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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 26 MARCH 2023 12 RECIPE CROSSWORD ACROSS 1) French avant-garde artist Jean 4) Island in New York Harbor 9) Humpty Dumpty-shaped 14) Long Island drink 15) Should have said 16) A dwindling number of 17) And what have you, briefly 18) Part of the American dream 20) "If you're so smart, why ___ you rich?" 22) Word with open or seven 23) Byzantine treasures 26) Private school-ish 30) It closes at night 32) Elm or Sesame 34) 23-Across, e.g. 36) Measures of loudness 38) Clearasil target 39) Tat-tat intro 41) Brownish purples 43) Accessory for Miles Davis 44) "The same as previously mentioned" 45) Delight in the taste of 47) Boy 48) Auto safety device 51) Sana'a native 53) Crustacean with 14 legs 55) Result of jumping the gun 58) Picks up the check 60) King Cole's fiddlers, e.g. 61) Swiss soldier's do-all 67) "Now ___ heard everything!" 68) Become harvestable 69) Fire-___ (carnival performer) 70) 252 wine gallons 71) Oxlike antelope 72) Wingtip-to-wingtip dimen- sions 73) Agreeable reply DOWN 1) "Crack commando unit" of old TV 2) Back, in front 3) Front-runners 4) Bottles returned for deposit 5) Bloomers you put on head first 6) Resinous secretion 7) Calligrapher's supply 8) Causing sticker shock 9) Kind of printing 10) Churchill's letter 11) Bristle on barley or rye 12) Old-time gumshoe 13) Before, long ago 19) Spreads pitch on 21) Thumbs-down 24) Horse-hoof sound 25) Skull cavity 27) Carriage, in Cornwall 28) Odd trait 29) Female gossip 31) Progressive decline 33) Mounted a golf ball 34) Oratorio highlight 35) Half-diameters 37) Discontinue, as relations 40) Pulpit of a sort 42) Vague quantity 46) Snooze takers and ham- mock users 49) Add supplementary material 50) Animal that gives milk 52) To the ___ degree 54) The Van ___ (Dick and Jerry) 56) Songs-and-skits show 57) Coming-of-age period 59) Break off suddenly 61) "Before," if before 62) Masseuse's bottleful 63) Bean counter, for short 64) Author Kesey 65) "Give ___ while longer" 66) Swampy bog F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Fine Visibility Good Wind West Northwest force 3 to 4 backing Southwest force 2 to 3 TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER MAINLY CLOUDY PARLY CLOUDY 21 0 / 13 0 18 0 / 12 0 FEELS LIKE 13 0 FEELS LIKE 18 0 Spicy carrot and lentil soup INGREDIENTS METHOD 1. Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot and add the spices and fry for a few mins until fragrant. 2. Add the carrots and stir through. 3. Add the lentils and season with salt. 4. Add the stock and the bay leaf and allow to simmer for 20 mins. 5. Blend until smooth adding the milk as you go along. 6. Serve in a bowl topped with a tbsp yogurt and some fresh coriander with toasted Maltese bread. • Olive oil • 2 tsp fennel seeds • 2 tsp cumin • 1 tsp turmeric • 1/2 tsp chilli flakes • 1-inch piece ginger, grated • 500g carrots, peeled and roughly chopped • 200g red lentils • 1 litre stock (chicken or vegetable) • 1 bay leaf • 250ml fresh milk Salsa Verde • 1 tbsp yoghurt per person • Fresh coriander