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maltatoday, SATURDAY, 24 DECEMBER 2016 47 Weather & Crosswords Emergency,Police,Fire, Ambulance ............................ 112 Appogg 24hrs Supportline ...... 179 Sedqa 24hrs Helpline .............. 151 Social policy info centre .......... 159 Malta Red Cross ........... 21922645 St John Ambulance ....... 21945740 Maltacom enquiries ...............1182 Go Mobile enquiries ...............1187 Vodafone enquiries .............. 1189 Government info service ......... 153 Telephone faults ..................... 133 Gozo ferry schedule ....................... 21915111 MEPA........................... 22900000 MIA flight enquiries ......................21697800 MIA Weather forecast ....................... 50043333 Enemalta faults report ...........................80072224 Water Services Corporation Freephone ....................80072222 USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Sunday Solution to last week's crossword Mate in four or more moves Chess Solution to last week's problem Sudoku 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. Last week's solution 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Qxb8+ Kg7 (or Kh7) Qxh8# A B C D E F G H PHARMACIES OPEN TODAY MALTA & GOZO: 9 A.M. – NOON Collis Williams Pharmacy, 15, Triq ir- Repubblika, Valletta St. Gaetan Pharmacy, Triq il-Kappillan Mifsud, Ħamrun Brown's Pharmacy, 278, Triq il-Vitorja, Qormi St. Jude Pharmacy, 213, Triq il-Wied, Birkirkara St. Anthony Pharmacy, 56, Triq San Gużepp, Pietà St. Andrew's Dispensary, 34, Triq il-Qasam, Swieqi Edward's Pharmacy, 115, Triq Manwel Dimech, Sliema St. Mary Pharmacy, 2, Triq Antonio Schembri, Attard Pillbox Pharmacy, 63, Triq il-Bjad, Naxxar Qawra Pharmacy, Earl's Court/1, Triq l-Imħar, Qawra De Paola Pharmacy, 36, Pjazza Antoine De Paule, Paola White Cross Pharmacy, Shop A, Block 1, Fuq San Pawl, Bormla San Ġwakkin Pharmacy, 1, Triq Sant'Anna, Marsascala Gudja Pharmacy, Triq William Baker, Gudja Milia's Pharmacy, 42, Vjal il-Blue Grotto, Żurrieq Plaza Pharmacy, 86, Triq il-Kbira, Żebbuġ Ideal Pharmacy, 63, Triq il-Kbira, Rabat Taċ-Ċawla Pharmacy, Triq 7 ta' Ġunju 1919, Victoria Sokkors Pharmacy, Triq San Girgor, Kerċem Across 1. Young goose (7) 5. Normal contraction of the heart (7) 9. Vessel built by Noah (3) 10. Makes a loan (5) 11. Icon (5) 12. Young dog (3) 13. State positively (6) 16. Misplace (6) 19. Large marine food fi sh (4) 21. Cry (4) 23. Felines (4) 24. Papal (9) 25. Listen to (4) 26. Female sheep (4) 27. Exchange for money (4) 28. Benzene (6) 31. Soak up (6) 35. Prefi x " beneath " (3) 37. Unit for measuring gold (5) 38. Join (5) 39. Cathedral city (3) 40. Gum used as a food stabiliser (7) 41. Room for surgical operations (7) Down 1. Republic in W Africa (5) 2. Auctions (5) 3. Interior (5) 4. Breathe convulsively (4) 5. Jump lightly (4) 6. Hindu religious teacher (5) 7. Unity (3) 8. Very hard mineral (5) 14. Bondage (7) 15. Make larger (7) 16. Virile (5) 17. Favourable termination of endeavours (7) 18. Aardvark (3,4) 20. Pending (5) 22. Small rodent (5) 28. Brand name for a copying machine (5) 29. Compare (5) 30. Compass point (5) 32. Prickly plant (5) 33. Corpulent (5) 34. Abdomen (5) 35. Type of gun (4) 36. Purchases (4) 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A B C D E F G H TODAY TOMORROW WEATHER: Fine VISIBILITY: Good WIND: Northwest force 2 to 3 becoming force 4 Sea: Slight to moderate becoming slight Swell: Low East Northeast becoming negligible 17/12 0 PARTLY CLOUDY UV: 2 17/10 0 PARTLY CLOUDY UV: 2 Monday only excluding Public Holidays Tuesday to Sunday including Public Holidays