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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 5 MARCH 2023 12 RECIPE CROSSWORD ACROSS 1) Big-eyed one on a beach 6) Meant to happen 11) Sib, either way 14) Blush 15) Banishment 16) Chop off, as a branch 17) Repertoire 19) Airline's best guess, for short 20) Memorable periods of history 21) Unclogged 23) Cold, dry European wind 27) Gad about 29) Things heard at the Grand Canyon 30) Sultanate on Borneo's coast 31) Unit of house work 32) Impose by trickery 33) Adman's word 36) Manage, somehow 37) Have children, old-style 38) Taj Mahal city 39) A father of Dada 40) Positioned, as a building 41) High-quality cigar 42) Meaning quit, three words after call 44) "Wheel of Fortune" category 45) Sharp-pointed teeth 47) Disaster scene setups 48) Tried to persuade 49) "Buyer beware" warning 50) Confederate soldier, for short 51) They don't transport people, just their stuff 58) Form of evidence 59) "I'm just ___ boy" ("Bohemi - an Rhapsody" lyric) 60) Slim, supple and graceful 61) Submit to gravity 62) Ladder steps 63) Pago Pago's place DOWN 1) Ball or sphere 2) Make a little ___ long way 3) Automobile nut? 4) Prima donna's problem? 5) Jump ball tosser 6) Like a wild animal 7) X or Y, on a graph 8) Little spasm 9) Tundra wanderer 10) Melody above the theme 11) Camper's roll-up 12) Certain Greek vowels 13) Tire in the trunk 14) Caroler's syllables 19) Polygraph abnormalities 20) Central city oflslam 21) Athena's mythical blood 22) Common sight along Rodeo Drive 23) Ripped 24) Endeavored 25) Corrode 30) It's just over par 32) Some cheeses 34) Clean off, as a blackboard 35) Grows faint 37) ___ one's time (wait) 38) Invisible emanation 40) Boater's obstacle 41) Swindles 43) Even-steven situation 44) Goody two-shoes 45) Part of Miss Muffet's meal 46) Basketball "stadium" 47) Peter and Alexander 49) On the edge of one's seat 52) "The Simpsons" shopkeeper 53) Suffix with hexa- or deca- 54) Org. in "The Bourne Identi - ty" 55) 20s provider, for short 56) Symbol for density 57) Abundance F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Partly to rather cloudy with thundery and gusty showers becoming partly cloudy overnight Visibility Good becoming moderate to poor in showers TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER THUNDERY SHOWERS PARTLY CLOUDY 15 0 / 10 0 17 0 / 12 0 FEELS LIKE 13 0 FEELS LIKE 17 0 Spaghetti with calamari, beans and olives This dish works well as a pasta sauce or if you're trying to stay off the good stuff, it works just as well as a salad, served with boiled potatoes. Michael Diacono mixes calamari with cannellini beans and black olives with a couple of tomatoes. Whichever way you choose to enjoy this, a slice of Maltese bread would not go amiss! INGREDIENTS METHOD 1. Boil the pasta in salted water until al dente. 2. Gently fry the onion in olive oil with the garlic and chilli. 3. Add the bay leaves, oregano, olives and beans. 4. Add the paprika and mix well. 5. Add the tomatoes without the sauce from the tin and the lemon zest and season with salt and pepper. 6. Score the calamari and cut into rough chunks. 7. Add the pasta with a little bit of the cooking water to the sauce and add the calamari. 8. Garnish with some more oregano and serve immediately. • 1 red onion, chopped • 2 cloves garlic • Olive oil • ½ chilli • 2 bay leaves • 2 sprigs oregano • 2 tbsp black olives • 4 large tbsp cannel - lini beans • 3 tsp smoked pa- prika • 1 tin whole toma- toes • ½ lemon, zest only • 1 calamari, cleaned and peeled • Salt and pepper • 500g spaghetti