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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 24 DECEMBER 2023 12 RECIPE CROSSWORD ACROSS 1) Smeltery refuse 5) Rum-soaked pastry 9) Respects the red light 14) Game divided into chuk- kers 15) Jannings or Zatopek 16) Edible mushroom 17) A tablet maker 18) Haughty attitudes 19) Banquet host 20) The Stones, for one 23) Tropical wading bird 24) It is shortened? 25) Little League purchase 28) Election data 31) On the ___ (furtively) 34) Honolulu howdy 36) Wood ash product 37) Neil Armstrong's home state 38) Sandstone, e.g. 42) First reader canine 43) Word in the Postal Service creed 44) Unsettling 45) Replies of comprehension 46) Rummy variety 49) Final amt. 50) ___ fly (run-scoring out) 51) Half of a matching set 53) Profession requiring advanced math skills 61) Pigmented parts of eyes 62) "This ___ take long" 63) Proper function 64) Mathematical symbol 65) Sheltered, nautically 66) Bluesman Redding 67) Add to a database 68) Henry VIII's Catherine 69) ___ down (frisks) DOWN 1) Have heated words 2) Crazy in Cancun 3) Guinness in movies 4) Berlin's Maxim ___ Theatre 5) Jughead's topper 6) Among 7) l 00 Ethiopian cents 8) Furthermore 9) Does foundry work 10) The pyramids, essentially 11) Two-colorued whale 12) Ball-shaped hammer part 13) Klondike vehicle 21) James ___ Garfield (20th U.S. president) 22) Eyelid application 25) Deep voice at the opera 26) Alphabet opener, in Israel 27) Disorderly outbursts 29) Sonic start? 30) Rich-textured Norwegian rug 31) Wiring problem 32) Legitimate or legal 33) Fellow in the sticks 35) Miss alternative 37) It's found in a lode-bear- ing wall 39) Carry through legislatively 40) Start for "profit" or "start- er" 41) Be lovesick 46) Augustus succeeded him 47) Eye shadow? 48) Half a playground unit? 50) Glider on the ice 52) Sharpening belt 53) Disrespectful 54) Microwave device 55) Old English inhabitant? 56) Bartering result 57) Vending machine choice 58) Microscopic amount 59) Narrow cut 60) "Guarding ___" (MacLaine movie) F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Cloudy Visibility Good Wind Northwest force 6 becoming force 5 to 6. Overnight backing West northwest Sea Rough becoming moderate to rough overnight TODAY TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER WINDY AND CLOUDY WINDY AND CLOUDY 17 / 13 0 17 0 / 12 0 FEELS LIKE 17 0 FEELS LIKE 17 0 Carob and Ginger Cookies 1. Preheat the oven to 170C and line a baking tray with baking paper. 2. Combine the flour and baking powder in a bowl and set aside. 3. Combine the carob, coffee, sugar and butter in a saucepan, and melt over low heat. 4. Pour over a sieve into the bowl with the dry ingredients and combine until they all come together to form a dough. Add a little water if necessary 5. Roll into equally sized balls and push down onto the baking paper to form cookie shapes. 6. Bake for 10 minutes or until cooked through. 7. Allow to cool to room temperature before eating. INGREDIENTS METHOD • 50g butter • 60g carob syrup • 50g sugar • 1 tbsp ground coffee • 175g all purpose flour • 5g baking powder By The Mediterranean Culinary academy