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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 5 NOVEMBER 2023 12 RECIPE CROSSWORD ACROSS 1) New-lawn truckful 4) Defy openly 9) Ballroom dance 14) Pronoun for two 15) Tenant's contract 16) In great haste, at sea 17) School support group 18) Follow as a consequence 19) "Beau ___" 20) Digressing from the main topic 23) Traditional doings 24) Caustic soda 25) Reproductive cells 28) Component of synthetic rubber 31) More crackers 34) Geometric calculation 37) Sierra ___ 38) Close social groups 44) Have a serious crush on 45) Reprieve from the gov- ernor 46) City zone 48) Backside 54) One way to get some answers 55) Product pitches 58) "I don't think so!" 59) Paris landmark 64) "You can't be serious!" 66) Clues, to a detective 67) Filmmaker Spike 68) Bugle material 69) Basic principle 70) Meal scrap 71) Burial chamber 72) Word on a wanted poster 73) Kind of man at the office DOWN 1) Deep sleeps 2) Matched clothing 3) Admitting air currents 4) Cut blubber from 5) Legendary Horne 6) Old brewery fixture 7) The ___ (customary order) 8) Lilliputian 9) Wizard 10) "You can say that again!" 11) Extinct elephant like animal 12) Part of a stand-up's routine 13) Snake eyes half 21) Above, to Shakespeare 22) Birth-month symbol 26) Sell from a machine 27) Trojan War instigator 29) "Fat chance, laddie!" 30) Love archer 32) Poetic pugilist 33) Pee ___ (river through the Carolinas) 35) Juvenile newt 36) A long way off 38) Home for la familia 39) Fateful day for Caesar 40) Four-wheeled carriage with a fixed top 41) Component of old TVs 42) Many an August baby 43) Agatha Christie's "A Pocket Full of ___" 47) Radiation unit 49) Scrooge's visitors 50) Coke companion 51) Have on the payroll 52) Geometrical figure 53) Three ___ to the wind (plastered) 56) Major airline 57) Symbol of toughness 60) Blacksmith's tool 61) Dermatologist's removal 62) Rajah's mate 63) Cerebral output 64) Peacock network 65) NHL legend Bobby F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Mostly partly cloudy becoming fine. Overnight becoming partly cloudy. Visibility Good Wind Southwest force 4 to 5 locally force 5 to 6 veering Northwest force 4 locally force 5 TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER WINDY MAINLY SUNNY 22 / 17 0 25 0 / 19 0 FEELS LIKE 25 0 FEELS LIKE 25 0 Prawn chowder 1. Melt the butter in a large, deep pan and fry the bacon until the bacon starts to brown. 2. Chop the leek and add to the pan with the garlic. 3. Add the potato and the flour and mix well until coated. 4. Season with salt and pepper and add the hot prawn stock. 5. Remove the corn from the cob and add to the soup. 6. Add the parsley and bring to a simmer. 7. Chop the prawns and allow to simmer for 10 mins. 8. Stir through the lemon juice and add the milk. 9. Serve immediately. INGREDIENTS METHOD • 1 knob butter • 150g pancetta • 1 cloves garlic, minced • 1 leek • 2 potatoes, peeled and diced • Salt and pepper • 1 litre prawn stock • 1 tbsp flour • 1 ear corn, cooked • Handful parsley, finely chopped • 200g fresh prawns • 1 lemon • 250ml Benna, fresh milk This American classic is usually made with clams. Michael Diacono turns this into a more Mediterranean dish with local prawns.