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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 5 APRIL 2017 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: Northwest force 4 to 5 SEA: Moderate SWELL: Low West becoming negligible 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 20 º C / 12 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Instrument of torture (10) 8. Lacking hue (5) 9. Terminate at a premature stage (5) 10. Investigate (4) 12. Tidily (6) 14. Security (6) 17. Small drink of liquor (4) 21. Scottish stadium (5) 22. Attempts (5) 23. Artist's workbook (10) Down 2. Piles (5) 3. Bring into existence (4) 4. Digging tool (5) 5. Perch (5) 6. Possessing wit (5) 7. Recedes (4) 11. Fem. pronoun (3) 13. Besides (3) 14. Lower legs (5) 15. Physical power (5) 16. Poisonous (5) 18. Rhinoceros (5) 19. Face covering (4) 20. Stump (4) Be5+ d6 Rf7# BOXING Leo Santa Cruz to face Abner Mares before Carl Frampton LEO Santa Cruz has been ordered to face Abner Mares next by the WBA, dealing a setback to Carl Frampton's hopes of a third fight with his only conqueror. Frampton (23-1) hoped to tempt Santa Cruz (33-1-1) to Belfast for a third fight but must now wait as the WBA plot to unify their 'super' and 'regular' championships. Santa Cruz initially lost his WBA 'super' featherweight title to Frampton in New York City last summer, but regained the belt by winning their rematch in Las Ve- gas in January. Santa Cruz first won the organi- sation's 'super' title when it was vacant against Mares (30-2-1), winning via majority decision in 2015, a fight that is now set for a rematch. Mexico's Mares, after losing to Santa Cruz, rebounded by win- ning the WBA 'regular' feather- weight title against Jesus Cuellar in December. "The WBA continues its policy of reducing titles in every weight di- vision," the organisation said, hav- ing recently ordered middleweight champions Gennady Golovkin and Danny Jacobs to decide one title- holder. Santa Cruz and Mares have 30 days, from April 3, to agree a fight before the WBA will order purse bids.