sakhir circuit to assist Vandoorne on his debut, and watched the race unfold from the pitwall. "It was positive to see that both cars ran quite strong- ly during the weekend," he said. "It was also interesting for me to see the race week- end unfold from a different perspective, which helped me to understand everything that goes into getting the cars on track and learn a lot about the different processes." Alonso has won twice before in China, once with Ferrari and once with Renault. Fernando Alonso