Complete Clue List
Across
1. Peoples who conquered Malta during the First Punic War and called it "Melita"
4. With 9A, Malta is the world's ____ ____ country by area (second word)
9. With 4A, Malta is the world's ____ ____ country by area (first word, ordinal number)
10. Strangely TAMED JERK on Malta's highest point (anag., ignore punctuation, 2,7)
11. Search-and-rescue services provided by the Armed Forces of Malta (abbr.)
13. "Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta" ____ 28:1 [NIV] (abbr.)
14. Traffic in Malta drives on the ____ side of the road
15. Spanish snacks
16. Start of an apology from 1A
17. Peoples conquering Malta in 1091 CE
18. Military status
21. Manipulative sort
22. Memory loss
26. Gear for Malta's fishing industry (sing.)
27. Malice
28. Malta's unique honey is from an endemic sub-species of ____
29. Malta lies 284 km (176 mi) ____ of Tunisia
30. Cry of discovery
32. STELLA CAN become the caretaker of a castle or keep (anag.)
33. Malta's primary method of public transport (pl.)
34. The ____ distance from Malta to another country is 81 km (50 mi) north to Sicily (Italy)
35. Long, tapering flag
Down
1. Prepares for a new assignment
2. In 2008, Malta joined the eurozone ____ union
3. Slangy denials
5. Sea surrounding the Republic of Malta
6. 16A (Logutenent) in the Armed Forces of Malta
7. Malta is a country in Southern ____
8. Repeated disapproving sounds (3,3)
10. Marketable government securities (8,5)
12. LANE redesigned by Art Deco architect William Van ____ (anag.)
16. Rearranged XMAS TERM AT the island of Malta's natural harbour (anag.)
19. Hit man
20. Fervent, sometimes militant, supporter
23. Size consideration with 26A
24. Ousts
25. In the 20th century, Malta had three ____ World Heritage Sites (init.)
31. Accomplished